Tried this technique for the first time. I decided to use a pastel batik as the main fabric but realised that it did not pop as well as a solid fabric would of. Oh well to bad, notch this up to a learning experience! Think I prefer the back of the quilt to the front.

I think it is a very pretty quilt! You did a great job!

Beautiful quilt and fabrics are so nice!

Great looking quilt, I like the idea of quilting as you go

Nice job. Have to try that one day!

Wow, another quilt where the backing is as great as the front. I love this quilt.

It is just wonderful. I could hang it on my wall if I had a wall to display it on most of my wall are used.

Love this one and the convergence one. You are you own worst critic. Beautiful work and colors on both.

Oh I love this. QAYG is one of my favorite ways to make them.

I really like this quilt.

This is a very pretty pastel quilt, great job!

Golly gee, you can send it to me. I think your quilt is spectacular.

Lovely colors, will have to try QAYG.

My next project will be a QAYG. I plan to start it this week and it sounds so encouraging and faster!

Well I think it's beautiful. The effect is more subtle than if you'd used a darker sashing but this invites closer inspection rather than 'in your face' impact and makes for a really elegant quilt. So there! :mrgreen:

PS I also love the look of the squares between the strips - the way they radiate out when the blocks are place together. I really LOVE this quilt. :D

Very nice!

Very nice!

I like the quilt, and the picture of the camel on the beach is pretty colorful too. LOL:-)

I think that the colors are wonderful. You did a great job on a beautiful quilt.

I think it looks great on both sides

I have done a couple in this style, and enjoy the fact that the quilt is truly reversable!

I think I would like doing that but not quite sure how you go about it. How do you put the squares together after done quilting and not have it pucker or poof out a lot?

Linda

Thanks for sharing - your quilt is beautiful!

This is the 2nd quilt I've looked at of yours that you said you prefer the back! I think you are much too hard on yourself- they are both really pretty!

The colors you chose may not cause the blocks to "pop" but they certainly create some unique color trends and flows. I think it's absolutely beautiful. Not everything needs to pop, sometimes quiet beauty is better.


Have you ever seen sisters--one strikingly beautiful and the other very pretty in a classic sort of way but not striking? Ever see them when they age? The striking beauty fades but the classic beauty remains beautiful forever.

I think it's very pretty. I love the colors.

Well, I love both sides of it! Good job!
After Christmas, a QAYG is on my to-do list.

love the colors very bright and cheery any one would love to get it

Beautiful!!!

you did a great job with all of the colors...Beautiful quilt...

Your quilt is lovely.

I've done a dozen QAYG quilts, using many different techniques.

But I'm trying to figure out your particular method of QAYG.

Am I right that you took the backing fabric and brought it to the front to make those nice little borders/bindings around each square on the front?

And then ....how did you join those squares? ZigZag them? I can't get see the detail.

Oh I love this quilt just the way it is, it kinda matches your camel....:)

Beautiful! It is a lovely reversible quilt :D:D:D

Great job, anything with batiks looks good.

It is a beautiful quilt! I like the idea that it could be reversible too as the back is as gorgeous as the front!

:-D Thanks for the kind words, promise its just these two quilts.

Hello, yes I brought the backing fabric to the front and then just turned it under and sewing along the edges. I found this extremely difficult and I fought with the pins. My hands and arms looked like they had been in a cat fight. I'm sure there is an easier way to do this.

Very good words regarding sisters - will keep this in mind.

Thanks so much

I'm sure it was a pain, but it gives it a very nice, and unique effect. I've got half a dozen QAYG methods in my toolbox, but I haven't seen this before, and I'm really intrigued.

If you don't mind, here are another couple of questions:

Typically, before joining the quilted blocks they are trimmed down to size. I always start out with oversized blocks. I don't see how you could have done this. So I'm guessing you had to be pretty accurate when adding the strips, right?

How did you join the blocks? Did you zig-zag through the little bindings on each block? Did you slip-stitch it by hand?

Thanks.

Don't mind answering your questions at all!

Yes, I had to be very accurate when joining the strips. I used a paper template for the middle block and then used a 1/4 seam for the rest of the strips.

I have typed the instructions on joining the blocks - hope this helps

"To join two blocks, place them backing sides together. Pin along the stitiching line as shown, placing the blocks together so the batting edges match. make sure that the batting on both blocks will not be caught in the stitching line. Stitch entire length of backing fabric, close to the edge of the batting. The stitching line should "snug up" to the batting so that the finished quilt will hang like one continuous piece of batting. Changing your presser foot to an open-toe applique or zipper foot may make this easier to stitch.

Sashing:

Press seam allowances open. Fo form sashing pieces, turn under each raw edge to the stitching line. Pin the folded edge in place. Topstitch the folded edge on both sides of seam, using an open-toe, applique or walking foot. Stitching could also be done with a blanket, feather, or invisible stitch".

Hope this helps!!

Failing this the pattern is available from Prairie Sky Quilting. Pattern is called Woven Wonder Quilt.

http://www.prairieskyquilting.com/fun_n_done_main.htm

Happy Quilting
Sharon