How many different QAYG methods are there?
07-04-2011, 05:09 AM
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QAYG = QUILT AS YOU GO
There are many similar methods to the version demonstrated by Kimberly in her tutorial (link below). Most of have slight variations dealing with the sashing, and/or the way the blocks are attached to each other.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-115627-1.htm
The variation I use most often is based on the book "Awash with Color" by Judy Turner.
http://www.amazon.com/Awash-Color-Wa.../dp/1561483737
In it, you actually attach the top and back sashing to the block at the same time, zig-zag the blocks together, and then you sew down the other side of the sashings (either by hand or machine). I prefer to do it by hand, but it can easily be done by machine.
Nothing, and I mean nothing, is ever going to pull this thing apart. I think I like it the best because the first few QAYG quilts I made were for babies. One I know of was still going 6 years later, even after weekly washings and nap times at nursery and kindergarden.
I think this method is the most versatile because you can attach ANYTHING together, regardless of the shape.
The quilt below was made about 6(?) years ago for the 1st baby of a bee member. Each member contributed a quilted block and then I put them together.
The first picture is the front. I basically took a full piece of the fish fabric and just quilted with wavy lines (the extent of my FMQ talent). Despite the way they're holding the quilt, it's perfectly square. For the record. ;-)
Then I did some surgery and removed the spaces based on the shapes of the members' blocks. Some of the curved sashings were cut on the bias, for obvious reasons.
There are many similar methods to the version demonstrated by Kimberly in her tutorial (link below). Most of have slight variations dealing with the sashing, and/or the way the blocks are attached to each other.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-115627-1.htm
The variation I use most often is based on the book "Awash with Color" by Judy Turner.
http://www.amazon.com/Awash-Color-Wa.../dp/1561483737
In it, you actually attach the top and back sashing to the block at the same time, zig-zag the blocks together, and then you sew down the other side of the sashings (either by hand or machine). I prefer to do it by hand, but it can easily be done by machine.
Nothing, and I mean nothing, is ever going to pull this thing apart. I think I like it the best because the first few QAYG quilts I made were for babies. One I know of was still going 6 years later, even after weekly washings and nap times at nursery and kindergarden.
I think this method is the most versatile because you can attach ANYTHING together, regardless of the shape.
The quilt below was made about 6(?) years ago for the 1st baby of a bee member. Each member contributed a quilted block and then I put them together.
The first picture is the front. I basically took a full piece of the fish fabric and just quilted with wavy lines (the extent of my FMQ talent). Despite the way they're holding the quilt, it's perfectly square. For the record. ;-)
Then I did some surgery and removed the spaces based on the shapes of the members' blocks. Some of the curved sashings were cut on the bias, for obvious reasons.
I can't remember, in this case, if I inset the blocks first and then added the sashing or visa versa.
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The back - we're all big fans of B&W, so that made it easy.
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In use. A success.
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07-04-2011, 05:24 AM
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Here's a recap of some of the various QAYG tutorials on this board.
THere are many, I haven't read them all, but these struck me as very well written and presented.
The Fun and Done - where you bring the backing to the front as a border/binding for each block, tutorial by DebWatkins.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-52698-1.htm
QAYG with sashing:
Kimberly's tutorial (also noted in my previous post)
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-115627-1.htm
Similar to Kimberly's but another variation of dealing with the sashing - and NO hand sewing.
Tutorial by k3n.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-36303-1.htm
If you're looking for some books, the best are:
Judy Turner - Awash with Color
http://www.amazon.com/Awash-Color-Wa.../dp/1561483737
It's also a great book if you want to learn about value. I highly recommend it.
The other is Reversible Quilts by Sharon Pederson.
http://www.amazon.com/Reversible-Qui...9785498&sr=1-1
All the above methods have to do with joining blocks that are already quilted. My advise is to read them ALL, go to youtube and watch videos - just search on QAYG.
Then pick a method, or pieces of different ones, that will work for you. It's a fabulous technique to know.
Sometimes the QAYG moniker is also used for methods that help deal with quilting a large finished top on a domestic machine. This is where you would only use 1/3 of the batting at a time, so you're not struggling with a huge queen size quilt for the entire time.
The two books that come to mind are:
Divide and Conquer by Nancy Milligan
http://www.amazon.com/Divide-Conquer...9785709&sr=1-2
And this one by Marti Michel (which pretty much has the same info as D&C).
http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Quilti...9785782&sr=1-2
THere are many, I haven't read them all, but these struck me as very well written and presented.
The Fun and Done - where you bring the backing to the front as a border/binding for each block, tutorial by DebWatkins.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-52698-1.htm
QAYG with sashing:
Kimberly's tutorial (also noted in my previous post)
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-115627-1.htm
Similar to Kimberly's but another variation of dealing with the sashing - and NO hand sewing.
Tutorial by k3n.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-36303-1.htm
If you're looking for some books, the best are:
Judy Turner - Awash with Color
http://www.amazon.com/Awash-Color-Wa.../dp/1561483737
It's also a great book if you want to learn about value. I highly recommend it.
The other is Reversible Quilts by Sharon Pederson.
http://www.amazon.com/Reversible-Qui...9785498&sr=1-1
All the above methods have to do with joining blocks that are already quilted. My advise is to read them ALL, go to youtube and watch videos - just search on QAYG.
Then pick a method, or pieces of different ones, that will work for you. It's a fabulous technique to know.
Sometimes the QAYG moniker is also used for methods that help deal with quilting a large finished top on a domestic machine. This is where you would only use 1/3 of the batting at a time, so you're not struggling with a huge queen size quilt for the entire time.
The two books that come to mind are:
Divide and Conquer by Nancy Milligan
http://www.amazon.com/Divide-Conquer...9785709&sr=1-2
And this one by Marti Michel (which pretty much has the same info as D&C).
http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Quilti...9785782&sr=1-2
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