Here's the bag of my scrappy QAYG - it was assembled and quilted in rows, stopping half an inch from the edge then these sections were quilted after assembly of the top. I just left the quilting thread trailing. The borders were also quilted independently then added. There's no sashing - no one told me you couldn't do QAYG without sashing so I did it! :D

K x

PS This was made two years ago and my handquilting has improved a bit since then, sorry, I know pride's a sin but can't help myself... :oops: !

K x

Thanks Kx!! I understand a little better now! Maxine

That looks great. Not at all what I thought it would look like. Now I really need to try this.

These look like so much fun to do. I'm wanting to try one of these, but am trying to figure out how to not have a sashing on the front. Would you just sew the blocks together normally, then when you stitch the back seam together, could you trim one of the sides of the seams down and fold over the other one? Would that work?

I sewed the blocks into strips as normal then batted and backed. When I quilted the strip, I stopped and inch short of the edge. Then I joined the strips RST - the top- turned it over, trimmed the batting so it butted up, then folded one edge of the backing over the other and slip stitched down.

then finished off the quilting!

K x

I did a GAUG on a crazy quilt....I found the instructions on the net. It has a narrow 1" strip on the front and a 1 3/4" inch strip (doubled) on the back that you then hand stitched down. It worked pretty good cuz I did some fancy lace and machine stitches on each block layered with top,batting and backing. I enjoyed the hand stitching when I had the rows together. I just goggled "quiltasyougo" and this site came up.

If you are making string blocks, you can do them quilt as you go. Cut your backing and batting, then sew the strings on the blocks and square. Your quilting is already done. Then, the blocks are put together with sashing, much like the method mentioned above. Easy, pretty, and quick.

Ok, that makes sense to me!.. Thank you for explaining it. :)

A good site for Quilt-as-you-go is as follows:
welshquilter.blogspot.com/2008/02/quilt-as-you-go.html.

I have referred to it and am using the suggestions, but haven't finished my quilt yet, but do like the site and suggestions.

This is fun and i too love Georgia Bonesteel lap quilting have fun.
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