Scrappy Tumblers

Don't you dare put my name in that book! hee, hee!

I also have a scrappy tumbler started. It's one of those "I think I'll take a class to learn how to do this" and you make two rows in class and maybe a half a row when you get home. And then it sits in your WIP pile staring at you. I even think I have all the tumblers cut. I am working on reorganizing my stash, WIPs, PIGS and UFO's for this year. I am finishing up my current projects and not taking on any more until I get some of my "in process" stuff done or otherwise disposed of.

I am looking forward to seeing your ONE BIG quilt top! You will inspire me!

Alice "Do what you like, like what you do"

Rhoda....WOW a real-live author in our midst!!! what is the name of your book(s)? and what's your pen name? will it be available on Amazon?

Good luck w/the Tumbler block quilt!! i did a granny's flower garden...hexagons are never to be seen again in my house!!!! LOL

amy in CNY

A real live author in our midst, Amy? Hmmmmm. If you will pay careful attention, you'll just be amazed at what we have in our midst. Everything but a serial killer, methinks . . . and I'm suspicious about a few of you. Polly

"amy in CNY" ...WOW a real-live author in our midst!!!

How did you miss the gal with the CLEAVER?

Butterfly (you weren't thinking she was going to use it to chop fabric did you?)

I believe it was back in the thirties when Henry Ford instituted the assembly line method for making the Ford Cars which caused him to be able to put out more cars and at a cheaper price so we could all own a Ford car. Well, I was alive back then and was and am very impressed by that system. I use the scheme to lay out my tumblers. I settled on three colors: brown, green, and red. I knew in a flash I needed 3 times more lights neutral tumbler than the b,g and r. I cut and laid them out "as they go" and from then on everything falls in line. Of course, I've had to stop periodically to thread more bobbins but in principle it's ready to GO each time I have the energy to push the foot pressure thingy.

Why not try it? It worked for Henry Ford, and it works for me.

Rhoda

I will give that a go. When it comes to scrappy anything, I am my own worst enemy in that I try to organize the scrappiness which I have now come to understand defeats the purpose in most cases. I don't have a color theme with mine, I just started cutting my odd scraps that were the right size. I do have them sorted into lights, mediums and darks. What I need to do is grab from the appropriate box and just sew it. I hear a New Year's resolution in the making!

The quilter that quilts most of my larger quilts cuts a tumbler from the scraps of each quilt she finishes for her clients and just adds it to her own tumbler quilt in progress. It is a wonderful souvenir from all the quilts she has quilted. It looks beautiful and she doesn't fuss with the color, pattern or shade.

Alice in NJ "Do what you like, like what you do"

: >I also have a scrappy tumbler started. It's one of those "I think I'll take : >a class to learn how to do this" and you make two rows in class and maybe a : >half a row when you get home. And then it sits in your WIP pile staring at : >you. I even think I have all the tumblers cut. I am working on : >reorganizing my stash, WIPs, PIGS and UFO's for this year. I am finishing : >up my current projects and not taking on any more until I get some of my "in : >process" stuff done or otherwise disposed of. : >

: >I am looking forward to seeing your ONE BIG quilt top! You will inspire me! : >

: >Alice : >"Do what you like, like what you do" : >

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