I recently bought the Lil' Twister ruler by CS Designs and I thought that I would give it a whorl today. The pattern says to start with a 5" charm pack for these; but, I've had these 4-patch blocks sitting around, from a block exchange at my local quilt guild, for about a year and I thought that they would be the perfect thing to try this ruler out on. The individual blocks were 4 1/2" cut - so a little small for this project - but I was just extremely careful. Some of them I had to tea-dye to get the backgrounds darker since they were just too white for this project. I arranged the blocks into a layout that I found pleasing and then sewed them together and added the red fabric on the left as boarders. It was interesting sewing with other people's cutting and piecing. I haven't done that for a while so it was a bit of a challenge since some of the blocks were different sizes and had to be squared up or re-pressed.
Any thoughts? I would love to hear your opinions about the fabrics!
I used the smaller ruler today but there is also a larger Twister ruler that you start with layer-cakes or 10" squares with. And there is a companion book that you can purchase as well called Let's Twist: Pinwheels . . . Fun Fast and Easy. There are projects in the book that are really cute and look like they wouldn't take much time at all to whip up! As soon as I decide on the boarders I'll quilt this little guy up.
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12 comments:
Your quilt turned out great. Could you show us a picture of the ruler??
Thanks.
Hi Sewmeaow! The ruler is pictured in the second picture on the right hand side over the red fabric. It's the little clear square. But if you'd like to see it closer up you can see it here:
http://www.checkerdist.com/products/LETSTWIST
It is such a great way to use up scraps I love it :-D
That is SOOOOO cool. Thanks for sharing.....it's great to see little short-cuts like that, especially for a newbie like me ;-)
It is grest! I like it very much , and I know now how I will spend this weekend :)
with hugs from Poland
Magdalena
Colors are just beautiful, very striking.
I loved the look of your quilt so much, I went to their web site and ordered the ruler. For international orders I had to order the package which is both size rulers and the book. The site mentioned that there will be a new book out soon. It will likely be state side first. Since I live in Niagara I can hope over the river and look for it. I am so excited but it makes me break my promise to myself not to start anything new until I get these four ufos finished. Maybe I can get one done before the ruler arrives...it is a snow day today!
beautiful project. you said you had to be careful because your blocks were only 4 1/2 inches. was that before sewing together or after. how big is that ruler that you were having trouble? again beautiful!
you have a lot more condifence than I do, I love the technique, but still dont understand how to do it myself. i cant afford the book, but I really would like to know how to do this, and enter your giveaway. THANKS to you forever
carol craven
aka kingcooper0001@aol.com
Well.....I went to a quilt show in Sonora CA Saturday and a vender had the "lil twister" and I had just read your blog....so you can imagine what I did....... I bought 2 sizes and can't wait to do them. I haven't seen anything lately that has interested me that much.....I so excited.
I took a class with this tool yesterday. What fun. It is hard to think those squares work this way. We were strongly cautioned to keep blocks and rows in order as they are cut in order not to mix them up. And caution to not cut beyond the tool to avoid cutting into what might be the next piece. It is a hoot!!!
Joan
I am SO intrigued about this ruler and how it transforms the squares into such awesome twists! Yours turned out just fantastic. I'm off to the quilt shop today to purchase the tool. They were out of them at Christmas, so SANTA couldn't bring me one! Have a great week!
this can be quite addicting - i've probably used this ruler more than any other - have run
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