cashs_mom

I've used Marti Mitchell's Quilting in Sections method on a couple quilts and was very happy with the result. I"m not really good enough at machine quilting to do a whole king sized quilt on my DSM. But with the Quilting in Sections method, I can.

YukonViv

I personally don't enjoy quilt as you go. I have done a couple quilts and while quilting each block is always fun (love free motion quilting) I don't like putting all the blocks together. I would much rather piece the complete top and sandwich and quilt. I am not a follow the lines kind of girl, my first quilt was free motion and I haven't looked back.

Whatever you decide don't overthink it, just have fun. There will be many more quilts ahead of you to try all different types.

klswift

my suggestion is that until you are more comfortable with quilting at home on a domestic machine, keep your quilt tops smaller (a throw or twin size). It is just easier to push/pull thru your machine without too much puckering and catching. As you feel more comfortable, go bigger!

Beachbaby12

Hello everybody,

Thanks everyone, I appreciate all your input and recommendations.

Bearisgray: I plan on making a small baby quilt to start. So true, there are few quilting questions that have only one answer.

citruscountyquilter

The quilt as you go methods I'm familiar with where you quilt each block as you go along have a sashing involved. The pattern would be lost in a disappearing 9 patch using these methods. Quilting sections of the quilt might work. I don't find it that difficult to just construct the whole quilt, sandwich it and quilt it on my machine so I've never tried to do it in sections.

bearisgray

For a small baby quilt - I would finish the whole top and quilt the whole thing at once.

If Il wanted to experiment with the technique, I would do a table runner or placemat - sort of "sily" in a way - but I could get an idea of the "how" with a little piece.

Kassaundra

I mostly quilt straight line, not ness stitch in the ditch, b/c I am not very good at free motion. If you decide on straight line of any kind a walking foot will be your friend.

I only QAYG, I have been unable to wrestle a full size quilt under a dsm. There are many ways to QAYG, I have tried most of the ways I know of, and quilted quilts w/o sashing, w/ narrow plain sashing, w/ wide pieced sashing, on point, w/ fleece backing. I have combined different types of QAYG techniques in the same quilt. The only quilt I can think of that wouldn't work in a form of qayg is whole cloth.

dee1245

Mu first quilt was a T-shirt quilt that ended up a little wider and longer than a twin size. I did the standard way of making the top, then sandwich on my living room rug, then crawl all over the living room to pin it. Exhausting!!! I quilted with a serpentine stitch over the seams of the blocks. It turned out ok. My next one was a memory quilt from my late husbands' dress shirts. I did that one with a QAYG method. Easier than trying to wrangle with a big bed size quilt with my home sewing machine. I have done two more, one of each method. I find that I like to do QAYG for queen/king size. My latest venture was three crib quilts using Kay Woods 6-hour quilt method which a QAYG. I followed her method and tweeked it to suit myself by adding corner stones to each piece. They turned out good and so much simpler for me, than sandwiching and then quilting.

madamekelly

Also, try several different methods of QAG since some methods are easier than others for each of us. Just have fun.

carolynjo

I agree with those who do not SITD; I am not accurate enough for that technique and where I waver from the seam, it screams at me. I prefer free motion quilting.