Originally Posted by mstandridge
Originally Posted by Michelle48350
Originally Posted by whitepine
Originally Posted by mstandridge
was gone to my daughters house for Easter and just looked through all the stars. how beautiful everyones are! All the quilts are going to be so uniquie, but like me how many will really be put together when all the blocks are finished
that is where I hit a road block. out of 9 BOM projects only 2 have been quilted.
What is your secret to get to the finished product? Any hints?
Will take all ideas, comments, theroies.
thanks
What is a Quilt-as-you-go? I really need to get these going and together since I now have a new Babylock crown jewel long arm quilting machine. I guess just knowing the machine is waiting for my projects may be enough encentive to finish them up also 1 is for my parents 50th and 1 is for my sisiters 25th both are next year have had the material and blocks all done for mom & dads and the material & pattern for my sisters just havn't made the time to finish them. must prioritze myself. Yeh right, then off on to another tangent
The stars and buildings are my 2nd and 3rd BOM. I did the flowers last year. I have the same question/problem. I haven't done anything with the flowers and am worried I'll do the same with these two. Someone said in another thread that they enjoy the piecing and not the quilting so they just donate their blocks to a group that will finish them and donate to a good cause. I think that's a good plan. But.... I would like to finish them. I think a quilt-as-you-go might work. Also, in December, or earlier, I would like to see people lay out their blocks on the floor if they have a design planned for them.
I have been considering doing this with "quilt-as-you-go" too. I wanted to get a few of the blocks done so I could decide what color back and sashing to use.
Quilt-as-you-go (QAYG) is the technique of taking one block, sandwiching it with the filler and the backing, then quilting the one block. Then you join them together in rows, then join the rows. There are different methods of doing this but I've never done any so I have no opinion or advice. I wouldn't be surprised if there are tutorials on this website. Certainly there are turtorials on the web and many books. I would be glad to hear any pros and cons to the different methods from people who may have tried them.