''QUILT AS YOU GO''
To follow up on a post by Toogie, I thought this information might interest others as well, so here it is.I have added the link for the video I used to learn the quilt as you go method for this king sized quilt (pic of my first quilt ever) that I made a couple of years back. Rose Smith explains things very well so I need not add more to her description.
As you can see it is reversible because I embroidered my blocks ITH. I hooped my batting, glue tacked the back of the fabric onto the batting and did the same for the front. Once my embroidery was complete ,(I made 14'' blocks), my front and back were done. I used Rose Smith's method to first sew my blocks into long rows and then sewed the rows together using a decorative stitched on my sewing machine. I also embroidered a binding strip for the border and sewed it in place again with a decorative stitch. Because this was a king size quilt, hubby had to help me on the last three rows as it was heavy for me to handle on my own with my arm problems.
I LOVED using this method because it is quick, I made this in 4 or 5 weeks, the only downside is that I used a little more batting than the usual method but the amount of time saved was worth it for me. I love how it turned out and so did my sister and BIL.
Hope this is useful to someone, happy quilting,
hugs to all and have a great Sunday,
Michelle
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This quilt is gorgeous. i love the colors you chose along with the designs.
2822Lovely Quilt. Thank you for sharing and the link to the youtube.
Will have to try this. Happy Stitching!!
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I have been asked to add the correct link for the quilt as you go method so here is it. I hope it works this time,
https://youtu.be/-pL36s08wg4
64451Now I've watched the video I can see how to join the blocks in rows, but not how to join the rows together.
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158715Your quilt is fabulous. I'm so disappointed, when I click on the link I get a message that the video is unavailable. Thanks for trying though.
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145791Nice job Michelle. Thanks for sharing with us your info.
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by mechille
10 Jan 2016
Couldn't get either one of the links for the video to work for me... just said sorry not available. :(
7844Great quilt. Beautiful. I could not get this link to work says unavailable. But just could be my pc. Will research later. okay found your second link and it works. Yes this is a good one to watch. Thanks so much!
7630Can i please ask another question?If your blocks are 14x14 how close to the edge is your pattern or did you cut them down when done embroidering each one???
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by michemb
11 Jan 2016
As mentioned in the video, you have to leave extra fabric all around for sewing everything together. I think it was 2'' if I remember correctly. I did not cut them down, they were all cut to 16'' square and the embroidery design was 14'' so that left me with 1'' on either side to join the blocks. I used a 1/4'' seam when I joined the front block and on the back there is an overlap of the fabric so that is why you need your block to be wider. . As I did not hoop my fabric, I simply centered each piece of fabric onto my hooped batting and did the embroidery. I was working with fabric 150'' wide and wanted to get my 9 blocks across. Hope this helps
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360641Michelle,
I have been watching her videos and she explains very thoroughly, in each of them. I doubt I would make a block ITH like you did here. Although yours is beautiful, I cannot make a block larger than a 5x5. Since I want to make large quilts, queen sized, it would take a large number of little blocks.
I was most interested how you 'joined' block to block and 'joined' row to row. I did my denim quilt block to block/row to row because it was so heavy and I too have arm problems.(see link below) I was able to join these easily enough because of the pattern. This was for a grandson and I have hopes, of making each, of them one.
I really like the neutral colors you have chosen. If I buy all the fabrics new, I can match well enough. I wanted however, to use what I had so it may be better to choose a block such as the dresden, pinwheel, or maybe the strips like the braid. Do you have any other block pattern suggestions?
Again, I truly think you have accomplished a beautiful job here and thank you for the link to the video. I have seen another lady do it this way too, with success, and I think its worth a try. Toogie
www.cuteembroidery.com
10978011867the url won't work???
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by noah
10 Jan 2016
ok thank-you i spent all last evening going through utube trying to find one like it again thanks
36064123577this one works for me, hope it does for you,
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64451Looks like the link won't work, just Google Rose Smilth quilt as you go she has several but the one you want is the ''no hand sewing method'' and she is working with a printed panel in shades of aqua and blues.
sorry about that.
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