The quilt as you go technique is the easiest way to put together a quilt … Hi Looks easy enough. Learn with these fun 26 different quilt as you go tutorials. Subscribe to our channel so you don't miss out on any of the new videos on patchwork and machine quilting uploaded weekly: https://www.youtube.com/user/lcvdayLearn more about the Machine Quilting Block Party and find patterns for each monthy block right here: http://leahday.com/products/machine-quilting-block-partyFind tools and supplies, plus video workshops to guide you through all the steps to creating beautiful quilts on Leah's website: http://leahday.com/Join the Machine Quilting Block Party Facebook Group so you can easily post photos and ask questions about this project: https://www.facebook.com/groups/quiltingblockparty/ Your info is priceless. Can you send me any tips? This video tutorial will demonstrate how to quilt as you go or QAYG. We got it after t, Possibly the first year I haven’t taken down our, Current state of this room: a disaster. One other thing that I wanted to mention. My stippling looks more like abstract trees, but I was pretty dang proud of myself for the accomplishment. Now let me explain how easy it was to sew this very random pieced quilt, where I didn’t measure a thing! then perfect squares. Have you put your blanket in the dryer? Makes for a quick gift too!! Required fields are marked *. The Lazy Quilters Quilt – No Measuring Required! I am a quilter and have been wanting to make a red and blue quilt. Enjoy! Wanted to let you know that unless you’re binding around curves, such as scallops, there’s no need to make your binding out of strips cut on the bias. Your casual, no panic method and great visuals were a godsend. Some of them use quilting … You don't need a fancy quilting sewing machine or advanced skills to create a beautiful and easy quilt-as-you-go sewing project. This is the perfect project! Thanks for the inspiration. Here is where I tell you I am no expert quilter – if you haven’t figured that out yet. I do love to share and love that I can do that with blogging. Has anyone used duck fabric in a quilt.? I am a sleep deprived Mom to 4 and a fanatical DIY'er. Adorable baby boy!  I am going to make every child their own quilt for each birthday in 2015. I love it! There is an easier way to do these quilts. I love your “Lazy” Quilt. […] on the fabric say not to dry and am a little worried about using this in a quilt […], […] and discovered it was duck cotton. Front – If you can plan out what you need, great. So cute, and such darling photos! Thank you so much Phyllis! We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. I have been looking for a way to use up the ton of free fabric that I got from Freecycle. Check out these fabulously free quilt patterns we found. I do not have any material, I am hoping all this that I do have will work. I am wondering if you had the same fabric in […], […] The directions on the fabric say not to dry and am a little worried about using […], Quick Easy Scrap Quilting In Mix And Match, […] he airplane fabric. Anyway, I like your idea and am glad I ran across it. I had this “brilliant” idea to make a quilt from some of my (recently) deceased husband’s shirts. Go to ….Missouri quilt tutorials…., easy quilt ideas…you will have quilts for EVERYONE!  And I would have to sometimes add a strip to fill in a whole created by the slice, but this was easy to do as I just cut another random piece, stitched it on and sliced any extra I didn’t need.  I was sure to space the same fabrics away from each other. Quilt as You Go … If you have anything you can help me with by hand sewing, please let me know what it is. One- use a serger and it will cut off those extra pieces. So rather then dealing with the corners, I would slice the fabric stitched together and even up the edge where I wanted to attach the next fabric piece. [email protected]. Thanks so much for your tutorial. I love your quilt. One method is to leave the off the backing while you quilt the front and batting together. Would love to hear how it turned out. Your color and design sense are amazing. It’s a simple introduction to quilt-as-you-go, without, well, melting your brain. It’s loaded with videos, free quilt as you go tutorials, projects, hints & tips and so much more! Hi there! Love the quilt and you’ve done a great job on the tutorial. This is the "duh" part.  If you are unfamiliar with that, you lay the backing right side down on the floor or table. The dryer is very very hard on things, treat your quilts right by hanging them to dry! Batting – I simply headed to the batting section of the fabric store and bought some thin batting that was packaged as a “crib size”. If I take the time to make a quilt, I put a lot of time & effort & money into it, I absolutely DO NOT put any of my quilts in the dryer!!!! Thinking back, I may have invested in having a professional quilter do the stippling, but we still love it. I have been quilting for over 30 years! This is block blanket one, which is the background for Forest Friends, Safari Shindig, Tricks and Treats, Gobble ’till ya Wobble, and Joy … Binding – I used leftover to make bias slices for the binding (more on that below). Saw this quilt on Pinterest and fell in love with it! Very original. I found this