I am working on my second QAG and the best advice I can give anyone, is to watch as many YouTube videos on different methods, until you find a method that speaks to you and your skills. It is possible to do QAG without slashing strips, and if you look you can find videos and tutorials to show you how. My next one will be done using Kaye Wood's "six hour quilt"method of making quick comfort quilts for donation. She uses a serger to do hers.

I've not yet done one but have researched a lot. I am leaning toward the kind you make the whole top normally but only sandwich half or however much you want of the batting. Then when that is quilted you butt the batting right up against the rest of it and quilt that half. I think that may be Marti Michelle's method but not sure.

QAYG works for me
 

I have used the Quilt As You Go method for the few quilts I have made. The Hot Diggety Dog was my first quilt, I made it for my granddaughter. It uses a log type frame for each block which added to its' charm for me. I quilted each block differently, some by hand, some by machine, some with decorative stitches on the machine.I like Leah Day's tutorial on QAYG, she is very clear, and great photos. I also viewed tutorial from The Gourmet Quilter, and got my start there. I gave a demo on this at my guild a few months ago and got very positive feedback. Several members said it cleared up a lot of questions they had about it. You can do it with or without sashing, your preference. I want to try quilting in sections on a future quilt (Orange Peel from MSQC). I like doing this QAYG as I also can choose different fabrics for the back of each block, so it is reversible as well. The stars quilt was many years in the making, began making stars in 1974, then put away for many years, and finished in December 2016. My daughter and I worked together on the layout for the front and the back. There a few blocks I almost like better on the back! The alphabet quilt was a panel with borders I made for my youngest granddaughter, quilted on my machine once borders were on.

I use her method all the time, do not use the serger part though...my serger didn't like the layers. I usually do queen size quilts with her basic technique.

I've done a lot of fmq, but once I tried QAYG, I really loved it! I am putting together a quilt that way right now. There are so many ways of doing QAYG... I suggest you read tutes, look at videos, and then try some of the different methods to see which you like best. Below are some of my QAYG quilts.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]577548[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]577549[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]577551[/ATTACH]

My 2016 Row by Row Quilt
[ATTACH=CONFIG]577552[/ATTACH]

Stormtrooper Sampler
[ATTACH=CONFIG]577553[/ATTACH]

Stormtrooper back
[ATTACH=CONFIG]577554[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]577555[/ATTACH]

Watson, I wondered about this also. Found this site and like the tutorials. Plan to try it.


https://www.candiedfabrics.com/2014/...go-no-sashing/

Try the class on Craftsy. Quilting a Big quilt on a small machine by Ann Peterson. She shows several methods that work well for me. I like to see the entire top before I start, so I don't usually do QAYG.

I use the flip-and-sew method and make a row at a time of the quilt. I used this many times on T-shirt quilts. I make a strip a time with sashing between blocks and then quilt the strip. Add sashing and the next strip. And then quilt. I use batting that need to be quilted with the larger spacing. I made a DWR and pieced together the top which would fit the bed, 60 x 80 I think. I then quilted it by machine using my walking foot and outlined the arcs and corner squares. I did a FMQ design in the center. This size was easy to handle with my machine. I then did the "hang-down" on the three sides. I FMQ in them and couched a fuzzy green yarn (stitching through the batting and baking for quilting) to resemble a vine and added some small flower things on the vine. It was manageable since I was working on the edges. I also used this method on my avatar to the left of this post.

both are lovely, but the second really caught my eye!

Everyone one of the pictures I've seen here are stunning. I want to thank all of you for showing them. This is one I did. Nothing special.