I can’t believe we’re already on Block #6 of the Virtual Quilting Bee! New to the Virtual Quilting Bee? You can find all the information and earlier tutorials here. This week our block is called Spin Wheel and was created by Amanda Woodruff of the blog, A Crafty Fox. This tutorial will teach helpful information about Inset Seams. POST EDIT: Since there has been some confusion with this block, I posted an alternative simplified version for assembling this block here using inset seams. I also made one change in the piece measurements cutting a 3 1/4″ block for the center instead of 3 1/2″. For the rest of the measurements I used Amanda’s. Hi, I’m Amanda from A Crafty Fox! Today I want to show you how to make the ‘Tilt A Whirl’ block for the amazing Virtual Quilting bee here on Diary of a Quilter.To start, we need to cut our fabrics as follows. You will need three fabrics, light, medium, and dark. This block looks great with high contrast fabrics. (fat eighths or smaller will work just fine) (EDIT: Use a 3.25″ light center square instead of a 3.5″ square) I find the easiest […]