One-patch quilt
Posted by Jill on February 23, 2007
The next one I did is a one-patch quilt. I was inspired by Let it Snow. 
Tumbler quilt 38″ x 48″. 
Cut template out of cardboard or a plastic place mat. Make a tumbler template any size. Just make sure that the left and right sides of the template are mirror images of each other, and it will make a tumbler quilt! I look for pictures of tumbler quilts in magazines or on the internet and measure the tumblers – approximately, then made my own template. It doesn’t have to be exactly equal to the picture. Some tumblers are tall and skinny. This one is more short and fat. A typical size for charm quilts is 3 ¾” high x 4 1/8” along the base.
Cut strips of fabric and use the template to cut out shapes. 
Sew rows together using a half template on the ends.
These two quilts bring my total made for charity this year up to five. Here is a quilt I designed myself. The center is a “big block.” This was fun and easy. Just take any block, enlarge it and use it for a kids quilt.
Ginger Maxwell said
I have read many quilt site for free down loads of patterns and I love the tumbler pattern, fun, quick and easy. The one thing I have never read is someone using the self-sticking floor tiles for templates. I have been using them for years, you can buy them cheap, leave the paper on the back trace your pattern onto it use some old scissors to cut it out, or kitchen sears real easy and will last for ever if you don’t cut pieces off of them with your roller cutter. ( do make sure the tiles are the soft ones not the really hard ones you glue down, hard to cut)
Ginger