I have got to learn this method. Thanks for all the helpful suggestions. Will look into these avenues.

Thanks for all the replies. Lynnie, which method do you use? I'm a little apprehensive that the sashing part won't be straight and even. :-(

I have done one QAYG on a king size. The middle was 9 16x16 inch appliqué blocks with sashing I quilted as a regular quilt, then quilted the sides, top and bottom and attached. I whipped stitched the back. It is a small flower print and not noticeable. I sleep under it every night.

I do almost everything QAYG. I don't have any hand stitching and don't always have sashing. As long as you can assemble in rows either vertical or horizontal doesn't matter. Just put a row together cut batting (slightly smaller) and backing same size. Sandwich and quilt. Make second row and cut backing and batting. Place top face to face and back face to face. Pin at matching seams. Sew row together, flip both sides out and insert batting and quilt. Continue with each row until complete. Add borders if wanted and finish. If you have sashings then add sashing to one side of row and to back or cut back size to include sashing width and sew front and back to sashing edge insert batting and continue. Yes you still have the entire quilt near the end BUT you don't have to stuff the quilt into the harp of the machine. It is all to the left of the machine. The only issue I have is when I have to turn the quilt sometimes in quilting but most of the time it is either in front, beside or behind the machine not in the harp.

We were traveling back and forth to N.C. due to my mother's ill health and I needed something to do on the 12 hour drive down and 12 hours back so I created this quilt by hand quilting it on the trips. Then, when they were all quilted, I sewed them all together on my Featherweight sewing machine. Hand sewed the binding on also. I just carried the squares with a small tin with my sewing thread/needles/thread/scissors in a nice grocery freezer bag each time we went that year.

I had a customer who didn't want to finish her's but this was over two decades. She had use polyester batting which didn't make things any easier. Just wasn't an easy or pleasant process but she was delighted with the final results and that is all that really counts. I have never had a problem with quilting a queen size quilt thru my 7" space on my Bernina 1530. It is simply having the correct support for the quilt.

Thank you for sharing your experience ladies. I am in the process of making a quilt with no sashing using a couple of different methods of QAYG for the first time. I am experiencing and I am not sure if I like it or not so your experiences are very instructive for me.
I am trying to avoid hand sewing as I have problems with my right thumb. I use to handquilt and I loved it but I have to change my way of quilting.

I used the Fun and Done method. Check out Bayside Quilting, they have a video on how to do it. You can also purchase Fun and Done patterns and templates to align the batting. I made one and it turned out lovely. There was no hand stitching at all. What you do is make mini quilts in making the blocks and then you sew them together. The easiest way to describe this is to go look at the video at Bayside Quilting, it's much easier to just watch it than to try and explain it. When I made mine, I made my own template to center the batting out of flexible cutting boards from the dollar store. Worked great!

QuiltingHaven, I really like your quilt. It is so restful looking.

Go to http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...lt-t60764.html for a good tutorial by DITTER.