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Old 02-22-2009, 09:10 AM
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I've made a couple of QAYGs after I got a book called 'Quilt As You Go'(!) by Sandra Millet. I think I got it through the Amazon website but secondhand. It's quite old-fashioned but very thorough and clear instructions.

I made a scappy lapquilt which hides a sofa that the cat scratched up :( this was pieced in rows then hand quilted on a plastic snappy frame (I didn't make the wooden contraption described in the book) - I made it really just to test the technique. The second log cabin I did on the machine making each block directly onto batting and backing then machining the top edges RST and hand stitching the back. this goes really fast and no quilting at all as you are quilting as you piece. Also as you use squares of batting the size of the blocks, you can use up all your offcuts! The LC was about the fastest quilt I made, about an afternoon's work. Now the cat sleeps on it! :D

K x

QAYG log cabin
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QAYG scrappy
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