Show me your Yellow Brick Roads
 

I have a Yellow Brick Road top that has been waiting for quilting since October. I am going to quilt it in the next week or so, just trying to decide how I want to do it. It seems like a pretty common quilt, so I thought I would ask you guys what you had done with yours. Maybe I will get some ideas! This will only be my fourth quilt, and I was thinking about trying straight line with it... but then I was also thinking about some other designs as well... just don't know which direction I want to go.

I would use the search feature on the board. Just type in 'yellow brick road', also many folks post under ybr, so I would seach for that too.

Here is my "modified" YBR. I say modified because even though I read the instructions many, many times and I still cut some of the pieces wrong! I just cross hatched it

I'm watching this thread as I have a YBR waiting to be quilted, too.

I wanted to do something special for a Bargello quilt so I did an enlarged the blocks for the backing.......

I've only done one but it was a QFK project so I just did simple quilting in a grid.

That quilt is bright and a child will love it. Very pretty. I want to make a YBR quilt but forget it when it is time to start another.

Here is one I made for Quilt Of Valor. I quilted it with an all over star and loops on my HQ16.

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I made one also but don't know how to post pictures.

Here is one of my last ones. Words were embroidered after top was pieced. Squares were quilted with three different symbols special to the recipient. Border was meandering

Back is a microplush in dark brown, it was a throw at bed bath and beyond for 13.99.

Here's one I made for my parents, I just stitched in the ditch.

Beautiful quilts everyone. I have never made one using this pattern, but I like it!!

I also just stitched in the ditch, but I am very happy with how mine turned out. (In fact, I normally SID because I am one of those who doesn't really like the stitching to show. Works for me. :) )

Dina

I made quite a few that I just did a wavy diagonal stitch going both directions. Now that I am a little better at FMQ, I like to do an all over stitch. Maybe a rose meander, or large stipple, or something like that. Depending on the fabrics. I even did a quilt, not a YBR, but similar with a watery type stitch, it fit the fabrics.
I have a queen size flannel YBR I put together probably ten years ago that still needs borders and quilting. I will probably quilt with an all over rose meander, cause it would look good with the floral fabrics in it. I really love to use variegated thread too.

Thanks for the link, it looks good, I would like to try it.

Yellow brick road for my niece
 

Quilted with hearts and loops on my Statler

Beautiful quilts !!!

The YBR quilt I made was for my nephew for graduation. He loves fishing, so I used outdoorsy and fishing fabric (can't remember what line.) For the quilitng, I was going for water look quilting, but it turned out looking like a spool of fishing line spilled open and loops were all over the quilt. It turned out OK, just not how I imagined. Good luck with your YBR.

Here is a picture of my sisters YBR that I quilted last week. I just used a pantograph called "Spring Garland" all over. It turned out really nice. For batting I used Soft & Toasty from Joann's. By the way it's on sale today -roll is $79.00 with free shipping today only. I think it turned out pretty nice. It is in the mail and she should receive it today or tomorrow. She is really excited.

I usually stick to a simple meander or loop. When quilting but YBR is my go to for Quilts for Kids or just a super quick gift. The second one I did some embroidery in the borders to add a bit of cuteness :-)

YBR - one of my first quilts
 

I made this quilt and decided to give it to my sister for her birthday. I quilted in a meandering stitch.

Here is something that is not technically a yellow brick road because it is another purchased pattern. However, the fabric pieces are the same size and the blocks are constructed the same way. The only difference is that the blocks are set on point and setting triangles are used to create a background.

Mine is a bedspread made with batiks. Sent it out for quilting as I only quilt smaller quilts on my machine.

I used SID for my YBR made from vintage fabrics. I enjoy the simplicity of SID and this pattern.

Love all these quilts! I had forgotten about YBR, never made one but it was on my 'to do list' a number of years ago but lost the list, LOL ... now you got me thinking this would make a great toddler quilt in kids fabrics. Is there a free tute on YBR or do we have to buy the pattern?

did a google search and the first to show up was from our quilting board!

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Here is a link to a free Brick Road pattern.
http://www.how-to-quilt.com/patterns/brick-road.pdf

And also a link to Wickedly Easy, which is similar to Brick Road. http://www.byannie.com/media/images/...s_patterns.pdf

Love all the YBR quilts - thanks for the quilt show!

Really like your quilt.

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Have bookmarked the Wickedly Easy site, looks like a stash buster with quick cutting and piecing.
Thank you for posting the link.

I did loopies, because I thought it would soften the straight angles. I made it out of flannel and it is my favorite quilt.

Love all the quilts. Want to thank all for the different links. Hope mine turns out as super as all of yours did. BrendaK

WOW..All those quilts that you all posted look great....

Quilts
 

Here are a few of my YBR's. It is my favorite go-to pattern.

Love all the quilts ladies, I"ve never did a Y B R either, but I like how something so simple looks so good.

I have never done a YBR quilt either, WOW. Just by using different fabric, they look so different. Looks like I need to put it on my To-Do list.

I have to agree with Gannyrosie, I never made one but would love to.

Color
 

Love the colors you chose. Did you pick them separately or were they in a fat quarter pack? The contrast is great. Color makes such a difference.

I love this pattern!
 

This is a great go-to pattern for me! (see the four attached photos)

Since the original question was about how they were quilted, all the first one was quilted with a small-ish to medium-scale pantograph. The first one I titled, "Detour on Yellow Brick Road" because I made so many cutting mistakes in my haste to get it done ... and then I hated the starkness of the cream and how unfinished it looked to my eye, later fixing the visual with the trimmed-off scraps from the floor.

I LOVE THIS PATTERN!