kellyer21

Is qayg difficult? I'm a beginner. But I think I'd like to try it. Do you have directions for the second one of your quilts? It's very pretty.

matraina

Very pretty. You did a great job!

terri bb

I thank you for the inspiration!

heather1949

Great looking quilts, keep going lol one day you will get to the end.

marcycn

No. I just use what I have and sometimes even cut them to match. I forgot to mention the blue is the back of the quilt. It's a Quilt As You Go so the top, batting and backing is all done at the same time.

marcycn

No directions. I just watch YouTube and started pulling out pieces to sew.

Difficult? No. However, I used thick batting and it was a challenge to sew through all layers when I put those little connecting strips on both sides at once. I watch a lot of YouTube and this idea came from the GormetQuilter. I used thick batting but she uses thin.

This was really useful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji8BLS2rNHA
Then there is always Jenny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ02NM9-USw

marcycn

Started with 9 1/2" and ended with 8". My sewing isn't all that great and I had to square them up since they were all a bit different. Strips were mostly 2 1/2" but I had other sizes to fill in with. The one thing I didn't want was all the same since then I would have to match them block to block. Tried that once and it was a disaster. This way no block has to match up to any other block.

marcycn

No, just use what you have. I have one that is 1/2" on there and one that is a lot larger. Whatever fits works for me. :-)

marcycn

In QAYG you cut the backing block and then the batting to fit and then start quilting pieces for the top through all the layers. Things shift so start with a larger backing and batting block than you want to finish with. That makes squaring it up easy and it comes out looking nice. :-)