Quilt As You Go
 

I am a piecer - not a quilter. Generally I piece comfort quilts that our Guild donates to a local hospital for cancer patients to have. In the past, those have been tied. This year I decided to learn "quilt as you go" and see if I liked the look of it. Not only did I love sewing it, I loved the look of it. While I was at it, I learned the flange binding technique and am pleased with that as well. In learning the QAYG, I used lots of the two-prong seam pins, spent lots of time ironing, and used a regular pressure foot - not my walking foot. I have quilted some small things in the past but was never satisfied with the less than professional look. And I could never learn to control my stitch length with the walking foot. My machine sewed all layers without a blink. I doubt I will ever tie another quilt.

Beautiful quilt! ... very colorful eye-catching. I'm intrigued by your method, it seems different than the usual method with sashes.

isn't it great to advance one's skills? Nice quilt. Very modern and bold.

EXTRAORDINARY!!!
Looks like Valentine's Day!!
How did you QAYG this quilt? ? ? ?

very nicely done... glad you mastered a new skill

I made the blocks and sewed them into separate rows. I began in the middle of the quilt and did flip 'n sew, matching seams as I went. After each row was sewn and flipped, I pressed from the front and the back so I wouldn't have bunching anywhere. I basted all four edges before I sewed on the binding. Honestly it didn't take me much longer to do this technique than it would have to sew my rows together. I learned this because my daughter needs to make a baby quilt and she is not much of a sewer and didn't want to spend the money to have it professionally quilted. I didn't want to force my awful quilting on a sweet baby.

Love QAYG quilts. Yours is great!

You have expanded your horizons and done a lovely job at it. Thanks for sharing.

I also am a pieces, but a QAYG tute on here scared me away from trying that. You had to sew the sashing on both sides without the seams showing and I couldn't figure how she could do it. So since I couldn't find the answer in her tute, I decided it must be too tricky to explain.

It is wonderful to master new skills. Your quilt is so beautiful. Wonderful work.