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This RULER is really fun!
The TWISTER comes in two sizes.
The Original TWISTER is designed for
10" squares, which are available pre-cut as LAYER CAKES
from Moda and from many other fabric companies, or you can
cut your own.
The LIL' TWISTER is just the right
size to use with 5" squares, or CHARM SQUARES, also
available from many different fabric companies, pre-cut or
cut your own.
Instructions come with each ruler,
but check out the BOOK, for lots more inspiration and
instructions for many projects, table runners to bed quilts.
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Read on to see what
is really going on here!
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Tip - Worried about
"waste"?
We trimmed to
4-3/4"
squares,
the fabric left between the blocks cut with the
Original Twister Ruler (see step 4 below), sewed those
together and used the Lil' Twister Ruler with those. It
was "close", but it worked and left only small
squares as waste. [But we didn't throw them away either,
because who knows when they might be handy. :) ]
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Step 1 -
Sew together squares in rows.
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Step 2 - Add a border
all the way around.
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Step 3 - position the ruler, lining up the
printed lines with the seams in your patchwork.
Use a 45mm rotary cutter, or larger, to
cut around the ruler.
A key feature of this wonderful ruler
are the 4 non-slip disks in the corners, which both prevent slipping,
but also hold it steady by raising the ruler above the seam lines.
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Step 4 -
continue cutting, keeping the squares in order.
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Step 5 -
Sew the squares together, in order, rotating each a few
degrees clock-wise, so the long edge of the blade is
always being sewn to the short side of the matching blade.
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Step 6 - Sew rows together.
See how the outside border now
creates a background on which your pinwheels
"float". Pretty cool!
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Step 7 - Stitch inner border to
all 4 sides of quilt. Do this carefully, as the edges are
all bias. |
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Step 8 - Stitch outer border to
all 4 sides of quilt. |
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Steps 9 & 10 - quilt &
bind. |
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And here's something else fun! Find fabric
that is printed in 5" or larger squares and make a Twister quilt
without having to piece the first quilt.
http://www.marcusfabrics.com/cgi-bin/fabricgallery/projects.cgi?patternID=54
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