Questions on Twister quilts
03-31-2013, 09:55 AM
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You see the squares together, the place the ruler on the intersect lines. Cut around the ruler on all four sides. You now have a square. Place all of your squares off to the side in order and Reese them together. That's how you get your pinwheels. Essentially all you have to be able to do is accurately sew a 1/4" seam and sew squares.
04-01-2013, 03:15 AM
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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!
04-01-2013, 05:23 PM
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04-02-2013, 02:29 AM
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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.
04-02-2013, 04:32 AM
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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!
04-02-2013, 05:50 AM
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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.
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.
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