Originally Posted by molly oldham
Originally Posted by MomtoBostonTerriers
Originally Posted by molly oldham
Originally Posted by MomtoBostonTerriers
I am working on my fifth QAYG quilt. I use the Cotton Theory method. I developed arthritis in my hand about the same time I started quilting, so no hand quilting for me. And because I only have a domestic machine, QAYG is the best solution. I can make king-size quilts, too.
I study quilts I like and select only patterns that I can adapt to the QAYG method. I find myself inventing my own patterns (which is not necessarily a good thing for a newbie).
Like all new methods, you have to get used to QAYG and with each project, I find ways to improve my quilts. Because of my limitations, if I don't do QAYG, I can't quilt. So, that is great incentive to me to keep improving my quilts.
QAYG is a very different approach and I can see why folks might not like it, but for me, it's the only way I can quilt. It takes practice, so if a first project doesn't turn out well, that is not a show-stopper, just a reason to keep practicing.
As I told my DH yesterday, "This quilt has a lot of flaws, but it is going to be the best quilt that my mother receives from me at Christmas!"
I really like your quilts. Yours have wider sashes than I've seen on other qayg. How are yours done?
Molly, the wider sashing is part of the Cotton Theory Method. The sashings are used to join the quilt blocks together.
I have the 2 Cotton Theory books. Do you use all the aspects of it or just pick and choose what will you for each quilt? Do you do the decorative stitching to attached the pieces?
Molly O, I have not made any of the quilts in the two Cotton Theory books -- I just use the processes and design my own quilts. On one of my quilts, I used decorative stitches to join the quilt top, batting, and backing together. See the "Florida Gators" embroidery in the blocks of the attached photos, and the decorative stitches in the sashings.
I added Florida Gators to the inside of each block with my Bernina's embroidery feature. The inside block is only about 3 1/2 inches square, so that's all the quilting I needed in this area.
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Sometimes I used contrasting thread to do decorative stitches (see right side of the picture), and sometimes I used matching thread in the sashing (on the left of the photo).
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