{"product_id":"the-pinwheel-collection-vintage-hand-pieced-quilt-blocks","title":"The Pinwheel Collection | Vintage Hand-Pieced Quilt Blocks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA wonderfully cheerful collection of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e17 vintage hand-pieced pinwheel and whirligig-style quilt blocks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, each one made in its own combination of old fabrics and colors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection is full of character. Soft mint greens, dusty pinks, lavender, yellow, teal and blue are mixed with wonderful stripes, tiny florals, geometric prints and solids. Each block is slightly different, yet together they have the wonderfully collected appearance of an old-fashioned scrap quilt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe blocks have been \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epieced by hand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and were never assembled into a finished quilt. Points wander, seams vary and edges aren’t perfectly square—the beautiful little irregularities that tell you these were made by someone’s hands rather than a machine-perfect modern process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e17 vintage quilt blocks total\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHand-pieced\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePinwheel and whirligig-style patterns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWonderful assortment of vintage cotton prints and solids\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApproximately 9–10” each, with some variation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnfinished quilt blocks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSold together as one collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOffered exactly as found\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe exact age and history of these blocks are unknown. Based on their fabrics and construction, they appear consistent with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eearly-to-mid 20th-century quilt work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, possibly from around the 1930s–1940s, but a specific date cannot be guaranteed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese are old, unfinished textiles and show evidence of age and storage. Please expect loose threads, raw edges, uneven stitching, variations in size and shape, fading, discoloration, small stains, age spots and other imperfections. Please review photographs carefully for condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e17 blocks already completed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, there is wonderful potential here for someone to continue the original maker’s work—finishing them into a small quilt, incorporating them into a larger patchwork piece, making pillows or framed textile art, or simply preserving them as examples of old handwork.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeventeen little pinwheels, stitched by hand and tucked away unfinished—ready for another quiltmaker to decide how their story ends.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSold as one collection of 17.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HerModernHeirloom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46722627600581,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0696\/1679\/5845\/files\/DBA42632-D651-402D-921D-0598DA512079.jpg?v=1786577380","url":"https:\/\/hermodernheirloom.com\/products\/the-pinwheel-collection-vintage-hand-pieced-quilt-blocks","provider":"HerModernHeirloom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}