the good kind of twister

i recently quilted sue's blue twister quilt. it's a gift for her mother.






i liked it so much, i bought the ruler. i'm going to use it to destash some batiks.


i also started my next english paper piecing (EPP) project. the quilt's working title is Beachy Keen. i've been hoarding collecting blues, browns, and creams in modern prints for years and the other day it hit me what to do with them.

i have some 60degree diamonds left over from a previous EPP quilt, so i'm making my version of my friend jessica's traveling quilt. my diamonds have 3inch sides giving me a 10.5inch hexi block. i plan on making 90 to 100 of them.

i'm doing it a bit different- i'm putting a ring of cream around each star to give me some space for some creative quilting.
posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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6 comments:

  1. FlourishingPalmsJuly 20, 2011

    That's very pretty quilting. I'm enjoying seeing everyone's interest in this twister quilt as it came out many years ago as "Square Dance," a quilting book. With the book, you made your own plastic template that works just fine. I made a couple quilts myself. Your EPP diamonds will be fabulous.

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  2. JulieJuly 20, 2011

    Love the EPP diamonds! I've just joined the paper piecing craze with the ubiquitous hexagon. Maybe I'll graduate to diamonds some day.

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  3. Connie Kresin CampbellJuly 20, 2011

    Love the twister! Hope you'll have another photo of it after your mom receives it.

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  4. NancyJuly 20, 2011

    Ok... you are so bad!! What ruler... and I love the diamonds... (I should just finish my hexies)

    :o) Thank you so much for sharing... seriously. I am truly inspired

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  5. ValJuly 20, 2011

    These are just beautiful. You are an amazing quilter!!!

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  6. CharlottaJuly 21, 2011

    I love the term "destash" never heard that before! Is that your creation? And I love the twister, do you really need a special ruler for that?

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