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QAYG = QUILT AS YOU GO


There are many similar methods to the version demonstrated by Kimberly in her tutorial (link below). Most of have slight variations dealing with the sashing, and/or the way the blocks are attached to each other.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-115627-1.htm


The variation I use most often is based on the book "Awash with Color" by Judy Turner.
http://www.amazon.com/Awash-Color-Wa.../dp/1561483737

In it, you actually attach the top and back sashing to the block at the same time, zig-zag the blocks together, and then you sew down the other side of the sashings (either by hand or machine). I prefer to do it by hand, but it can easily be done by machine.

Nothing, and I mean nothing, is ever going to pull this thing apart. I think I like it the best because the first few QAYG quilts I made were for babies. One I know of was still going 6 years later, even after weekly washings and nap times at nursery and kindergarden.

I think this method is the most versatile because you can attach ANYTHING together, regardless of the shape.

The quilt below was made about 6(?) years ago for the 1st baby of a bee member. Each member contributed a quilted block and then I put them together.

The first picture is the front. I basically took a full piece of the fish fabric and just quilted with wavy lines (the extent of my FMQ talent). Despite the way they're holding the quilt, it's perfectly square. For the record. ;-)

Then I did some surgery and removed the spaces based on the shapes of the members' blocks. Some of the curved sashings were cut on the bias, for obvious reasons.