Mary L Booth

I made one, a king size crazy quilt and no I don't. I will never make another QAYG.
Mary in TX

pstrwife

I'm going to try again. Made one many years ago. But I'm doing a variation on that theme. I am making D9P blocks, layering them with batting & batting. I'm going to machine each sandwiched square then attach them together as if they were QAYG, which in a way they were. This is how I did one many years ago. But now I will fine tune this process.

aussiequilter

I have never made one before, but am making one right now - Ditter's string quilt.
I am at the stage of joining the quilt together and have joined about 16 out of 60 blocks. The only thing I would say is that I believe both the front and back of the quilt will look better if I handstitch the top sashing down.
I think this might be especially so because of the colours I have chosen: black/white/pink strings on the front, with black sashing; pink/white blocks on the back, with pink/white sashing.
It will take a bit longer but I think it will be worth it in the end.
All in all, it's great - really quick and a great look when complete.

jeannie t

Just getting ready to start my first one so a little nervous having never done one .

Wendy R

So far yes, I am enjoying QAYG. I am working on my first one - have 6 of the 18 blocks hand quilted and then will add the borders. Will post pictures when done. My husband laid out the rail blocks in a very interesting pattern. (Not what I had pictured in my head LOL - but works really well.

MomtoBostonTerriers

I am working on my fifth QAYG quilt. I use the Cotton Theory method. I developed arthritis in my hand about the same time I started quilting, so no hand quilting for me. And because I only have a domestic machine, QAYG is the best solution. I can make king-size quilts, too.

I study quilts I like and select only patterns that I can adapt to the QAYG method. I find myself inventing my own patterns (which is not necessarily a good thing for a newbie).

Like all new methods, you have to get used to QAYG and with each project, I find ways to improve my quilts. Because of my limitations, if I don't do QAYG, I can't quilt. So, that is great incentive to me to keep improving my quilts.

QAYG is a very different approach and I can see why folks might not like it, but for me, it's the only way I can quilt. It takes practice, so if a first project doesn't turn out well, that is not a show-stopper, just a reason to keep practicing.

As I told my DH yesterday, "This quilt has a lot of flaws, but it is going to be the best quilt that my mother receives from me at Christmas!"

quiltaroni

have done lap size by machine need to try out the different methods but so far so good

wvhill22

these are beautiful. I so want to do a kingsize. I am doing one now in three sections but it is still a bear. I need to just get over the worries and do it in blocks at a time

Zephyr

I have been working on this QAYG for quite a while. I have all squares echo hand quilted. The two groups on the right hand side have to be attached yet. I have used White and Warm for the sandwich, but surely don't know what I will be able to do for a border etc. and do I put W&W in that also?

MTS

You make it exactly the same way as you made the blocks. Pieced or one border strip - quilted to the batting and backing. Trim to size and it gets attached with sashing just like the blocks.