Pinwheel Hawaiian Scrap Quilt

This Hawaiian scrap quilt came from one of my favorite online vintage sellers in Waipahu, Hawaii. I love the island color with the tropical blue, jungle green and molten red and orange lava. The patchwork design is a variant of the pinwheel block, and it has an interesting design.

Each pinwheel is made of four square blocks, and each block consists of two pieced half-square triangles. One of the half-square triangles is pieced with two smaller, identical triangles; and the other is made of a larger triangle with a strip patch at one edge. Four of these blocks go together to form each pinwheel. This piece is more like a duvet cover than a quilt. Two layers with the pieced top and backing, it has an opening at one end but no batting, quilting or ties. It is 60" x 70" and was likely made in the 1960s or 1970s.