Thread: I Need help Using the Twister Tool

I want to make a baby quilt using the small twister tool (3 1/2"). Has anyone changed the size slightly? I am wondering if I could cut the blocks with a marked 4" square? I have sewed 5" squares together in rows 7 across x 9 down and will add a 4" border. Is there any way to figure out what your finished twister block size will be from these squares?

To finish off the quilt, I will add another white border, then a 2" finish border from the charm squares and finally another white border. I am using California Girl fabric and it is so beautiful and I am really excited to put this all together. I will hardly sleep tonight thinking about it.

Thanks Tartan, I just tried your suggestion and it worked! By my drawings one side is 1/8" short. Now I am sure they would have made it 4" if it would work wouldn't they. Sometimes I just question things too much...should just go with the tool. Thanks for your help.

The twister is fun, but does use a fair bit of fabric! You will need to cut 5" squares, I don't think 4" will make it. If your starting piece is 9 X7 squares, you position the ruler at the block intersections, so you will wind up with 8 X6 twister blocks. Since the ruler is 3.5" it will finish at 3". You will get 8X3" by 6 x3" or 24" X 18" finished size plus whatever borders you add.
I think that's why they came out with the mini twister tool. You sew together the pieces left over from the first cut and cut mini squares.

They came out with the Primitive Pinwheels size and the Itty Bitty Primitive Pinwheel size so that you can have more versatility in your Twister designs. Not to mention that the smaller sizes don't use as much fabric. There is waste with all of the sizes, however, you can use the next size down ruler to use your waste.

Thanks for your suggestions and help. I think my leftover scraps will be about 2 1/2" so what size twister ruler would I use. I have just made my own template. Has anyone made a tiny one? If so, where do you put your lines or can you add a picture of it? I love this fabric so much that I am not going to waste one inch. Now off to cut some twister squares.

Itty Bitty Primitive Pinwheel tool uses 2 1/2" squares sewn together.