Watson

I cut out all my scrappy tumblers on my GO! and am ready to start sewing...Anything I should be especially careful or mindful of when sewing tumblers?

I was planning to chain piece pairs and then put rows together. Would this be the best way?

Watson

GingerK

I made this one from a kit from Craftsy. http://www.robertkaufman.com/quiltin...scade/#color:1
It was easy enough to put together. Just the usual being careful not to stretch the quasi diagonal cuts.

Rhonda K

Tumblers are fun! Make sure the 1/4 inch seam is consistent when stitching. The rows will be easier to match when joining them together.

peaceandjoy

I made one using the smaller Accuquilt die, it came out perfect. The die makes sewing them sewwww much easier as the dog ears are cut off so you don't have to try to figure out where to line up that seam. I ended up giving mine to an aunt who was in the nursing home. One of these days, I'm going to make another. You won't have any trouble at all.

Barb in Louisiana

I made a couple of Tumbler quilts. Finding where to match up the seams on the sides of the tumblers was interesting. I had to pin a couple at the quarter seam allowance and turn them open to figure out where I should be lining them up to sew. I agree with peaceandjoy that if the tumblers had been cut with the Accuquilt die, they would have been easier.

The hardest thing was placing the scrappy tumblers in a pleasing fashion before I started sewing, and then keeping them in place. I solved that with a flannel backed tablecloth and rolled it up. I unrolled only the row I was working on when I began sewing. I sewed rows, then sewed the rows together. I labeled each row so as not to get confused later. If you are doing a pattern as opposed to scrappy, that won't be a problem for you. My tumblers was a set I bought at a quilt store and they had to be offset by me. Once I figured it out, it was easy. There are so many variations now, with sashing around the tumblers, or sashing between the rows. Tumbler quilts are fascinating these days.

zozee

One thing to look out for is which direction your directional prints will go. I found it was easy enough to cut them north/south (or flower stem growing up instead of down or horizontally) but in all my layout changes, sometimes flower heads were facing the ground. Ack! Some people don't mind that, but it drives me bonkers.

flikkem

Be sure your seams are pressed in opposite directions. It makes matching seams so easy.

Watson

So far, so good but somehow I keep sewing the occasional one in the opposite direction so they don't match up with all the rest. I'm not good at figuring out abstract things, so I haven't been able to stop the occasional one from being wonky. I just have to unsew it and do it the opposite way. Only I could mess up tumblers.

Watson

ccthomas

So if a person does have a AccuQuilt Die, would it be better to take the time to cut off the dog ears before the aligning and stitching the tumblers. I have the Missouri Star templates for various sizes but the dog ears are not like AccuQuilt Die.

zozee

Hahahaha. No, not only you. I made the simple assumption "How hard could it be?" when I started making a tumbler doll quilt. Famous last words. My brain kept trying to hang the white flag, but I persevered. Takes more thinking and precision than I supposed.