Old 03-18-2012, 12:21 PM
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EmiliasNana
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Here's a quilt I made my daughter using the Quilt As You Go method. I cut the batting and the block the same size. The back was cut 1" larger on all 4 sides, in other words: 2" larger. Make your quilt sandwich with the batting in the middle and sew an "X" to stabilize. When you sew 2 of the sandwiched blocks together you take a 1" seam of the backing only, right sides together, so your raw edges are visible from the front. From the front, you finger press the seam open and double fold over the raw seams of the block. Top stitch along the folded edge as you would if you were binding it. Continue until an entire row is completed. Eventually you will sew the rows together and have one long seam to double fold and top stitch. Since I have a small domestic machine with just a 7" throat, this made quilting a large top very manageable. Hope this was clearer than mud, ha, ha.

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