tesspug

Cute, the world's fastest tutorial. I love it.

Handcraftsbyjen

Sorry about the typos. My smartphone isn't always smart and assumes what I want to type.

WTxRed

Wow Jnuquilter - that's pretty! So when you laid out your native blocks - did you do one color, one white and just kept alternating them? Would love to see if finished. Thanks everyone for the info/tips!

Jnuquilter

Yes, alternated the white and color blocks. And after I had the blocks sewed together, I put a white border around them. Then I cut them out. Thank you. I will post better pictures once it is done. Have fun. I really enjoyed it.

sweetana3

The book 101 Fabulous Small Quilts has a pattern for a small twister type quilt and shows how to make a 3.5 inch template out of template plastic. I cut it out and then drew around it on the base quilt. Then I scissor cut out the squares and sewed them back together. I LOVE it. However, it is critical to keep organized when using a lot of colors to not have a jigsaw puzzle to put together.

tjbeaver

I have taught a class on the Twister...be sure to have a design wall sitting right next to your project and as you cut out new pieces you lay them on the design wall in the same order you cut them...I tell my students to cut across one row at a time...if you mix up the newly cut pieces, it will be like a jigsaw puzzle trying to put them back together...sew one row at a time then sew your rows together...you might take a snapshot with your phone camera so you can see the original layout...have fun with this...there are so many possibilities...check out the web for lots of free designs...Good Luck!

maviskw

Our club made twister quilts a few years back, and then I made another one. The teacher gave us a plastic template with the criss-cross seam lines drawn on it, and a smiley face to show which side was the top. There was no fabric between each square as we cut them out. She had us draw on the fabric with the seam lines lined up, and cut out with a scissors. But I figured out how to use my rotary cutter. No one else did that. I didn't make a mistake, either, as in cutting too far into the next block. That would have been a disaster.
I started with 6 in. squares, ended up with 3 in. squares in each center that were "scrap". I made a checker-board border with them which was stunning.

DonnaC

Jnuqilter, I love your quilt! I just bought the two tools and the book from Missouri Star to make one of these twister quilts...they intrigue me so much! Thanks for posting yours.

KLO

Jnuquilter, I think your twister quilt is fabulous too! Love the colors, design, layout ..... well, everything. Nice job!

annt59

Wow! Fantastic.