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    Old 09-08-2010, 04:20 PM
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    Yes, a friend of mine had her husband cut a whole lot of them for a group of us to learn last year before the "commercial" ones were available but after that different gals had any hardware store cut them. The small one is 3 1/2 inches with the measurement 1 inch in from the corners and draw the diagonal line with a sharpie marker. very easy. the larger one for the layer cake (10") square is 8 1/2" I believe. I just can't put my hands on my larger one now. I think you might be able to go 8 3/4 or 9" but try a couple first. A bit larger template would just leave less waste. Definitely very easy to make your own![

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    Has anyone made their own "gizmo"? what sizes are the templates? I love the look. Thanks for the links.

    Carol
    I was wondering the very same thing. I Googled and couldn't find the actual sizes of the rulers.
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    Old 09-13-2010, 06:43 AM
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    Love it and the vintage look .
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    Old 09-27-2010, 08:34 AM
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    Have you tried the larger quilt yet using the 6 1/2" ruler with 8" blocks? There is a twister tool using 10" blocks, but don't know what size the ruler is. President of our quilt guild said she thinks it would be a 6 1/2".
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    Old 09-27-2010, 10:44 AM
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    I think it would 8 1/2" not 6 1/2" otherwise there would be way too much waste.
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    Old 09-28-2010, 03:20 AM
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    We had our quilt guild meeting last night and one of the ladies had just bought the book, she didn't have it with her, but is going to send me an e-mail after checking it out, another just ordered the book. When I find out I'll let you know.
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    Old 09-28-2010, 03:26 AM
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    i ordered the small one 2 days ago..no book though.

    reguarding washing the nickles, i wouldn't do that. i think on the packaging for them and the jelly rolls, it says NOT to prewash. use a color catcher, after the project is finished, if worried about bleeding colors.
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    Old 09-28-2010, 03:34 AM
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    i just checked my receipt..i paid $8.00 for the 5" ruler, and it looks like, they did not charge for shipping.

    bought it from
    "The Quilt Merchant" it was on sale.
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    Old 12-13-2010, 07:10 PM
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    Hi,
    Love all the pictures of the different Twister quilts and runners, etc.
    Question, years ago I made a quilt called Squaredance. first you sew all the squares together and then cut them with a template at the junction of the squares and sew them back together.
    Looks very very similar....thinking it's the same idea only the pinwheels are slightly different after they are cut.
    I will have to find my templates now....thanks gals for getting me going on yet another project! LOL
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    Bev..That is it! the ruler has been around for quite a while. i am just slow discovering it! lol

    http://forestjane.blogspot.com/2007/...nce-quilt.html
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    Originally Posted by watterstide
    Bev..That is it! the ruler has been around for quite a while. i am just slow discovering it! lol

    http://forestjane.blogspot.com/2007/...nce-quilt.html
    I kind of thought it was the same, thanks for verifying that for me! I have two templates for it then, won't have to buy rulers anyway.

    They did change the name, we always called it Squaredance here in Minnesota.

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