I have given myself a huge headache today trying to learn how to make tumbling blocks and hollow cubes. I have ordered the book OBW Cubed but am to impatient to wait. I have made some of the tumbling blocks, or solid cubes by cutting out the diamonds individually. Is there a way to strip piece these blocks. If so, how do you figure strips to get the size you want?

Do you have a 60 degree ruler? THat's almost a MUST for hollow cubes. At least it is for me.

Wow, I love your quilt rapture ready, fabulous. Who, what where pattern? I have two set of twins (young) and am looking for patterns with primarys but that will go with any room color. I would just have to change the color scheme for each so no wrangling.

Thanks, do own a 60 degree ruler.
Cindy

It on a thread called: Directions for Frames quilt (my avy)
click on Search and type that in.

I am looking for a free pattern of a hollow tumbling block . Does anyone know of one.

there a video on utube "Hollow cube quilt block" using triangles

There are 3 sites that I know of on the internet that provide free strip pieced Tumbling Blocks instructions.
The first is called "Not your Grandmother's Tumbling Block". Marci Baker of Annie's Attic shows how she makes them in a video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWpSETMbwsr

She explains it again in a Project Linus tutorial called "Big and Bold Blocks"
http://www.projectlinus.org/patterns...BoldBlocks.pdf

The 3rd site is from a BlogSpot called "Life in the Scrapatch" in a tutorial called "Easy Tumbling Blocks"
http://scrapatches.blogspot.ca/2012/...ial-part-1.htm

I didn't purchase a special quilting 60 degree ruler. I went to the dollar store and bought a 60 degree ruler in the school/office supply section.

I've made 2 Tumbling Blocks quilts using Marci Baker's method, and I enjoyed making both of them.

Thanks for the link shares MrsBeasley......I've been thinking about buying that ABC tumbling blocks book for a while, your link just convinced me.

There is a video online by Marci Baker. You can cut light strips 3", medium 2.5", dark 2.5". Then you sew a light with two darks on either side and a light strip with two mediums on either side. You can then layer them and cut at once. I used the 60 degree on my 6x24 ruler. After all cut out and placed where you want then strip pieced together.