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Pieceful Sunday: Playing with Tumblers

12/7/2018

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Picture of Tremors Block
Tremors 12.5" Block by JANDA Bend Quilts
Welcome back to Pieceful Sunday!
​I know. It's been awhile.  I have to admit that I fell a little behind finishing up the Fall into a QAL quilt along and preparing to sell Christmas Trees on our farm. I am happy to be back with the Pieceful Sunday Linky Party where I share my piecing project and you share yours!

This week I am showing you my 12.5" block Tremors. It is a variation of the classic Tumbler block. Can you see the water sloshing in the tumblers? It looks complicated, but it is simple to make with the Accuquilt (affiliate link) Tumbler die (#55015).

I made the pieced tumblers by sewing together 5” lengths of Lavish, Island Batik (not an affiliate link) 2.5” strips. ​You will need (20) 2.5" by 5" rectangles in various fabrics. I used 10 darks, 10 lights. I placed the darker fabric at the bottom of the tumbler and pressed seams toward the dark. See photos below.
Picture of 2.5
Need Twenty Rectangles 2.5" by 5" in Various Fabrics
Picture of Sewn strips
Two 2.5" by 5" Rectangles Sewn Together

​Then I placed the seam at an angle (dark fabric at the bottom of the tumbler) on the die and cut the tumblers using my Accuquilt cutter and 3.5” tumbler die (#55015). The background tumblers were cut from Island Batik's California Creamery charm pack. I varied the angle slightly for variety and made sure that different tumblers sloshed in one of the two directions. See photos below.
Picture of Go Baby and Die
Go Baby and 3.5" Tumbler Die
Picture of Rectangle on Die
Place Rectangle on Die.
Picture of Mat and Die
Cover Die with Mat.
Picture of Completed Tumbler
Completed Sloshy Tumbler

After cutting 10 sloshy tumblers and 18 background tumblers, I arranged them so that the sloshy tumblers were wide side up and that the background tumblers were between the sloshy tumblers. I added four background tumblers on each side as well. These will be used to square the block to 12.5" later. When I was pleased with the arrangement, I sewed the tumblers in rows. The odd row seams were pressed to the right. The even row seams were pressed to the left. This assured that the seams would lock when the rows were sewn together. Sew photos below.
Picture of Arranged Tumblers
Arrange Tumblers.
Picture of Sewn Rows
Sew Rows.

Then I sewed the rows together. Seams should lock. Seams were pressed toward the bottom of the block. Then, using my 12.5" Quilt in a Day Square Up ruler, I squared the block to 12.5". See the completed block below.
Picture of Completed BlockCompleted Tremors Block
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I really enjoyed making this block because I was able to use my Tumbler Die in a new way.
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Now it is your turn! I enjoy seeing your posts! You can link up your in-progress or completed piecing projects using the Pieceful Sunday Linky Party button below. Please note that the thumbnail photos and links will not show up on this page. You will need to click the Pieceful Sunday Linky Party button to see the photos and links. This may be a little different from what you are used to.  The link-up will be available until Saturday, December 15, 2018 at midnight. If you prefer, you can also link up on Instagram using #PiecefulSundayatJANDABendQuilts. 

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8 Comments
Kathleen McCormick
12/9/2018 05:18:55 pm

Great use of the tumbler block.....sloshing water - brilliant!

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April Adams link
12/12/2018 11:39:01 am

Thanks, Kathleen! It was a lot of fun to make.

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Abbie of Sparkle On! link
12/11/2018 10:50:23 pm

I’m happy Pieceful Sunday has returned!
You’re Tremors block is beautiful, I love the fabric colors.

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April Adams link
12/12/2018 11:40:56 am

Thanks, Abbie and thank you for joining the Pieceful Sunday Linky Party this week!

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Denise link
12/12/2018 11:30:39 am

That is so clever piecing the strips and using the cutter. This is going to be gorgeous.

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April Adams link
12/12/2018 11:42:16 am

Glad you like it, Denise!

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Brenda link
12/12/2018 05:34:43 pm

I really like the way you "mixed it up" with the tumbler blocks!

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Jennifer @ Inquiring Quilter link
12/18/2018 09:32:36 am

Great block! Love that sloshy effect.

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