I've been looking at so many patterns and there are so many choices but I've decided to start with the tumbler. I'd seen a video of a tumbler quilt made with charm squares and a specialty ruler. So I cut my own 5" charm squares and used one of my wedge rulers and made my own template. There is practically no waste using 5" squares.
We got home last weekend from a week at our timeshare in the NC mountains. Can I say heaven?? We spent time with the grands and our kids but I did get one alone morning. The hubby was playing golf, the windows were open, I had a cup of coffee and I just savored some quiet time with my sewing machine. I didn't get many blocks actually sewn together, but I did get a bunch cut out.
I didn't have to work today, so I really went to town chain piecing. This pattern goes together so fast!! I said that I wanted to do 4 different patterns, but it's tempting to make more than one of this one.
So far I'm really liking it. I'm thinking that I won't put a border on it, just square up the sides. Once I've got it laid out, I'll sew sections together and then sew the rows together.
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Here's a picture that I took for my sister, the flowers were glorious!! It's just so hot here in Florida - they don't look like this.
It's good to be home, hope you get some stitiching time.
Karen
11 comments:
Neat idea! I never thought of doing tumblers for my memory quilts. Hmmm...
The tumbler quilt looks wonderful -- and obviously it's a great use of the shirts. It's simple but effective.
I can imagine the peace and tranquility you felt that morning with the open window, the mug of coffee, and your sewing machine. Blissful !
making tumblers are just fun and your right its a lot of quick sewing with great results!
Kathie
the flowers look beautiful by the way !!!!
Kathie
That is going to be a great quilt Karen.
I like the tumbler blocks and think they'll make a great memory quilt!
your tumbler looks great. love the sparkle of those reds.
gorgeous snowball blooms!
It's always good to get away for a while and being in the mountains and woods is so awesome!
How fun! I can see that you would want to make this one over and over. It can have so many looks depending on the fabrics.
A tumbler quilt is a good choice. I made one, and liked that it was easy to put together. Mine was borderless too. Good call. Glad you had a nice getaway. Now enjoy being home again, and back at your machine.
I love tumbler quilts so it was great to see this one, wow its a great memory quilt and love the punch of color with the reds. yup no border
Kathie
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