Tumbler Blocks
 

I found a bag of pre-cut tumbler blocks, so decided to make a small quilt. I sewed pairs. but when I went to sew the pairs together they didn't go together. I don't understand how pairs can go together but pairs can' go together. Can someone help?

I can show you a picture of a tumbling block quilt laid out- not sewn together yet- if you look close you can see how if you sew them together in columns ( top to bottom, then sew the strips together how easily they go together. Hopefully this will help you see how they go together.

If they are all the same size and you are sewing in rows, second one has to be flipped top to bottom and off set a little for the to sew even across top and bottom.
Here's a link

https://www.diaryofaquilter.com/2020...utorial-2.html

They are sewn in columns or rows not pairs with pairs.

Info and patterns here.

https://www.accuquilt.com/search?q=tumbler

Your quilt is lovely. I wish I had known that trick about rows when I made my tumbling blocks many years ago.

I was wondering which tumbler she was making. Since I have the Accuquilt dies each one comes out the same but when I used a template not so much. So maybe what you should do to start is make a cardboard template and see if they are the same. Maybe they have been stretched over the years.

There seems to be a confusion between tumbler and tumbling blocks. They are very different. Perhaps if you post a picture of your blocks it would help to figure out what's going wrong.

the blocks are bigger on1 sides, 1 smaller and 2 same size. Missouri star has a tutorial and called them tumbler blocks. .

I don't know how to send a picture.

As Dunster pointed out "There seems to be a confusion between tumbler and tumbling blocks." I had forgotten about tumbling blocks until ckcowl posted hers.

Julie posted a good link and the full size picture of how to offset the edges is at https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NaTZ1fwPr...0/IMG_6493.JPG

I did a drawing in Paint. Hopefully, your pieces are more consistent then what I was able to do. If you sewed the pairs (indicated by black lines) together on the side indicated by the red arrows, you should have a parallelogram (indicated by the blue line). Then you should be able to sew them together as indicated by the green arrows.

https://www.quiltingboard.com/attach...1&d=1603461653

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