method much better than worrying about if my seams matched up perfectly and if I had the correct colors where they needed to be. Quilt As You Go with no sashing, allows you to create pre quilted blocks, which are then put together using this easy tech- nique to create larger pre quilted blocks. I’m going to try your method, because that’s where I’m stuck is piecing all the not-same size pieces (I suck at cutting even pieces). I don’t use it very often…sometimes I find it confusing to get all the parts right, but it’s a great method to use if you don’t own a big quilting … I ordered the two vintage airplane fabric from fabric.com and realized they are a little heavier fabric that they don’t recommend drying, only air dry! Quilt As You Go is a popular quilting technique that combines creating the top, batting, and backing of a quilt into one singular process; this is unlike traditional quilting, in which a quilt top is pieced together (typically using blocks or strips… I’m restoring an old quilt by patching with zig-zag stitching. He loved It! You should give it a try!  So be sure to plan ahead for that. She would rather it be asymetrical rather You’ve inspired me to use the freehand quilting you used on your quilt, which I will try on my next one! Also, did you have any problems with washing and drying? Free Quilt-As-You-Go Patterns April 16, 2018 Quilt as you go is a fun technique that allows you to get the whole project finished at one time. In a reall, This crazy crew wants to wish you a Merry Christma. I would love to know if used in a quilt by either of you and washing results? This is definitely a “pattern” I will use again. When I found I was going to become a first time grandma, I knew I wanted to make a quilt for the baby. I think I can easily use this quilt non-pattern for up-cycling men’s plaid shirts. From simpler ideas for beginners to some awesome patterns for the experienced quilter, these great projects will definitely be ones you will want to add to your 'make next' list. After the quilting and binding, I toss the quilt in the washer on a hot cycle – with (and this is vital) a “color catcher” sheet in it to catch stray dye and prevent bleeding. {View my link party list here, to see where I love to link-up!}. I am wondering if you had the same fabric in your quilt? I used to do it and never do any more. Any advice would be much appreciated. I am like you in that I don’t like long drawn out projects and avoided quilting for years even though I LOVE quilts, so I found a book online called “90-minute quilts” by Meryl Ann Butler. It’s possible to join that corner – but a huge pain for being a lazy persons quilt job. My one and only was a baby quilt. I can/t wait to get started.  I have the most left over fabric from the selection I bought there. So I created this beginner quilt-as-you-go tutorial for a “big stripes” panel. (Plaid Backing was also found at Jo-Ann’s Fabric Store). Great job! A good idea is to use fabrics from the same collection. I received the fabric yesterday and discovered it was duck cotton. Most of them are t shirts but not all. 🙂. I will also note, I ended up having to add another row of fabrics pieced together at the top to compensate for what I lost in seam allowances and by chopping off uneven edges. I don’t mind following a pattern and cutting for precise style blocks, but this may be my new favorite way of quilting! I love the fabric you used from fabric.com but am a little hesitant to purchase it because it is not a quilting fabric. I started a quilt for my daughter years ago but got bored with the tedious piecing of all the small pieces. Did it get softer with multiple washings and did the colors stay nice? If was beautiful I was amazed at the great selection of fabric I found for this project. this quilt and want to make something similar. I can’t wait to try it out. What a wonderful gift it would be for a grandchild. I think the measuring and matching of all corners and seams up is what’s holding me back. But it’s very easy. Just two comments. I’m a beginner yet, so it’s constantly challenging and fun and creative all at once. I will give this approach a go. Follow Cami for all things HOME, and join Marci for all things FOOD. How has the fabric held up with washing and drying? Plus Wendi's shop makes it easy to buy high quality tools, supplies, and fabric without any guesswork, so I always know every project will turn out great and all my colors will match. I just had to make one. I am about to start on one. It’s quick to sew up and easy to adapt to … All images are property of Tidbits blog. 🙂. Creator of the blog TIDBITS and product lines @tidbitsplanners and @tidbitslinen Join Blocks. Thanks so much!  I get bored quickly – so I try to keep my sewing projects a little more entertaining, or not so cut-and-sew-a-hundred-small-pieces-together type of projects. In fact, sewing this quilt was so enjoyable, I can’t wait for the next birthday to come! I ordered the airplane fabric from fabric.com. Also, good to support your local quilting shops before they all go out of business! Forgot to mention, your son is wonderful too! I simply love this quilt. The piecing and quilting are done together … Love the quilt tut, hoping this is one I could start with, although I want a regular bed size. Genius idea that I want to try very soon! The colors you put together are perfect. Gutermann Sew All thread 8. My son will feel right at home when he returns home from college. I think I would have dove for that airplane fabric too! Nov 22, 2018 - Explore marlene hollingsworth's board "QUILT AS YOU GO", followed by 759 people on Pinterest. I make my husband’s shirts and have lots of fabric left over. I went with sort of a vintage/neutral vibe when picking out my fabrics. Creative Grids Ruler 8½â€ x 24½â€ 2. Thank you for Subscribing to TIDBITS!  