Tumbler Blocks
#1
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?
#2
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
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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.
#3
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Central NM
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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
Here's a link
https://www.diaryofaquilter.com/2020...utorial-2.html
#5
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Join Date: May 2017
Location: Sunny Florida
Posts: 4,431
They are sewn in columns or rows not pairs with pairs.
Info and patterns here.
https://www.accuquilt.com/search?q=tumbler
Info and patterns here.
https://www.accuquilt.com/search?q=tumbler
#6
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.
#7
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Chula Vista CA
Posts: 7,402
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.
#10
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
Here's a link https://www.diaryofaquilter.com/2020...utorial-2.html
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.
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