Pinwheel

The Pinwheel is something that reminds me of my childhood. Summers playing in the garden, or standing on a windy beach. So when I found this picture the other day I really wanted to make myself a pinwheel.

I decided to make myself a cute little brooch/hairclip/fixing for a bag or lets face it, anything!
Start by cutting out a square of felt to the size that you want your pinwheel to be. I actually cut out 2 squares, one of felt and the other a cute vintage fabric.

I then took the fabric and glued it onto the top of the felt, making sure all the edges match up and obviously the pattern is facing upwards. (Durrr)

Then taking the square I cut into the centre from each corner, obviously not dead centre, on this i left a 5mm gap between each cut. Then hook up some thread onto a needle.

Then take the left of each cut and fold over right into the centre and sew together. Make sure the corners are stacked on top of each other not next to each other.

Then using a cute button sew to cover up the corners in the centre of the pinwheel. I picked a cute mint green fabric covered button for this pinwheel.

I then stitched a brooch fixing or even a safety pin to the back and look, tis a brooch!
The great thing about these is that they literally take about 2 minutes to make, and they can be used on pretty much anything. They would make a really cute fascinator for your hair! Also they could be made in as many different colour ways as possible. I am going to be making a lot of these :)