That is so cute! I hope you post a pic when it's completed. When I did a pinwheel quilt, I used iron-on daisy appliques in the pinwheel centers. Then, to be double sure, I sewed around each tiny daisy. Then I washed the quilt twice to make sure the daisies were secure. It was a lot of extra work. The baby's Mom was a nurse so I knew she would check the quilt after each washing. I think that Rosa's idea of using an embroidery stitch may be a good solution. ~Geraldine

Valarie, I love your class story! I learned to knit when I was very young (around 5 or 6) and when I was around 7 my mom took me to knitting classes at Sears. She would drop me off at the classroom and go shop. The adult ladies in the class (who all seemed quite ancient to me LOL) just loved having a little kid to teach! One made me a knitting bag and others gave me tools like row counters and yarn needles. I learned to sew clothes when I was young, too. My mom sewed all our clothes. She made quilts, too I remember going off to 7th grade in an outfit I had made. The first time I remember quilting was when I was in high school - I started a quilt that I designed (a log cabin variation). It's king size, all hand cut with scissors and templates, hand pieced, and hand quilted. I have no idea what got me started on it, but it took a very long time to finish it! I kept making clothes for myself and DH. When we bought our house 23 years ago I decided the space above the mantle really needed and Amish quilt. After that one I made lots of other wall hangings, then about 10-12 years ago I attended the quilt show put on by the local guild. I just loved the quilts so I joined the guild and started seriously quilting. I have lots of photos in albums and on the computer - I should try to catalogue them. I have no idea how many I've made. Donna

I had trouble getting each row to come out to the same size. To get everything to line up, each row had to be exactly 40.5 inches. I think the reason I had so much trouble was because the width of the strips was not exact. They are a set of pre-cut strips. Because of the angle it was hard for me to know where to sew. If I was off by even an eighth of an inch in 2 or 3 of the trees, it made it not match. I did lots of ripping and resewing.

I had to laugh: the colors (Hershey Bar chocolate) brown and pink were favored during the US Civil War era! What goes around....comes around! Today I will finish quilting a baby quilt that has long been a UFO - then I will put it in my Etsy shop at some point. I'm working on my second Kind Quilt, ready to layer it and start simple quilting. There is one Kind Quilt finished and another still in pieces in the bag. These charity quilts come with all the fabrics chosen and cut - all we add is the batting, thread, and our time. I hope to persuade my guild to add this organization to our charity quilt making/giving. http://kindquilts.org Yesterday I began to clean up/clean out my sewing room - it needed it!!! I found my son's quilt that needs the binding repaired hidden under my cutting table. I looked for this (in a black plastic bag) so many, many times - and it was right there, hidden under mounds of batting remnants! Can you identify? Can I get an AMEN, Sistahs?? Ha! Blessings for a wonderful 2016 to you all! Teresa