I’m lucky I have a railing that’s perfect for drying large quilts on. I ordered the airplane fabric from fabric.com. However – I came to a cross road. This quilt came together so fast, I hardly had a chance to get bored. I received the fabric yesterday and discovered it was d […], […] a red and blue quilt. I have been looking for a way to use up the ton of free fabric that I got from Freecycle. ... money – and most of all – effort, you should use durable, long lasting fabrics. I love this quilt and am definitely going to give it a shot as I have boys too and would love to make a similar quilt! I’d done some quilting before, but projects always took so long to complete. 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. 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. I have been looking for a design for my grandson, and this is it! Pretty sure your 20 year old baby would still love a quilt 😉 I do agree with you about Wal-mart fabric. Hi Cami. I am thinking I may try this! You can pick it up and put it down and come back whenever….works for me! I saw all the questions about washing and drying that fabric but I couldn’t find any answer from you…were you able to wash and dry the quilt without any problems with that particular fabric? I did not read the discription well before ordering. Would love to see your “year of quilts”. Love the quilt tut, hoping this is one I could start with, although I want a regular bed size. 4. We are sisters, working independently under the same Brand, while sharing our individual passions. Great job! He died two years ago and I have been planning on making a quilt for my mom. I am too impatient to pre-wash! What a great scrap buster idea!!! I have been looking for a video that is basicly easy in quilting as you go with top, batting, and back and how to do sashing. I have so much fabric. I simply love this quilt. Olfa 24″ x 36″ double-sided healing mat 3. One- use a serger and it will cut off those extra pieces. Thanks for coming by! I have 2 great grand babies due in October, one girl and one boy. I used leopard polar fleece as the back so I didn’t need to use batting. 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. Love your quilt and your Son is such a cutie. Your wee boy is gorgeous. The colors you put together are perfect. From the Blogger: "The Quilt As You Go with Wide Sashing Tutorial is great for beginner and experienced quilters alike. In a reall, This crazy crew wants to wish you a Merry Christma. I do love the red, white and blue combo, but it definitely has to be done subtitle to not look like a flag! I had this “brilliant” idea to make a quilt from some of my (recently) deceased husband’s shirts. Those are some lucky grand babies! I just love this quilt. I love this quilt. Just two comments. He loved It! Some methods use strips applied with, or without, additional batting between the QAYG blocks. I’m using it to make a quilted couch cover.  I made a crib size, but you could really adapt this style with any size at all, as long as you know how wide and long the backing needs to be. Penny at sewtakeahike has a tutorial for this method here. Thanks for your help. Once the top was completed and matched the size of the backing, I made my quilt sandwich. Love quilting but need some new ideas? 🙂 It will help you understand the basic idea behind quilt-as-you-go, and hopefully prepare you … Thinking back, I may have invested in having a professional quilter do the stippling, but we still love it. I absolutely love you quilt, and I love that you included the links to the fabrics. Thank you! Thanks so much for sharing! 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. This is awesome! Love the quilt, great colours. And also, pre-washing is not always necessary. 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. Here are the steps you need to follow. It’s a simple introduction to quilt-as-you-go, without, well, melting your brain. You’ll have large squares, rectangles, and small squares that make it look like you’ve worked really hard to do all that cutting & sewing. thanks admin, Hi, I love the way you make your quilts. Here are most of the quilts I’ve made(from my facebook page), using the methods learned in the book: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/edit/a.4552066352436.2171149.1014714832/  If you are unfamiliar with that, you lay the backing right side down on the floor or table. It’s possible to join that corner – but a huge pain for being a lazy persons quilt job. The red, white and blue theme did not overtake you color scheme which I think is perfect for a baby quilt. You don't need a fancy quilting sewing machine or advanced skills to create a beautiful and easy quilt-as-you-go sewing project. Thanks! Do not remove any watermark or crop/edit my images in any way, unless given written consent by myself. Here are some of the fabric resources, if you too, are dying over the cuteness. Think i’ m a lazy quilter and don’t follow the rules. I’ve wanted to make something similar but hadn’t quite figured out the process in my head yet. Please try again. lovely quilt, beautiful boy, thank you for sharing!! it will definitely prolong the life of the quilt. I can not find anyone who quilts as you go … So I created this beginner quilt-as-you-go tutorial for a “big stripes” panel. I’d like to receive the free email course.Yes, sign me up! 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. There are so many different sized pieces once I cut up a shirt. Here's a fun, colorful quilt! Now, THAT is a compliment!! I love your style of quilting. Love hearing from friends over seas! I love sharing my ideas and tutorials! Thanks. This is just the inspiration I needed. My one and only was a baby quilt. Thank you in advance! Warm Warm Company Batting I’m redecorating my 21 year old son’s room and your quilt is perfect! Hi Cami, what a great project and I love all the fabric selections too. I started making quilts for my little boy and I just looked up and my “baby” is turning twenty in a couple of days! Your info is priceless. 