As several posters mentioned, there are lots of different QAYG techniques. There are several that I personally haven't been successful with, and the 2 you mentioned fall into that category. If you are going to quilt on your domestic sewing machine, I think it's really worth your time to experiment with other QAYG methods to find one you like.
The Marti Michell book is good:
http://www.amazon.com/Marti-Michell-...+michell+books
She shows several techniques, and the thing I like is that you don't have to quilt individual blocks as you go, you can do manageable section of your quilt, then join those, although you certainly can do it block-by-block if you would like to.
The technique that works best for me is the one by sharon pederson:
http://www.amazon.com/Reversible-Qui...ersible+quilts