Originally Posted by redvette54

Hello Jenniky,

I've been following your posts and would like to join too. Just what I need to get back into the sewing room and I've always wanted to learn the QAYG. Thanks for doing this.

Originally Posted by ssnare

I already messed up. My squares are 9" and I cut the backs 10 1/2" square and a batting square 10 1/2". Should they have been 12"?

Originally Posted by VickiM

I found some orphan blocks to adopt...using 6 (they were different sizes so added borders--scrap strips--to make the blocks all 13 1/2"), then cut 6 cream on cream solid blocks (I will use your suggestion, Jen, to do different quilting designs in them). Next will work on basting them together & quilting.

Originally Posted by bluteddi

another fibro sufferer here..... I agree the flares are much worse this year..... it's a effort to even piddle online these days....

maybe we need a fibro support group here.?

I'm following this post, but I'm not posting pics or even quilting... pout.. darn fibro....

Originally Posted by vickig626

Bluteddi -- Not knowing your level of fibro (I've had it about 15 years now), I've learned what I can / can't do and when I can do stuff. I always try to sew a little everyday at least for about an hour then take a break. I find that distracting myself from my pain helps tremendously. And a support group for quilters would be a good idea to help each other enjoy our craft in spite of our pain.

Originally Posted by Jenniky

Sounds to me like you did perfect for the current method I am presenting Which technique are you using to baste. If you are following what I have been doing then you are doing great.

Originally Posted by ssnare

I have never done this. So I will spray baste and follow what you are doing. I thought we were to have 1-1 1/2" extra on all sides.

Originally Posted by Jenniky

Quilting the Block

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I decided to use a Cross-Hatching design on my DP9. I used a walker foot for this project because the walker foot is great for quilting long straight lines and geometrical angles. I have also used the walker foot for Echo quilting and making wavy lines. The walker foot is a machine guided attachment with the feed dogs always up to my knowledge. If your design requires more free motion quilting then you will most likely want to use a darning foot aka FMQ foot and your feed dogs would be disengaged (down position). Diamond Grid, Echo Quilting, Stippling, Meandering are just a few other quilting designs that can be used.
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A great source of information on the Walker foot and Darning foot and also on Quilt Designs can be found in the book pictured. I highly recommend this book to everyone. Especially beginners and intermediates.




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Here are a few pictures I will share of the back side of my quilted blocks.

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