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Thanks for the information and urls.
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http://www.quiltyard.com/aboutus.phtml and Betty's cotton yard, her quilts are quilted first then joined
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Originally Posted by leaha
http://www.quiltyard.com/aboutus.phtml and Betty's cotton yard, her quilts are quilted first then joined
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I have both books from the Cotten Theory. The finished quilts are truly lovely but the construction is more involved than I want to get in to. There are many pieces and strips to cut of backing, top and batting. I made a few of the blocks and I could never get the finished thing to look like hers. There's decorative stitches necessary to the construction.
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Thanks so much for this thread and the research...especially by MTS. I machine quilt my own projects and want to find more ways to manage a large quilt. My arms and hands just can handle all that bulk for very long.
I've dabbled with the Cotton Theory method and like it a lot for small projects but haven't made a quilt yet. I worry about how soft or drape-able it will be. I want to try these other methods. |
Originally Posted by molly oldham
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I used the Fun & Done, and the one Kimberly uses. Are there more?
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Originally Posted by MTS
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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 http://www.georgiabonesteel.com/lqontv.html ....to my knowledge the originator of the term if not the method, since i'm sure someone's grandmother did it a couple of generations ago...nothing new under the sun.... |
Great information, thank you very much.
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There is a book called Quilting in Sections, by Marty Michell that has a few different methods. I tried out a few sample sized pieces from her book and liked the results of the "low fat" method best. In that one, you lay out your backing/batting/top as usual, baste the center, then fold back the top and back and trim the batting into halves or thirds, whichever works best for your quilt. Then you are working with less bulk. Once you quilt what's left, you piece the batting back together and quilt the remainder.
http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Quilti.../dp/B000NNGZJE |
Thank you MTS for the QAYG information. I have been looking for information on how to QAYG.
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