Twirling Fans, Part 3

Borders!

There are two borders to add to the center. One row of sawtooth border... I chose white fabric and colored fabrics used in the fans tips.

I cut them into simple half square triangles 

Twirling Fans, Part 2

Once the fans were all made, they were sewn onto white blocks.

Twirling Fans, Part 1

I was looking at some quilt "eye candy" on Pinterest and came across a quilt on this blog. 

http://colorgirlquilts.com/2013/03/fan-quilt-pattern-part-1.html

I really liked the look of the spinning Dresden plate fans and had to make one! I enjoy the challenge of trying to backward-engineer projects so here's my attempt at making my version of it, sans pattern. 

About six months ago, my mom gave me a bin full of Dresden plate wedges and a box of variously sized strips.