QAYG without Sashing
 

Candy Glendening of Candied Fabrics just released a new video on her method of doing QAYG without sashing. I am not affiliated with her in any way but found her method doable!

Here is the link:

http://www.candiedfabrics.com/2014/0...go-no-sashing/

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Awsome! Thanks! Ann Petersen use a similar method in her Craftsy class; you split the batting to reduce the bulk. I have made a few twin quilts like this and it turn out great. Candy's method should work as well and would give you more freedom. I would make the manipulation of the sandwich easier. I hate, hate, hate the flattening part of sandwiching; working with smaller portion would be so great. I can't wait to try it.

Thanks for the link. Very informative and great videos.

Have bookmarked, thank you for posting

I really like this method and she did a great job of explaining it. Thanks for posting this great link.

Very good QAYG, Candy explained and show how to great!

thanks for the link what an awesome tutorial I bookmarked it and surely will do this on my very soon next quilt I did get lost when she showed how she did her cute lollipop quilt but that's just me.... clever lady whish I could think of techniques like that

That's why I think I will start out with a small quilt when I have mastered her technique on the quilt she demonstrated.

thanks for sharing that link!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for that link!

I had been thinking of doing something like this, but seeing it done really helps. This would be a much faster way to quilt charity quilts than sandwiching and pin basting on a too-small table. Several things occur to me:

1) You would not need to zig zag non-fusible batting. You could use Elmer's glue on it. You would glue it first to the backing and then, if needed, put some glue on top of the batting and smooth the top over it.

2) You would not need fusible batting at all if you used Elmer's glue, and in doing so, you wouldn't have to press the quilt as often as she does. It seems to me a good idea to glue the batting to the back and then glue the batting to the top. Then quilt. You would use small drops of glue, of course.

3) You could easily use a walking foot and a decorative stitch to quilt. You wouldn't have to do fmq. In that case, you could do lines of stitching from top to bottom and side to side, or do diagonal lines, or big wavy lines, or something else. (For me, this means I could do piecing and quilting on the one Singer 500 in a cabinet I have in the living room and would not have to go downstairs when my knees are bad.)

4) For charity quilts, this cries for a scrappy backing. Regarding backing, I recently started using fabric off the bolt for backing homeless quilts as it was easier. I could do a horizontal piece of fabric as wide as needed, and then have one horizontal seam, letting the ~44 inch width be doubled for a quilt up to 88 inches. However, I would switch methods and make vertical seams (with either one fabric or scrappy) and quilt in rows, as she does. My quilts usually have more blocks down than across.

I think this method would require a lot less work and time!

Cricket

Thanks for the link I finally understand the multiple steps to do this method of quilting. Now that I see the multiple steps I don't know if his is a time saver or not for me. I Would need to replace my mini ironing board with a standup one in my room and still have to use the floor to piece - cutting table is not that long or go downstairs each time to iron and piece. Does this method really save time?

Thanks for the link. I must try this.

Cricket, as with most tutorials I myself launching off what is taught to adapt it with my own personal taste. Rarely do I watch something and follow instructions as they did it. My mind is off creating my own way. :D ​However, I greatly appreciate the input because without it my mind is often blank!

It seems like it would save time compared to the more familiar way of doing QAYG. Depending on what a person's set-up is, it might take more time. Using the floor to piece, etc. has long not been an option for me. Candi's lollipop quilt where she pieced/joined smaller sections might work better for you. I plan to make a doll size quilt to first try this method to see what I do and don't like about it. Let us know if you try it.

This method is no sash either and sounds easy.
http://www.ludlowquiltandsew.co.uk/a...-machine-sewn/

Yes, I have seen her method before. I will have to experiment with that also.

:D:D...somehow, I can see where I have more chance of messing this up since the joining in the last step has stitching on the top instead of the stitching being on the inside. Probably this would have it's own application for certain quilts.

I love her method of making the back larger and using it to form your binding. :)

Thank you, I really want to try this.

Linda, thanks so much for your thoughtful response.

I just had another "ah ha" on this. For charity kids' quilts, which are smaller than the adult quilts I mostly make, there is a quick quilt called a Strippy Quilt. It is literally strips of fabric down the quilt, something like 1600 quilts but bigger strips and coordinated more. I would make this quilt with fabrics kids would like that are 6.5 inches wide by WOF, since I have a 6.5" GO die. But instead of attaching both front and back each time, plus batting, these quilts are small enough that I could glue baste the batting to the backing, and then use the method above to put the right sides together of each 6.5 strip, thus quilting (partially) as I went. That would be very fast. Then a small amount of other quilting would finish the top, and it is ready to bind either traditionally or with fold-over binding.

Linda, yes, it would be quicker and less work compared to other methods of QAYG. However, for me it is more than that. I have a small house. My sewing room is downstairs in the basement, and since building it there, I've had some serious injuries that disabled me. Stairs are hard. The only table I can use for basting is the kitchen table, upstairs, and that means going up just to baste and then down to quilt. On a good day, my knees can handle one trip up and one down, but not two, so things wait. I have more than 15 tops waiting to be basted right now. If I could do the basting as part of QAYG, I would only have to assemble some kits and then could do all the work upstairs where there is one machine in a cabinet as opposed to my full quilting set-up downstairs. I don't have the room to handle regular quilting upstairs and the Singer 500 would not be my choice for fmq, but I can handle this. I can't thank you enough for posting this link and answering these posts.

Cricket