Mountainquilter

this was really fun and it goes fast.

thanks.

Jeannie

How big are the blocks?
I have been using the flip and sew for some time and my blocks have been 12".
Thanks,

butterflywing

using my CHEATER'S METHOD they can be any size you want.

don't know about the special template method.

Sallyjane

I vote for easy diamonds! Let us know how it goes!

SC

Kind of wish I'd ordered easy diamonds too. I really like that pattern. I think I'm going to the Mountain Quiltfest in Pigeon Forge TN on the 11th. Maybe one of the vendors there will have them. I'll save on postage!

kd124

My sis has this or one like it--not sure of the name of the one she has. So far, I have only done the flip and sew. It is so much easier to sew the blocks together. You only have a sashing on the front; the backs are butted up to each other. One day I will try doing this with a traditional block (as the larger piece) and figure a way to bring it around to the front (which would be the back of mine.

kankan01

the batting buddy is a template to cut the squares for the pattern without measuring. The batting buddy is two pieces. The outside frame is for cutting the backing piece and centering the batting square. the center piece is for the batting square. Fun and Done quilt as you go are done in squares of the backing with the batting centered on the backing and the pieced pattern on top. It is a type of sew and flip and thus quilted as you piece. The squares are then butted together with the backing sewn together, folded over and stitched down on top forming borders. In this quilt your backing appears on the front so take that into consideration.

butterflywing

right on, kk,

the only way to attach the two blocks in that way would be to sew a strip on the backing and flip to the front, sew them together, and then turn under the edges and top stitch.

it defeats the purpose of SAYG or F&D, and makes it harder to do because you're adding the extra step of adding the strip, which otherwise would be built in. clear as mud?. only if you have blocks already made would this be a good idea.

oh. wait. did kid124 mean an undone block backing only? if yes, then i haven't understoond it well. sorry.

purplemem

Okay, I'm doing Fun and Done with my own templates on 16 1/2 inch pieced blocks...I cut the batting 16 1/2 and the backing 18 1/2 inches...I spray basted together and am hand quilting beautiful feathers in the center of the 16 1/2 inch block, could just as easily be quilted on the machine...then I sew the back pieces together to the front (like a rag quilt) and then fold over 1/4 inch and over 1/4 inch again (like a rolled hem) and stitch to the front of the block. I will post pictures today when I get my batteries...still waiting on the post office :roll: ...I'm using warm and natural batting that only requires stitching every 8 inches, which is ample with the decorative stitching I'm doing in the center. This is going really fast, might have this quilt done next week!

butterflywing

excellent!

just like i said. you can save a bundle not buying the fun & done template. ain't life grand? LOL!!!

this is a really good SAYG project. prepare all the blocks ahead, hand stitch your design and then machine them together at home. good car project. if the roll-overs are too lumpy, you can fold over once at 1/2", too .

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does my heart good to outwit the system!