Here I am holding up my 1st finished quilt and a possible layout of my 2nd quilt - tumbling blocks.

Love them.

beautiful workmanship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! your 1st...gee I'd be afraid to show off mt first! Yours is lovely. I have never done tumbling blocks but it sure looks like a fun pattern. Show us more....PLEASE :D :D :D

Bother are wonderful. I can't wait to see the tumbling blocks finished!

very nice job on both...your off to a great start
:D

Very nice R,W&B quilt (I love patriotic quilts :) ).
The colors of your tumbling blocks are wonderful. It's going to be a really pretty quilt when done...don't forget to post pictures :)
p.s. Nice toes (LMBO)

Beautiful work!!

Done a great job for your first quilts and love your chosen colors.

Beautiful!

Your tumbling block quilt, is
going to be so gorgeous!! :D
You are really doing a super
great job making these quilts!!
:D :D :D :D :D

Your RW&B is beautiful and the workmanship looks great! The tumbling blocks are going to be another beauty.

they are both so pretty....

I'm very impressed!

For the tumbling blocks, how did you cut out the pieces? Did you use a template, paper piece, what? And what instructions/pattern are you using?

Tumbling blocks always blow me away. I just love the 3D effect. That will be a great quilt.

wow! great job....... :D

Very nice. I can't wait to see the tumbling blocks finished. :D

Nice job

Wow! First and second? They are great!!

Both quilts came out beautiful! You should be proud of your first quilt and the tumbling blocks look great. Love the colors.

To Lisanne (and everyone),
I started using a template, copied from The Quilter's Guide to Rotary Cutting that I got from my library. But then I learned exactly how to cut these diamonds using a rotary ruler & cutter. The diamonds are 2 1/4 inches - which includes 1/4-inch seam allowances. The instructions weren't very clear how to cut out the diamonds from the book (I probably wasn't reading it closely enough) but I found great directions online. Maybe my next quilt will be a striking 2-color quilt.