I would suggest cutting it larger, sewing.....THEN trim it if you want or you can just fold your edges to meet your 1/4 inch for points. I would rather have too much to work with and trim down than not enough and try to make it work (which it never does for me). I have the quilt completed, and will post a pic of front and back soon.

OK, next question....what if I leave my batting about 1/2" larger than the square and the backing 1 1/2" larger, so that when I fold the flaps less of the block is covered, thus making my "sashing' larger?! Have you tried something like that? I am affraid trimming the batting then turning the fabric will make my quilt smaller in the end. See I have 24 blocks that I want to divide to make two quilts, and want to use the sashing to make them larger. Does any of what I am saying make sense??? Thanks

Is it possible to see a pictire of 4 joined blocks? I have wanted to learn this for a while now, and yes I am following this tutorial! I am only doing a 9 block. My blocks are 21" by 24". These are the scraps from my last quilt. Thank you!

Yes I will post the entire quilt front and back, as well as 4 blocks joined. I have just finished up 3 more quilts for the NICU so I didn't have time to get pics posted. I will do that on Wed.

Wonderful! Can't wait to see the pictures! You have done a great job explaining!

Once again, I have to say you're my hero! Your tutorial is great, a lot less complicated than trying to read all the qayg instructi0ns I've seen lately -- a picture is truly worth a 1,000 words. Thanx again for simplifying this procedure -- I may now actually try it.

I bookmarked this to try and just got thinking that if you make the last row of the top blocks 1" larger you could sew the blocks together and have the window pane strips on the back. So this can work for any blocks and you would not necessarily have to have one that looked good with the window pane look. Am I crazy or does this sound right?

I am loving the fact that so many of you have already thought of how to 'tweak' this to suit your own styles! Will post pic tomorrow, promise. And I purchased more fabric today to do this method for the NICU quilts. This method could be addicting!

What is NICU Quilt? Never mind....Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.... funny this was even brought up, because I have been going to the local hospital since I retired from the Army five years ago. Every year about a week before Christmas I go. Dressed as an ELF!!!! I take newborn hats to all the newborns, and teddybears, books and a little candy to the Pediatrics unit!!! Then if I have anything left, I go to the Emergency Room! Yes, dressed as an ELF! The nurses get a big kick out of it to, as I bring them all trays of Christmas cookies! I love it, I think I have more fun than the kids and the nurses do.

Hi Deb:
Thank you so much for posting these directions. I just posted my pictures under "pics" for my scrappy quilt challenge and wasn't sure how to do this process. I think I know exactly what you're talking about when attaching blocks to one another. I tried this on a tiny sampler just to test myself if I understood the process. It seems easy enough once ya get the hang of it. I am cutting costs as much as possible, so I am hoping I like the end results.

Your blocks are beautiful. Please post pictures when it's done. Would love to see the finished product.

Happy Quilting,
Linda

Very nice!

It looks like the "FUN and done" method?

Here two pics of the quilt as promised!

WOW!!! Very, very nice! Love the colors that you used!!!!

Very pretty! I too plan to use different colors for the backing for the double quilt effect. I know you have poted a dozen pics so far, but could you possibly post an extreme close up of the top where the blocks meet? I would like to see the top stitching. If you don't want to, that is fine I understand. Thanks again for your hard work on showing and teaching us, I am absolutely going to use this method!!!

I have to finish a couple of project so I can try this. Hmmm... they may not get done, not sure I can wait that long!

Aaahhhh! I got it now! Thank you so much for all of your explaing and pictures....I understand the corners now!

Thank you so much Deb for the instructions and the pics. My first quilt was a QAYG, but for the life of me I couldn't remember how to do it. I can't wait to make another one.

Thanks for those close ups. Now, I am certain I can do this!!! You did a great job.

Thank you so much...jenna

Very welcome, and I want to see YOUR QAYG's!!!!

The suggestion of noveltyjunkie for good instructions on the quilt as you go are excellent and will try it out. Site is
https://www.baysidequilting.com/store/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=284]https://www.baysidequilting.com/stor...idCategory=284[/url]

I love this idea and watched video which made it perfectly clear. Liked idea of quilting a small sq. vs a larger one just for the ease. It didn't seem to matter that the quilting lines on each didn't match the next block.. thanks for the inspiration.

Hoping to go to a workshop with Ferret it says it is quilt as you go. Will catch up with you after i@ve been although after yout excellent tut i may safe some money.

Thanks!

Thanks!

I've used this method and another one, but I like this one best, have tried so many times to post pictures, but for some reason or another they won't post. Anyway, for those of us who don't have a long arm quilting machine (like me), this is a much easier way to quilt, for me at least. Love it.

There was a post on here awhile back about taking 12 12" squares (I think that is right) and stacking them up (all different colors) and placing a safety pin on the left side, then cutting them at an odd angle. Taking the top right side one and placing it at the bottom. Then sewing those together. I can't seem to find that post, but would love to make one of those, then QAUG. Does anyone know what I am talking about?

This sounds like stack and wack and makes iether 9 or 12 may bwe more squares depending on the start number. it is not the same as far as I am aware as quilt as you go which finished the block by quilting before joining. Once joined the quilt is near completeion.

Thanks Deb, Now that I see the pictures, I understand it better. This I can do...I have a problem with larger than a twin it is too heavy for me to manuver well.

You're right. It is stack and wack. What I wanted to do was make the block and then quilt it.

Thanks
Judy

This might be the post you are looking for:
http://static.quiltingboard.com/uplo...chop___sew.pdf

Yes that is it exactly. Thank you so much.

Thanks so much I found that after reading the whole I was more confused than anything but I wnt back a only read your instructions and was able to figure it out I have a wall quilt almost done using this method

I have to make some additions on this. It was brought to my attention that I was doing this on a log cabin block, which has straight edges. Not a problem with the sashings coming over the top. BIG PROBLEM WITH POINTS!!! So.....I will have to add some guidelines as not to lose the points.
Say the top block is 12.5. Batting should not be cut to 12.5, but to 13.5 inches square, backing piece should be cut 15.5. AFTER QUILTING THE BLOCK, cut the batting to 13 inches square, there should be 3/4 of an inch away from the POINT. By cutting the backing 1 inch from the edge of the batting,this will give you some leeway in folding the 'sashing'.
Thanks to Penny for 'pointing' this out to me.

have any of you done a "flippy" quilt that is quilted as you sew the strips on a batting square. Our guild did it as a sewing day class I really liked it. Of course my project is maxed out at 4 WHOLE blocks, a life time achievement, let me tell you I was smoking the ol' machine that day!!! hahahaa But I really do like the pattern.

Can't wait to try this...do you have a problem with not squaring up the blocks and the quilt being off square?

Of course you can tell I am a little OCD...LOL!

This is like Fun and Done. Where were you before I spent the money on those templates!?!

Deb
Check out my post about my hankie quilt that I did using your quilt as you go method. Thanks for you tutorial. I love and it so much fun.

I'm having problems getting corners right on the final edge binding?

I would like to see it can you post a link?

Thanks
Jenna P in GA