Originally Posted by Koula
I get confused when the squares are sewed together. I know you have added the material between the squares, but what if you don't want that look.
I can't remember where, but I have seen one were the backing is laid first than the batting.With the top, the first row is(it was strip of fabric) bast on, (you roll up the botton of the backing and batting while you sew the Next row to the frist row. As you unroll you sew on the next row. I don't know about doing this with a large quilt but it looked so simple for the lap quilt being prepared. Has anyone seen this method before are tried it.
Hi - I just completed the second big quilt (queen sized) and basted and quilted this one in sections by columns. I used the back and a complete piece and then added a row of batting and the first row of pieced quilt (btw the first row is actually the center row of the quilt and I basted it to the center of the backing). I then quilted this row and then I joined pieces of batting to each side of the next row, sewed pieced row and quilted. ( I had to cut the batting a bit larger than the width of the row so I could join it comfortably for the next row.) I then added a row on each side of center over the joined batting and quilted these rows. After allof the rows were in place and quilted, I added batting and borders and then bound the quilt. I just finished it this afternoon and I will post a photo tomorrow. I am very happy with how this went, and it turned out much better than I had even hoped. Hope this helps.
Terry