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!!!! Here is where I tell you I am no expert quilter – if you haven’t figured that out yet. Talk to you soon. I noticed that on fabric.com it recommends NOT drying the airplane fabric. I can count on one hand the number of quilts I’ve made in my lifetime. The Lazy Quilters Quilt – No Measuring Required! Cami, your quilt is wonderful and I want to try your innovative method! I ???? I would love to know if used in a quilt by either of you and washing results? Click on the titles to see the links for the fabrics I found on Fabric.com (no affiliation, just found exactly what I wanted). Blog post: https://mypatchwork.wordpress.com/2018/11/22/3-quilt-as-you-go-techniques-video-tutorialGet all my video tutorials in your inbox. Thank you for Subscribing to TIDBITS! It’s primitive, but I’ll get there soon….. You are so welcome. There was an error submitting your subscription. Amazing quilt! Hi This technique produces a double-sided quilt; if you want to use both sides, plan ahead what to use as backing for your blocks. It is much like a scrap quilt, where the individual fabric pieces are not uniform in size or shape and there is no real pattern at all. I have yet to attempt a patterned quilting but I really want to. The design of your quilt is very good. The one problem I have, however, with every quilt I make, is the fact that it is awful hard to machine quilt … Great job! In one week, I spit out what I like to call, “The lazy quilters quilt” where no measuring is required, and the pieces can be as big or as small as you want. Power of Nine Quilt Pattern You can find the instructions on completing a quilted block (part 1) or a spacer (part 2)with the qaug method in previous posts. I, like you, don’t quilt due to not having the patience for it. 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.. 🙂. This is definitely a “pattern” I will use again. A long arm probably would have made the job easier, but I made do! I would love to make more… Maybe this style is for me. I am with you, in the fact that I love to craft but sewing was my first love. Love the fabrics. 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. You should give it a try! Thank you so much! Thank you for sharing this adorable quilt!! Creative Grids Ruler 8½â€ x 24½â€ 2. I could even watch a movie while doing it, as it took little brain power. Thank you so, so much!! Cami, I don’t think I would dare tackle a queen size quilt just yet – so way to go! The directions on the fabric say not to dry and am a little worried about using this in a quilt. We are currently, Nothing like a freshly cleaned kitchen to make you, It’s happening!! Learn how to connect quilted blocks together in this beginner Quilt As You Go tutorial with Leah Day. I love your beautiful quilt and have purchased the vintage airplane fabric to use in my design. Adorable baby boy!  I also pressed the fabrics flat and trimmed any mess of threads after that was done. I make my husband’s shirts and have lots of fabric left over. See more ideas about quilt as you go, quilt tutorials, quilting crafts. Most of them turn out pretty cute. There are some quilters who do and some who don’t. Your quilt is warm, masculine -but not over the top – patriotic, and altogether pleasing to look at. This video tutorial will demonstrate how to quilt as you go or QAYG. I just made string baby quilts for my granddaughters. LOVE this quilt! The Quilt As You Go technique (QAYG) is a way to quilt blocks before putting a quilt together. Thanks for sharing. I have been quilting for over 30 years!  I grabbed any fat quarters I loved for smaller pieces, or just had them cut 1/4 yard of any fabric I found on the bolt. Love the baby quilt and the fabric you used. Would love to hear how it turned out. Colour Explosion Quilt Tutorial. I remember when my grandma used to make them for my siblings and I when we were little. Thought I would toss this out for first timers or busy new moms, since the mistakes seem to disappear and the quilt comes out bleed proof and textural. Have you put your blanket in the dryer? I loved the post but found it because a customer wanted a similar quilt. You’ve inspired me to use the freehand quilting you used on your quilt, which I will try on my next one! Love everything about your quilt. I relate to you with the love of quilts, but not quite the temperament to make them. Can’t wait to get started on it… his birthday is March 25th ? Hi there! Anyway, I like your idea and am glad I ran across it. I like just quilting “in the ditch” with this quilt design. Took me longer than the hour but only because I was a bit fussy and inserted extra diamonds in between the strips! Forgot to mention, your son is wonderful too! Make your quilt sandwich of top, batting, and backing, and quilt however you please. 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. As found on pinterest. Currently building a pole barn home.  Below, you can see one strip completed. Do you have links to the other quilts you made for the girls? So cute, and such darling photos! 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! Super easy and fun and you use your scraps on Muslim foundation. I do love to share and love that I can do that with blogging. Thank you! Such a beautiful piece of work, I absolutely adore the pilot fabric! I’ll have to see if I can buy a quilt somewhere for my little kids. I think I can easily use this quilt non-pattern for up-cycling men’s plaid shirts. This is the perfect project! Any advice would be much appreciated. String quilts are named for the strips of fabric that are used to make a quilt: the strings. It all began when I saw the vintage airplane fabric, and about died at its cuteness. Made this quilt for my pilot husband. Binding – I used leftover to make bias slices for the binding (more on that below). I love when people are able to create quilts out of scraps of fabric. Makes for a quick gift too!! Thank you! Another way to get a scrappy look like yours, which I would find even easier, is to do a “Disappearing Nine-Patch,” in which you just cut squares all the same size (5″ is good) and sew them together in strips of 3. Oliso Iron 5. Go to ….Missouri quilt tutorials…., easy quilt ideas…you will have quilts for EVERYONE! I was wondering what kind of machine you use. All tutorials/ideas/designs are for personal use only and are not to be copied and distributed in any way. 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. Materials you will need: quilted blocks ~ full blocks and spacer blocks; sashing fabric ~ cut into strips (see below) quilters ruler; hera marker (like this one) Quilt as You Go … Thank you in advance for your response.  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.  So be sure to plan ahead for that. I know you mentioned prewashing fabric but am wondering how it is holding up after finishing the quilt and washing? Jan 20, 2017 - Explore Bonita Thompson's board " Quilt As You Go Patterns and Tuts", followed by 3917 people on Pinterest. Going to try this out for a friends new grandychild due in February. It is tru, Sorry, no new home pics for ya! All images are property of Tidbits blog. 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