Saturday, April 6, 2013
Changing the size of your pinwheels
I mentioned in my last post that I thought these pinwheels could make nice jewelry. I did a little experimenting. Here is what I discovered. Take the size of your square and double it for the base square. If you want some color to show around the outside edges then add about 1/8". Then proceed as in the earlier post on making pinwheels. The smallest one I have done so far is 1/2" square base with 1/4" squares. I had to use my "Pick Me Up" to handle the tiny pieces but they would make darling earrings. The blue and purple pinwheel was done on 1 1/2" square base and 3/4" squares. The green one just above it is a 2" square base with 1" squares. I think I have done the small end of the spectrum now I am going to see how the larger ones look. Imagine big ones in Red White and Blue for a Fourth of July wreath! The pinwheel at the top is the one we started with that has the 2 5/8" square base with 1 1/4" squares. I hope you enjoy this.
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I should have known that you would not be able to resist going the miniature route. These are very sweet.
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