Old 03-31-2016, 03:35 AM
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janRN
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Givio, I "invented" my own QAYG method LOL. I quilted the individual blocks & batting then sewed the blocks together with sashing strips, trimming the batting to just fill the sashing. I sewed the entire quilt top together then attached the backing as one large piece. I then stitched 1/4" down the sides of the sashing strips and across the other sashing strips. From the back the only quilting visible is the grid pattern from stitching in the sashing strips. I have no bulky seams, no juggling to match all those seams up but have a nice flat quilt that held up to washing just fine. The batting doesn't shift because it's quilted to each individual block and the backing is secured by the straight stitching in the sashing. Clear as mud LOL??? I'm a former hand quilter and like the appearance of individual quilting designs in each block. I let the block "tell"me what to quilt.
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