this was really fun and it goes fast.

thanks.

How big are the blocks?
I have been using the flip and sew for some time and my blocks have been 12".
Thanks,

using my CHEATER'S METHOD they can be any size you want.

don't know about the special template method.

I vote for easy diamonds! Let us know how it goes!

Kind of wish I'd ordered easy diamonds too. I really like that pattern. I think I'm going to the Mountain Quiltfest in Pigeon Forge TN on the 11th. Maybe one of the vendors there will have them. I'll save on postage!

My sis has this or one like it--not sure of the name of the one she has. So far, I have only done the flip and sew. It is so much easier to sew the blocks together. You only have a sashing on the front; the backs are butted up to each other. One day I will try doing this with a traditional block (as the larger piece) and figure a way to bring it around to the front (which would be the back of mine.

the batting buddy is a template to cut the squares for the pattern without measuring. The batting buddy is two pieces. The outside frame is for cutting the backing piece and centering the batting square. the center piece is for the batting square. Fun and Done quilt as you go are done in squares of the backing with the batting centered on the backing and the pieced pattern on top. It is a type of sew and flip and thus quilted as you piece. The squares are then butted together with the backing sewn together, folded over and stitched down on top forming borders. In this quilt your backing appears on the front so take that into consideration.

right on, kk,

the only way to attach the two blocks in that way would be to sew a strip on the backing and flip to the front, sew them together, and then turn under the edges and top stitch.

it defeats the purpose of SAYG or F&D, and makes it harder to do because you're adding the extra step of adding the strip, which otherwise would be built in. clear as mud?. only if you have blocks already made would this be a good idea.

oh. wait. did kid124 mean an undone block backing only? if yes, then i haven't understoond it well. sorry.

Okay, I'm doing Fun and Done with my own templates on 16 1/2 inch pieced blocks...I cut the batting 16 1/2 and the backing 18 1/2 inches...I spray basted together and am hand quilting beautiful feathers in the center of the 16 1/2 inch block, could just as easily be quilted on the machine...then I sew the back pieces together to the front (like a rag quilt) and then fold over 1/4 inch and over 1/4 inch again (like a rolled hem) and stitch to the front of the block. I will post pictures today when I get my batteries...still waiting on the post office :roll: ...I'm using warm and natural batting that only requires stitching every 8 inches, which is ample with the decorative stitching I'm doing in the center. This is going really fast, might have this quilt done next week!

excellent!

just like i said. you can save a bundle not buying the fun & done template. ain't life grand? LOL!!!

this is a really good SAYG project. prepare all the blocks ahead, hand stitch your design and then machine them together at home. good car project. if the roll-overs are too lumpy, you can fold over once at 1/2", too .

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does my heart good to outwit the system!

You all are making me want to try it. I am anxiously awaiting more pictures.

Butterflywing- I reread my post and it sounded kind of confusing. It's like kankan01 said about the backing coming to the front and making a sashing. The back is a solid piece of fabric (that needs to coordinate with the front) I finished one just before the New Year and ended up liking the back better--that is why I want to figure out a way to make it so the front doesn't have sashing. Does that make sense?

The template just makes it easy to center the batting. I didn't use it to cut the back or batting

Has anyone actually made one from the fun and done patterns? I got mine in the mail yesterday and maybe it's just me but it seems like to calls for a lot of fabric. The easy diamonds takes almost 20 yards of fabric for a twin size. At $9 a yard that would cost $180 for just the fabric. By the time you buy the batting you would have over $200 in it. Does that seem like a lot of fabric to anyone else? Just wondering if anyone has actually purchased the fabric and made one and if they had tons of fabric left over.

That is WAY TOO much fabric for a twin size. Does this include the backing? I use about 6 yards of fabric for the front and back of a full size/queen size quilt. I haven't used the FUN and DONE pattern, just the method.

My 2 Cents worth... :-)

Yes that includes the backing, but still sounds like a lot of fabric to me for a twin sized quilt.

The only way I can figure it would take that much fabric is if you are fussy cutting patterns from the fabric and only want ONE pattern.

wow, that would be way tooo much fabric for a twin size quilt, even with the backing.

I made some squares, using scraps of fabric and know that I won't use anywhere near that much.

That is way too much fabric even with the backing included. I've never used that much fabric in any quilt I've made. I haven't received my fun and done yet. I ordered the easy diamond pattern too.

My mom works in a quilt shop in Florida and when I talked to her the other night she had just finished a quilt using the Fun & Done and told me that I HAVE to get one. She said it is so fun and easy and quick. They have 4 of the patterns now made up in the shop. And needless to say mom has bought almost all the patterns available. (I did tell her to remember her daughter ;) )

It is a great way to use up batting scraps. I have a ton of them left over from other quilt projects.

Maybe it is me, but I am thinking if you wanted to reverse the sashing to the back, wouldn't you just reverse the sizing of the bocks? Maybe not since the drag on the backing would occur while the flip sewing happened. I would say then, just make the front and backing the same size, cut the backing to the smaller size when you are finished, then meet the fronts together and sew the seam,and hem the way they say to the back. Am I right? I am dizzy just typing this. My abstract reasoning is really bad, girls. LoL!

kd124 - LOL! okay! now i don't understand. is this it? you're making blocks and you like the back better than the front. right? so the back IS the front. right? can you just do sayg's that are all the same on both sides? that way you'll end up with 2 fronts. right? is that it? to end up with two right sides? and eliminate the sashing altogether.

do i have that right? LOL! LOL!!




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I don't think it would work to turn a pieced block to the back and form a sashing out of it. It would have seams in it and wouldn't turn under nice. The Georgia Bonesteel method has no sashing. You should check it out.

I have a couple of blocks done really quickly on this fun and done but it would not let me put the pics in here. Making a New Topic - Fun & Done Pic

I think I found out how to get them here!

ok Got the pictures in here now!Here is what I did with some scraps for the string and a Bow Tie block I have been doing. I put the "string' one on like they had in the Fun & Done video. The Bow Tie block was already made so I just handquilted it to the batting and backing. I cut the back an inch bigger than my 12 inch block all the way around (14 inch block!)
PLEASE DO NOT LOOK AT MY STITCHING!!!!!
I can do better but was in a hurry to get this so I could show!!!
Mary

redgarnet222--that is pretty much what I was thinking. Thanks.

butterflywing--On the one I did last, the front is flip and sew and makes a pattern. The back is 1 piece of fabric per block. See redgarnet222's post above, that is what I want to do.

wait. wait. if you wanted to reverse the sashing to the back, wouldn't you just do the same basic thing and switch the colors to suit you, and call the 'front' the 'back'? do you want to have the 'back' fabric in the window, with the feature fabric as the flap-over? this is why i'm not a nuclear physicist. LOL! :oops: :oops: :oops: (this is me feeling dopey)

YES! YES! YES! i think you have it knocked! i didn't see any extra fabric on the side of the bowtie, but i guess that's because it wasn't really done with this method in mind. you can make the sashing any size you want to by increasing or decreasing the flap size. the size possibilities are endless.

you can do almost any string design with this method. if you are making small blocks, say 4", then you probably don't even need interior stitching.

the nice thing, as i see it, is that as you work cutting out something, you can immediately use the leftovers to cut the front of one of these blocks and put it together then and there. when you have a bunch, then attach them all. if you do one at a time, you don't even realize that they're piling up. it's like a SURPRISE!!! HERE I AM !!! quilt.

is that the same as choosing the feature fabric as the backing and the (what should be the) backing fabric as the feature? are you just reversing the fabrics?

OMG. this seemed like such such a simple thread when i started. LOL! LOL ! :lol: :lol: :lol:

i want you all to promise that when they come to get me, you'll visit!

Mary,
What a neat idea!! (To make the block by machine and then handquilt it to the batting and backing!) Can't wait to try this method....

OMG! This seemed so simple when I 1st saw it. I didn't know I was opening such a can of worms with my 1st post!!!

Fun and Done Batting Buddy
 

I just saw a video of it being used by the lady from Bayside Quilting. The template is actually two square pieces. Actually a square within a square. If you have never done a "sew as you go"quilt this is the one to make and learn from. Do watch the video. And definitely order the templates: Fun and Done Batting Buddy. I am ordering mine today. There are other "sew as you go" patterns out there but definitely this one is for the beginner. She also has other patterns on her site.

This is a very old posting but the Fun and Done quilt is still popular. I took a class some years ago and have the templates. The quilt is very dense when finished. I would use the lightest batting or thin flannel for batting. The stitching looks best if the thread matches and sinks in the fabric. I think the lawn fabric from Connecting Threads would be perfect for this quilt. It's very lightweight.