I have had the Lil' Twister ruler in my drawers for a long time without using it. Now I needed a new table topper for my living room, and that was a great chance to use the ruler.
I jumped in with both my feet using quilt math to get the twister part the right size for my project.
Here's a progress picture of the process. Starting with making a patchwork piece consisting of 5" squares with a light border around. Using the ruler to cut out the pieces and assembling them in the correct order and sewing the rows together.
As you can see the project shrinks a lot, the resulting Twister piece is approx. 67% of the original patchwork piece.
I was able to cut 153 bonus 2.5" squares from the leftover fabric, and as you can see there were only slivers left after cutting.
After putting borders around the Twister piece I did free motion quilting in each pinwheel. I also did some hand quilting where the contrast between pinwheel/border fabric wasn't strong enough.
The resulting table topper laid out on my deck in natural light.
153 Lil' Twister pinwheels, finished size of the entire quilt is 39" x 63"
Keep on quilting!
This table topper turned out so pretty! The bright colors really pop against the more muted shades. I have a twister template too and haven't used it. You've inspired me to get it out and give it a go!
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