This is a quilt I made in about 5 1/2 hours out of a layer cake and some fabric for the boarder. This was made from a tool called "Twister by CS Designs" my local quilt shop ordered from market.

This measures 53 x 53. There is a smaller version called Lil Twister you can use for charm packs and they make a cute wall hanging. (have one in the making one now with charms)

The directions look confusing but it's so easy. You sew 36 layer cakes together so you have 6 rows x 6 rows. Then you add a 6.5 in boader and then cut with the template and resew.

Check this out.

www.country-schoolhouse.com

That looks like it would be really fun to do. Good job!

Wow a cute twister! thanks for the link.

That is a cool quilt. Great job and thanks for sharing.

I really like this design. Very well done

I really like that design. You did a great job!

Do you use a special ruler to cut it out or just the way you sew the fabric ?

Love the design :mrgreen:

Very pretty!! I love this design!

Very cute! Looks like it would be fun! Thanks for sharing.

cool, thanks for sharing

I just bought a lil twister from my LQS. I am making a B&W purse for my first project. Your quilt is awesome and the ruler is amazing.

and here I thought you were going to tell us about a twister that hit your town! Duh!

Neat design.

I just started to make a patriotic table mat from a kit I purchased in Ladysmith, WI. The small twister is going together nicely. I think the template - which is well worth the investment - is from Country Schoolhouse Quilt Shop of Superior, WI.

I am looking forward to making a larger quilt with this technique. Thanks for posting your info and pictures.

Sew On :-)

Looks like fun. :thumbup:

Is it the same pattern, tessellating pinwheels, as the one posted a week or so ago by hulahoop? It looks the same.

That is a very pretty quilt.

Is the Lil' Twister and the Twister ruler the same angle for placing on the sewn seam? I was wondering if you could use the Lil' Twister for lining up and just cut bigger. That way you could use any size square to start with.

I was playing around with exactly that idea today. After finishing the little twister table topper, I did some math and used 3.5 in square little twister template (6 in. charms) and figured a minimum 6.5 in square for the big twister (10 in cake layers).

Then, when I actually drew out the "sewn together" squares of 9.5 inches ---- placed the little twister template on top of 6.5 in square acrylic ruler I have on hand. Tracing that on paper, there is leftover fabric so I think the large twister could be 7.5 in square.

Any suggestions welcome :-)

Very nice!

This looks very very simular. Mine was done with a template.

Regarding my earlier post, I think I get it. It's called a "Twister Tool" and the resulting pattern is the tessellating pinwheels?

I want to use fat quarters so I could get 4 - 8 or 8 1/2" squares from each. I have the Lil' Twister and was hoping it would work for that size square. I have so many fat quarters I would really like to use them for this.

very nice!

Nice work!

I made a Twister table topper and am quilting it right now. I will post pictures when done. Mine was made with a Moda Charm Pack. They are fun to make once you get the hang of cutting it right. It actually goes together fast. Does anyone have the instructions on how to use the tool. Mine were very basic from the quilt shop....

Beautiful quilt

Where can you get the twister tool?

www.country-schoolhouse.com

That's really pretty. What is the finished size? I'd like to try one

I see that you give the size.

This looks like the quilts from Square Dance book by Martha Thompson. Searced and found a blog with same instructions http://angiequilts.blogspot.com/2008...-httpwww.html. I have the book hidden under fabric somewhere but I remember a template to tape on your ruler. At least the method is the same.I am looking for layer cake patterns, if I can find my book I hope I can adapt to that size. Anita=a lurker coming out

I love it!!! Such pretty fabrics :D:D:D
This is on my to do list :D

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After making my first twister from scratch using template paper, I have now found a better method. Here is what I do:

The ratio of the long portion of each ruler edge and the short side of the ruler edge is (6.5 - 1.4625'') to 1.4625''.

I have increased the short portion to 1.5'' for a 6.5'' ruler. It does not matter.

Then I took a strip of ordinary clear tape und pasted it to my cutting mat. I drew a thick black centerline from one end to the other through the middle of the about 10'' long tape. I covered that line by pasting a second piece of tape right over it. That prevents smearing. I made two of those tapes.

Finally, I took the marked tapes off the cutting board and taped them across the 6.5'' ruler ruler from 1.5'' mark to the opposite 1.5'' mark.

It's a great tool.
I made it in less than 5 minutes.
It did not cost anything and almost looks like a bought it (except for the slight shading by the clear tape.

I thought you might like to save some money and buy some fabric instead. The Hancock Paducah catalogue looks so tempting...

2ursula, thanks for the terrific tool adaptation :-)

Very nice!

try it again, with 8 inch ruler..

8-)

They were selling these at the quilt show in Jax. A friend of mine bought one. It looks like it would be a lot of fun.

I was at a quilt show this past Saturday... From what I was shown.... The twister templates are the same size as the squares...10" layer cake has a 10" template to cut the pinwheels... I am quite sure of this... I am having my husband help me cut my own sizes of acrylic. He helped me cut the forms for bigger Fun and Done's to match pre-printed panel fabrics, and such... I need fast 'start to finish' techniques...So much fabric, i.e. on hand...

Please anyone with instructions to share I'd appreciate it. On the Twister Tool. I live where there are no books or tools at the store to look at on it. I didn't see anything but tools and closed tool packages. The demos to watch were great...but, no note taking by me....just a fading memory . . . hahahaha

great job, this is on my to do list.

Twister is fun to do,i have them all over the house.Connie in CO

Thank You...I think you replied to my question.