I've only used quilt-as-you-go techniques on small projects, so take it for what it's worth...

The QAYG technique that I used attaches the batting sections with a zigzag stitch, so there was no bending and you couldn't tell it was QAYG.

You don't want to do option 2 because the blocks are all different sizes and probably won't fit together once you change the size of the sashing.

I'll let others talk more about QAYG techniques, but I wanted to make sure you thought about it before resizing the sashings.

I am also wanting to quilt this quilt in sections, and have seen some discussion in a couple other threads. Since this thread is called "Quilt as you go," I'm using it but someone please re-direct me if I need to be using a different thread.

I'm considering 2 options:

1. Use the sashing width that is stated in the instructions. This will require separate 1-inch wide strips of batting for each sashing strip that joins the larger sections. For example, the a-f-g section can have one piece of batting, as can the b-c-d-h section, but when they are joined together, a new 1-inch strip of batting will be required for the joining sashing strip.

2. Reduce the finished width of ALL the sashing to 1/2-inch. This will require undoing all of the 'within-a-section' sashing to trim each strip and rejoin to its neighbor. The result will butt the edges of neighboring sections with the joining strips spanning the butted edges.

Since I've never done QAYG before, I don't know how a quilt behaves when it is constructed with QAYG. Does it want to "bend" everywhere there is a break in the batting?

Anybody have experience / thoughts / opinions on this? I am loving this quilt and really don't want to mess it up.

Thanks!


Barb in Alabama
where hubby is still in remission and it is a sunny sunny day

When the quilt top is complete, will you be giving us directions for custom quilting for each block? I want to know so I can figure out if there is a way to quilt as you go each block???? Then I would not put the "sections" together yet. Thank you. Nancy