Originally Posted by
bkay
Actually, I thought of that yesterday. It's done to the point that it already has the border is on it. I'd have to rip a lot of seams. I took it yesterday out to measure the finished block and it looks like I got sloppy when I joined the rows. It was the second or third quilt I made, so it probably could stand some revisiting. I've learned a lot since then. If I remember correctly, I did a pretty good job of matching the stripe on the blocks.
I suppose I should get it out and see how I put it together. It might be a good candidate for quilting in strips. I have the book, Divide and Conquer, Quilt it Your Way. It has some good tutorials on strip quilting, which, with the sashing, might work.
Thanks for affirming my thought.
You do not need to take the top apart to quilt it in sections. You can use pieces of batting. One in the middle, and work you way out. Marty Michell prefers to have the batting cut with wavy lines, not straight using this method. She said that it lessens the risk of the join becoming a permanent crease int he finished quilt.
So you have your intact top. Place a long piece of batting in the middle, baste your sandwich to just this piece of batting. Quilt the middle. You will be rolling up the excess backing and top, but as there is no batting in it yet, the bulk should not be a problem. Next add another section of batting to one side, baste, quilt, repeat until you are done.