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03-29-2011, 04:50 PM

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#1piecemaker

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I'm not sure I'm ready for the twister yet. It blows my mind!

03-29-2011, 04:51 PM

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#1piecemaker

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I'm not sure I'm ready for the twister yet. It blows my mind!

03-29-2011, 04:55 PM

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salsalady

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thank you krafty14, will look for the book. does the book show the lil twister being used also?

03-29-2011, 04:58 PM

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grann of 6

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Quote:

Originally Posted by #1piecemaker

I'm not sure I'm ready for the twister yet. It blows my mind!

Oh, they're fun too. Look at my avatar. That is a silk quilt made with 10" blocks. It was soooo fun.

03-29-2011, 05:54 PM

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krafty14

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No Salsalady. None of the blocks in this book require a special ruler to create. But I am enjoying doing it this way. It really gives you a chance to rearrange the windmills, where the twister is set by how you sew the original blocks together. Hope you find one you like!!

03-29-2011, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by mhansen6

Here is one. It doesn't give amounts of fabric, but shows you how to make the template

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-57130-1.htm

Thank you, Thank you!

03-29-2011, 08:45 PM

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Maggiem

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I have Anita Solomon's book too, and tried her method on some 5" charm squares I had. The result was fun, successful and not at all wasteful. As the poster above said, the only waste was from squaring the blocks. No special ruler is necessary and I found her template easily adaptable to other sizes.

03-29-2011, 10:46 PM

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I have created in "my pages" information about the lil twister, has tutorials, pictures and more

http://www.quiltingboard.com/user_page.jsp?upnum=1713

04-01-2011, 08:12 AM

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gramquilter2

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Quote:

Originally Posted by craftybear

I have created in "my pages" information about the lil twister, has tutorials, pictures and more

http://www.quiltingboard.com/user_page.jsp?upnum=1713

Thanks for putting this all together, there is a lot of information about the lil twister to look at.

04-10-2011, 05:16 PM

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pjnesler

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I had to sample this twister myself today, placed tape on my 4 1/2" square ruler as directed in an earlier tut., cut four 6" squares in purples and blues, and a 4" wide border all around. Put a new blade in my rotery cutter, and cut as directed. I was really happy with the results, will probably do the larger pinwheel to make a quilt for my grandson, should go pretty fast?! :wink: