Have you done a Quilt as You Go Quilt?
 

I am intrigued by the idea. Have you done a QAYG quilt?
happy with the results?
did you quilt with the backing fabric on as well?
thanks in advance for sharing😊

I made a small one in a class where we did each block separately as a double sided quilt block and then used the narrow sashing to attach the blocks to each other.

I have been doing qayg for about 20 years, it is nearly the only way I quilt. I love it. I do not do the typical squares w/ narrow sashing.

Curious as to how you do your qayg, Kassaundra, if you don't do typical squares.

I've seen a QAYG method where the blocks of the left hand column are joined, then layered onto columns of batting and backing and then quilted upto 1.5" of each edge. The next column of blocks (second from the left) is joined to to the first column before that column of batting and backing is added. This column can then be quilted including the part of the previous column that hadn't been done. The next column is added and so on until all columns have been added and quilted.

Whilst you will be wrangling a larger and larger amount of quilt, no more than the width of one column will be under the throat of the machine. I confess that this is still on my list of things to try, but if you want a go you will find a tute on Youtube.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L_b9WjeP0mU

This set of tutorials - there are 3 - is similar to How I QAYG.

How do you make your QAYG ?

I've done several QAYG quilts, from king size to lap. The king size one I joined the blocks(front and batting) and did a solid backing and joined it by stitch in the ditch for the rows. The throw and lap size quilts I did the entire sandwhich (front, batting, and backing) and joined with sashing between the blocks. I have to say, I like the sashing method the best. IMOP, when I joined the blocks and did a solid backing, I could feel each block on the back because of the bulk, and I ironed my seams open for it. When I joined the blocks with sashing, I did a half inch finish, so when joined with a 1/4 inch seam they laid flat and no bulk. I really enjoy the QAYG method.

Only one time. Each horizontal strip 8” by width of finished quilt, so that needs to be cut the long way of the yardage (not width of fabric unless it’s pieced). I was learning at church from another quilter. I remember it was large, actually I should’ve started with a smaller one. I don’t remember how I finished it on the sides.

I have made QAYG and really enjoyed the process. I made the method where each block is quilted with a wider backing. Each block is then sewn back to back with the extra toward the front. The backing is then folded over the front of the block like a border and stitched down. I love the method, but it does only have the thread holding the blocks together. It was a life saver on a larger quilt.

I made a QAYG project that I was very pleased with. The process was:
1. Quilt the cotton batting to each block (or group of blocks)
2. Join the blocks with a 1/2" seam
3. Trim the corners of the seams
4. Use stitch in the ditch to attach the one piece batting to the completed front/batting.

It was easy and I liked the way it turned out.

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I like your quilt BonnieJP. It is my favorite colors and you did a good job on it.

Thank you all for sharing your experience! I think I will give it a try.
Bonnie JP - beautiful quilt, and beautiful pups!

I have done QAYG on a small project to try it and I enjoyed it a lot. Much easier to quilt the design I wanted a block at a time without having to shove the whole quilt around. The only problem I had was that my tutorial used the standard quarter inch seam, which is really not enough when joining blocks and batting in one layer. If I do it again I will try another method. I had to do a lot of resewing and actually hand-embroidered a couple of patches onto it...it turned out darling, but that was not the look I was going for.

there should be tons of tutorials here on this too. I've done a king size but in sections (3).

QAYG is not a fast way to quilt but an easier way to get the quilting done. I learned from the best, Georgia Bonesteel. She introduced QAYG decades ago as the way to handquilt a big quilt. For a QAYG quilt to not look like a QAYG quilt, it takes precision and accuracy especially in joining the seams.

My first quilt was like a QAYG because I made hexis (using my embroidery machine) and then joined them together with the seam allowances to the front, which I then covered by hand sewing bias over the seam allowances. That made the back smooth, but since it was a honey comb, I liked having the bulk of the seams on the front. I also enjoyed the process of covering all the SA's with the bias by hand. I found it really relaxing. There are pictures here: https://www.quiltingboard.com/machin...t-t304418.html and in my album.

Yes, and I loved it! The quilt is my Jane Stickler (Dear Jane). I hand quilted each block.

Gorgeous quilt! Kitsie and Tish05

I mostly do my own version of a stitch and flip. I figure how to divide my quilt into rows or columns, prejoin my pieces into columns then stitch the columns one at a time to the batting / backing. If my columns are narrow enough that is all the "quilting" I do if they are wider or I have an idea of what I want to quilt I do additional quilting in the added new column before adding the next one. I nearly always have a pieced back but if my quilt is narrower then 60 inches or I am using fleece I keep it whole and start in the center working my way out to each side, only 30 inches at most in in the throat space of the sewing machine that way. There is no hand work ness. this way like some qayg has.

Here are a few pics of some I have done

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net...56&oe=5E7B3912
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net...da&oe=5E77E06E
front and back of same quilt

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net...14&oe=5EAC8A42
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net...57&oe=5EAD112D
front and back of same quilt

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net...ba&oe=5E799DD5
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net...b3&oe=5EAC1262
front and back of a solid fleece backed one

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net...d5&oe=5E6DE839
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net...05&oe=5E82613F
front and back

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net...51&oe=5EAD02A1
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net...2d&oe=5E67449E
another front/back of a solid fleece backed quit

Those are just a few

There are other techniques I have figured out when this one won't work, but this is the easiest and will do most types of quilts.

I am making one like this right now. I have made lots of them.

Kassaundra- gorgeous quilts! And they are QAYG. Fascinating!

Thank you, and yes all qayg.

I quilt in sections and got plenty of help from Marti Michell's "Quilting in Sections," which offers several ways to quilt parts of quilts before putting them all together.

I will check out Marty’s Quilting in Sections! Thanks!

I finished my first QAYG quilt only a couple months ago (if that). I absolutely love how it came out. Since the entire process was new to me I did everything with the quilt using things I had never used before. I did a lot of FMQ, Stencil drawn designs, I used Elmer's School Glue to do the basting. This was the biggest new thing to me all the way around and will influence my quilting for years to come. I see me doing many more QAYG projects. The quilt I did was a twin size and I am using it on my bed right now as an extra quilt on the bed just for me.

I made one in 1983 , still have and it didn't fall apart when I washed it . it a Queen size :thumbup:

I did a Mariner Compass 12" squares. Top, batting and backing were quilted together. Left a margin around the square and when I had them all done I joined them. Backs were sewed together on machine and top was joined by hand with a ladder stitch. I ended up with a king size quilt for my daughter. Came out very nice.

I did a QAYG several years ago with Leah Day. At that time she had a block of the month and each month we did a different block. So not only did we learn to FMQ different patterns but she gave very good instruction on how to quilt as you go. I don't know if the pattern is still available but it was a lot of fun and turned out really good. Mine was hanging on the wall for quite some time. Have to say the FMQ was not the best but if you didn't look close it was fine.