Quilt as You go sucess
 

I have never been sucessfull with quilting on my home machine , and as I live in the UK sending a quilt out is well nigh impossible due to the prices , sooooo I have been trying a squillion ways to learn how to quilt as you go .I have come across this video on you tube by Lindee G , its the answer to my prayers , it shows a rather gorgeous baby quilt which is embroidered , but after that bit it shows the easiest (well to me anyway):)way of QAYG, I tried it on orphan blocks of all different sizes and it works every time , and best of all , no fiddling about folding and cutting and hand sewing (yak)
I hope this might interest some who are thinking of using this method.
Regards
Kathryn

sounds great. i'm doing a few blocks now myself and will make it into a wall hanging. One day i'll do a large quilt.

Do you have a link to the video?

I've just done a search and can't find it either. I would be very interested too.

I just finished a quilt as you go quilt (pictures in the picture section- thread says something about Shadow Trapunto).

I didn't necessarily find it any easier to do than a regular quilt- putting it all together was difficult, it just moved the difficulty (the wadding of the quilt to get it thruogh the machine) to another step.

It is a tool I'll keep in my arsenal, but it won't solve all problems for me. Only if I want that look.

Here you go! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWKVNQTG-74

Thanks Gladys,I will definately try that method.

I found this tutorial very helpful. http://maureencracknellhandmade.blog...-tutorial.html She quilts the top and batting squares, sews them together then adds the backing with stitch in the ditch to hold the layers together.

Sorry about not posting the link , my techie knowledge does not venture that far :)but I hope it benefits someone :)

Great video and ideas. Thanks for posting it.

Love this technique. Bookmarked this one for my next quilt.

Wow. Lindee G makes it look so easy. I'm going to give this a try. Thank you so much for sharing.

I used QAYG to make a quilt for a Joann's employee who was going into the Air Force. It worked perfectly. I will admit that I don't like it for every type of quilt since you don't always want those borders, but you can also play around with using long pieced strips instead of blocks for a different look, too.

You might want to read through this thread here on the board. http://www.quiltingboard.com/quiltin...e-t196192.html. Also Ditter has a tutorial here on the board for doing the QAYG.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...lt-t60764.html
This the tutorial by Ditter43 for her string quilt. I hope these links help. Happy quilting

Thanks for all the information gals.....once I finish up my current projects a QAYG project is next on my list! :)

This is the one I use http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7_lwOfZWM8

I have made a couple of memory quilts for the grands using QAYG....loved it, especially when it came time to quilt!!! Am now doing a CA King bedspread using this technique...only way I can quilt big projects on my machine...

Thanks! I don't have an embroidery machine, but the assembly method looks do-able and the example of backing fabric that hides problems is worth noting. I have enough 10-minute blocks for a large quilt among my UFOs, and I was planning to use sashing for it in any case, so that may be my experiment with this method.

Hi daisylil,

Someone from UK . I agree sending out to Laq. I'm possible not only price but finding one who can do it very quickly. One near to mehas at least 6 month wait.this is similar to the quilt as you go I do. I find it so much easier to quilt small sections at a time. I spent hours, days watching the videos on utube early last year seeing so many different ways and finally sorting my own. Ate you going to Malvern in May? I am going to Uttoxeter in spring as I live 10 minutes away you are too far for a small show. If you are visiting Alton Towers make it same time as Uttoxeter show. We also. Have a small quilt shop in the area to visit. PM me please for more info.