Quilt as you go
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Originally Posted by lyndawn
Hope you can see that. It came out a little dark.
Lynette
Lynette
Thanks for taking the time to post your pictures and for your help!
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Originally Posted by k3n
I've made a couple of QAYGs after I got a book called 'Quilt As You Go'(!) by Sandra Millet. I think I got it through the Amazon website but secondhand. It's quite old-fashioned but very thorough and clear instructions.
I made a scappy lapquilt which hides a sofa that the cat scratched up :( this was pieced in rows then hand quilted on a plastic snappy frame (I didn't make the wooden contraption described in the book) - I made it really just to test the technique. The second log cabin I did on the machine making each block directly onto batting and backing then machining the top edges RST and hand stitching the back. this goes really fast and no quilting at all as you are quilting as you piece. Also as you use squares of batting the size of the blocks, you can use up all your offcuts! The LC was about the fastest quilt I made, about an afternoon's work. Now the cat sleeps on it! :D
K x
I made a scappy lapquilt which hides a sofa that the cat scratched up :( this was pieced in rows then hand quilted on a plastic snappy frame (I didn't make the wooden contraption described in the book) - I made it really just to test the technique. The second log cabin I did on the machine making each block directly onto batting and backing then machining the top edges RST and hand stitching the back. this goes really fast and no quilting at all as you are quilting as you piece. Also as you use squares of batting the size of the blocks, you can use up all your offcuts! The LC was about the fastest quilt I made, about an afternoon's work. Now the cat sleeps on it! :D
K x
As soon as I can get it through my thick head I am going to try it :P
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Rice Lake, WI
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I've had these 2 sites bookmarked but have never tried it. It looks easy enough to do and I do have plans to try it on a quilt I have in my line up of quilts to make.
Would love to see it when it's done.
http://www.secretsof.com/content/624
http://www.treadleon.net/quiltshop/j...s/joining.html
Deb G
Would love to see it when it's done.
http://www.secretsof.com/content/624
http://www.treadleon.net/quiltshop/j...s/joining.html
Deb G
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http://books.half.ebay.com/
I went to this bookseller and got a copy of the book for $8 A great place to find books :wink:
Some sites want $30 for this book You ladies have made me very interested in trying this
I went to this bookseller and got a copy of the book for $8 A great place to find books :wink:
Some sites want $30 for this book You ladies have made me very interested in trying this
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