Squares Blowing in the Wind

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Oh, not really! But the name of this block for today, June 7, is Windblown Square. I'm just saying . . .

My friend Julia R. chose today's block to stitch using the Duchess Collection by Windham Fabrics. It's in quilt shops right now!

Fat quarters of Duchess by Windham

My calendar has the block in a 12" size. Here is Julia's:

Windblown Square by Julia R.

Windblown Square by Linda D. uses Insectarium and Watermark by Windham:

Fat quarters of  Insectarium and Watermark by Windham

And Linda's block:

Windblown Square: 12"

I had this as a project in my 2010 desktop calendar. Here is the digital quilt using 20 blocks. Isn't this great how the blocks create a secondary pattern when they are sewn block to block without sashing? Little pinwheels appear. I guess they're blowing in the wind, too!

Windblown Square quilt using 20 blocks

(If you own a copy of my 2010 Block a Day calendar, the pattern for this quilt is in it.)

I look forward to more blocks by Julia and Linda. Duchess and Watermark are so different, aren't they?