Remember my QAYG (Quilt As You Go) tutorial from a while ago? I finished it! And I LOVE how it turned out.
It’s technically a queen sized tutorial but it fits just fine on our king sized mattress. I love all the colors AND that I used up TONS of scraps.
It was so easy to finish too since I didn’t have to quilt this massive beast after it was all put together. The last step (before binding) is stitching in all the row/column ditches which was not difficult even on my regular home sewing machine.
Some tutorials recommend quilting or tying the center of each block but I didn’t do that and it’s fine. I figured I’d see how it looked and go back and do it later if I needed to but I’ll never get to it because it looks great without it.
I honestly can’t wait to make another king sized QAYG for our bedroom – this method means I can make all kinds of gigantic quilts that I never would have made otherwise. I’m thinking a QAYG Swoon quilt will be my next project…someday…
I love your quilt! The colors are wonderful.
While I have access to a long arm (my sister’s) it is just so much easier to QYAG at home! I have a large harp on my Janome 1600 DP which is also a more heavy duty type of machine and makes quilting much easier but I have also used an older Singer and had great success. The best part, for me, is that I can do a couple of blocks and then do something else and come back to it later which appeals to my quilter’s ADD!
How do you sew them together and put the backing on? Love how your quilt turned out.