Tumbler Quilt on the Double

This week I finished the two boys quilts I am working on (see blog dated Sun 11th). I pieced the tops in a Tumbler pattern using two charm packs for each quilt. A charm pack is a bundle of fabrics all cut to the same size, in this case 5" by 5" square. The tumbler pattern is a very good way of getting full use out of a charm pack as there is very little waste. There are ten tumblers across by ten tumblers down, 100 altogether. As there were only 42 squares in each charm pack I had to add 16 to each quilt from my fabric stash. Both quilts were "stipple quilted" before I added the binding and labels. They are now all ready to be wrapped up and posted out, and hopefully they will reach their destination before Christmas Day. I named the two quilts after the charm packs I used, the first one is called "Peak Hour" (Riley Blake) and the second one is "It's a Strike" (Benartex). I hope the boys will be pleased. 

"PEAK HOUR"

"IT'S A STRIKE"