Originally Posted by sharone
Originally Posted by MTS
Your quilt is lovely.
I've done a dozen QAYG quilts, using many different techniques.
But I'm trying to figure out your particular method of QAYG.
Am I right that you took the backing fabric and brought it to the front to make those nice little borders/bindings around each square on the front?
And then ....how did you join those squares? ZigZag them? I can't get see the detail.
Hello, yes I brought the backing fabric to the front and then just turned it under and sewing along the edges. I found this extremely difficult and I fought with the pins. My hands and arms looked like they had been in a cat fight. I'm sure there is an easier way to do this.
I'm sure it was a pain, but it gives it a very nice, and unique effect. I've got half a dozen QAYG methods in my toolbox, but I haven't seen this before, and I'm really intrigued.
If you don't mind, here are another couple of questions:
Typically, before joining the quilted blocks they are trimmed down to size. I always start out with oversized blocks. I don't see how you could have done this. So I'm guessing you had to be pretty accurate when adding the strips, right?
How did you join the blocks? Did you zig-zag through the little bindings on each block? Did you slip-stitch it by hand?
Thanks.