Thank you !!! I need to finish up a christmas quilt and this is just the ticket !!!! Yea and thank you again !!!

I made 2 quilts tops today using this method. Thank you Dotty!!

Great timing.. Charity day for the guild is coming up and this will be a great pattern to use to kick someof them out!! Thanks for the pictures that always helps

Hi! I find this Youtube video by Mo. Star Quilt Co that is another vairiation of the strip tube method.I love their videos! Chris http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5WgT...ayer_embedded#!

To make a full size quilt or larger,how many strips would be needed? Dont know if that is the correct wording to use or not. If you just added more but different strips the pattern or rows would be off ,right?

Hi! I wondered about this too, so I did what my family accuses me of all the time " she looks it up on internet". I asked "how to figure out the yardage for a quilt?" Several websites listed, here's just one I found. I like Quilter's Cache and think Marcia has done a good job with this chart.
http://quilterscache.com/StartQuilti...iltingtwo.html
If you using alot of different fabrics, I would think it would give more of a "scrappy" to the quilt because the same fabric isn't going to be repeated as often. Hope this helps, Chris

YOU QUILT IS BEAUTIFUL. i guess i am just dense. when you say the bottom to the top do you just take the bottom and fold it to the top and then sew the two pieces at the top?

I'm not dotty but I will answer your question. Yes just pull the bottom to the top and sew it together.

Ive always wanted to learn the tube quilting technique...thanks for sharing!!

Thanks for the tute!

It look easy enough but I'm with tange krause, I'm not understanding the "top to bottom" part. I would think to make a "tube" you'd have to stitch the right and left side together. The picture looks like you did(?). Sorry, if I appear dumb, I am fairly new to quilting.

I'm just a newbie to the board as well as to quilting, but have watched a few videos and I dont think it matters if you call it top/bottom or left/right.

I think the important point is sewing the 1st strip you started with to the last strip you ended with in the same manner as you did with adding each single strip.

Example: if your strips are 2 1/2" wide by 40" long, your sewing them together on the 40" length side. You still close the tube by sewing the 1st strip to the last strip (right sides together) on the 40" length side.

If i'm wrong, someone please correct me.

You are right on. Good explanation.

Thanks for the tute. I have 2 baby quilts hanging over my head and now I have an easy pattern. YEAH!!!!! This will make them go much faster. It will also work for my charity quilt for a raffle. Thanks again.

This is how Elenor Burns shows how to do her version of Trip Around the World Quilt Design.
Yes it is easy and great fun thanks for sharing!!!! :thumbup:

What a great idea and it looks fun and easy. Just the thing I have been looking for to make a quick quilt top for grandaughters B-Day. Thanks! ^_^

Great idea for a quick and lovely quilt!!

This great. Thank you so much for sharing.

I definately love your tute for Tube Quilting. I bookmarked it right away so I wouldn't lose it. Thank you for sharing with all of us.
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thank you so much for tht tute.

Thank you for the great tute. This now makes sense to me and easy as pie. I have some material that this will be great with. OH NO another PROJECT!!

I might just have to try this one. It looks so good! Thanks for the tute.

I am confused. Does the top to the bottom mean long sides together or short sides together?

Hi! Threadbare, you would sew the long sides but cut the short sides to make the long strips. Chris

Thank you so much.I think even I can do this :-D

Threadbare, Thank you for asking. I and another person were confused by this at first. I was made to feel dumb by asking.I too didn't understand the "top & bottom" thing, at first.Good luck with yours.

Yes, you sew the long sides together - the long side of the first strip to the long side of the last strip. This makes a tube of all the strips, 42-44 inches long, depending on the width of the fabric. Lay your tube flat and square off one end of your tube just as you do your fabric before you start cutting. Your next cuts will be off the 'short' end. Hope this helps. I don't know if I do it right, but when I sew the strips together, I always start from the same end so that one end is fairly straight.

OMG, This makes so much sense....now. Several years ago I started a jacket using this technique. However, my husband became ill before I could finish the class. The jacket (in pieces) is still in the box waiting for me. Now I can finish this beautiful thing I started so long ago. Your tute makes it so simple. Thank you so much for sharing this! Can you tell I am SOOOOOOOO excited. We are expecting major ice storm...I will be sewing Monday and maybe Tuesday. If power fails, have my Dolly (my children bought me a hand turned Singer - 1925 edition) for Christmas. Where there is a will there is a way-right quilters?

I love how this quilt is pieced together. Thanks for sharing the tutorial.

I don't know it this will help (or make it more confusing) but thought I would make a picture of the steps.

Also attached a download for full sized picture.

love it thank you

I just wanted to add that I can not take any credit. I have never done tube quilting myself and the picture I did was all based on the info given in this tutorial. This was a great tutorial and I appreciate the time everyone puts into creating their tutorials for other's to enjoy.

Awesome idea. I'll try this.

Thanks for sharing....and I LOVE your fabrics....

Dotty, this is beautiful i have a question when you sew the next strip set do you line up the fabrics the same way before you sew the tube. what a cool idea.

Love it!!!

oh wow ~ that looks very easy and like it would go super fast - thank you for such an easy to follow tutorial!

Very nice! I love how easy this process is, and it looks great! Thanks for posting.

What a neat idea!! Thanks

So cool, I never knew what a tube was! Now I got it :) Thanks!

OMGosh! How clever! I love it! Thanks!