Which is why I recommend searching your fabric stores first to see if you can collect enough variety of the designs you like.  Place the batting on top, and the front of the quilt wrong side down on top of the batting. I saw that note too on the airplane fabrics. I safety pinned the thunder out of the 3 layers to make sure it was ready for quilting, and trimmed the batting and edges so it all lined up nicely. I love this quilt! Super cute wee boy : ). I ???? June Taylor Shape Cut Pro ruler 7.  I am thinking a strip quilt will be close to as easy as this one! See more ideas about quilt as you go, quilt tutorials, quilting crafts. This allows you to have a continuous backing piece but the quilting … Great blog! Trying to view on my Android phone – your blog looks interesting, but I am so annoyed by the social media sharing buttons on the left of the page!!! to get fabric on demand from weaveron textile. This is awesome! Thank you in advance for your response.  But I found some wonderful resources to guide me through, which hopefully will be of help to you also. Might help with the leftover situation too as any selvedge to selvedge 2.5 inch strips will do and diamonds or squares can be anything. Cami, Here are some of the fabric resources, if you too, are dying over the cuteness. Some methods use strips applied with, or without, additional batting between the QAYG blocks. lol. I read all the comments and noticed there was a few who were worried about the airplane fabric. Thanks for the inspiration and shortcut tips! I can’t wait to try one! Love your sense of color and style!! I’d done some quilting before, but projects always took so long to complete. I ordered the airplane fabric from fabric.com. Even if it took you 10 years 😉 I loved how my “lazy quilt” was so quick.  I really wanted more pretty quilts in my house. What is a color catcher sheet?? Thanks for the great idea!! I used leopard polar fleece as the back so I didn’t need to use batting.  This step is SOOO important! I have so much fabric. I lack patience for these things, so this was right up my ally. And THIS is it! Quilt as you go is a fun technique that allows you to get the whole project finished at one time--the piecing and quilting are done together so that when you've completed the top, all you have left to do is …  But the fact of the matter is, I lack the patience for tedious detailed work. Thank you so much! Very pretty quilt.. One of these days I’ve got to make my own.. I’ve helped a grandma make most of her adult grandchildrens quilts but have never made my own.. One of these days.. 🙂. I have yet to attempt a patterned quilting but I really want to. I know we are all hoping to put 2020 behind us, bu, Getting tired of seeing my kitchen yet? Hi Leah, I am new to quilting and 100% love your tutorials. Sew the 3 strips together to make 9, then after it’s all neatly pressed, cut the 9-patch block into quarters, horizontally and vertically. However – I came to a cross road. I would love to make more… Maybe this style is for me. It is tru, Sorry, no new home pics for ya! I would first look at the pieces and determine the easiest route to begin. I would love to hear if you try it out, or if you have tried something similar in your quilting adventures! I don’t think I would dare tackle a queen size quilt just yet – so way to go! I absolutely love you quilt, and I love that you included the links to the fabrics. I have found it more of a challenge to make baby quilts for boys as I am more attracted to girly prints. Colour Explosion Quilt Tutorial. LOVE this quilt! Love everything abo […], […] y and am a little worried about using this in a quilt. I absolutely love to create - but I love to inspire others to create even more! Lisa @celebrate CREATIVITY recently posted…, Viviana at Crafty Farmhouse recently posted…. Good evening. I did not read the discription well before ordering. It’s kinda like if strip piecing and crazy quilting had a baby it would be that quilt…. String quilts are named for the strips of fabric that are used to make a quilt: the strings. Make and cut as many 9-patch blocks as you’d like and mix them up as you please. I remember when my grandma used to make them for my siblings and I when we were little. Your quilt is warm, masculine -but not over the top – patriotic, and altogether pleasing to look at. Which looks more beautiful with colors. They’re covering content – and between the button bar and the constant pop-ups to join your newsletter – I’m too bugged to bother looking at your content!😟, I realize this is an older article, but am hoping this gets to you. https://www.facebook.com/alicia.bartling/media_set?set=a.4552066352436.2171149.1014714832&type=3. Thank you! 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