Originally Posted by juropat

My first QAYG for a special friend. The pictures doesn't show it's true color. I don't remember the name of pattern off hand but I did enjoy making it. If want to know the name of pattern, sent me msg and I ll look for it. Tempt to make another one some day

Originally Posted by craftygater

I do almost everything QAYG. I don't have any hand stitching and don't always have sashing. As long as you can assemble in rows either vertical or horizontal doesn't matter. Just put a row together cut batting (slightly smaller) and backing same size. Sandwich and quilt. Make second row and cut backing and batting. Place top face to face and back face to face. Pin at matching seams. Sew row together, flip both sides out and insert batting and quilt. Continue with each row until complete. Add borders if wanted and finish. If you have sashings then add sashing to one side of row and to back or cut back size to include sashing width and sew front and back to sashing edge insert batting and continue. Yes you still have the entire quilt near the end BUT you don't have to stuff the quilt into the harp of the machine. It is all to the left of the machine. The only issue I have is when I have to turn the quilt sometimes in quilting but most of the time it is either in front, beside or behind the machine not in the harp.

Originally Posted by dee1245

I just finished my first bed size quilt, a memory quilt with my late husband's button down shirts, 82" X 90", using a quilt as you go technique. It was done in panels. It turned out great. I went to You Tube and watched several different QAYG videos. I chose the one done in panels because I used a new Jenny Doan block, the Disappearing Pinwheel (Shoefly) which didn't use sashing between the blocks. It took some extra time as I was not familiar with the QAYG methods, but I didn't have a fight between the quilt and the sewing machine. I don't have a long arm machine.