Quilt As-You-Go Made Modern: Fresh Techniques for Busy Quilters

I was a little reluctant to purchase this book because I wanted to make sure I was buying something I would use. I have been so pleased with the ideas contained in the book, and I have been motivated to be more creative in my quilt-making. I have already made a quilt using one of her patterns in the book, and everyone that has seen it thinks it's so cute. It was easier to make than traditional quilting is, and even though I was concerned about the back of the quilt looking odd when it is not quilted at the same time as the top of the quilt blocks are, that was not the case at all. For me, it seems easier to keep the quilt squared up when using QAYG. I went ahead and bought her 2nd book and am crazy about it too. I can't wait until her third book comes out. I would highly recommend both this book and the QAYG Made Vintage and think they are well worth the money spent. Instructions have been clear for me, but I already had some quilting experience, so that was a plus for me.

I highly recommend this book to beginners like me, it explains in detail step by step on quilting, I also love the projects she added in putting together beautiful quilts. she has incredibly good taste in fabrics too! Love her work, love her style.

Great book, just didn't realize you still need to quilt the back of the quilt together with the top. I thought you'd be able to sew the top to the backing right sides together and not have to struggle with feeding the whole quilt through the machine to quilt the two sides together. Its an awful lot of extra work quilting each square as you go when you still have to quilt the top to the back. This method has a lot of value but it still doesn't eliminate the need to quilt the back to the front. She does say you can use tack stitches at the corner of each block where they join, like the "tying" method, but I'm not confident that would hold up in the wash with such a heavily quilted top. Also, I just wonder how secure those 1/2" sashing/joining strips are going to hold up in the wash as well. You will definitely want to have them gently cleaned I would imagine if you use the sashing/joining strip method for joining your pre-quilted blocks together. Also, when sewing to quilted squares together (the other joining method) this can be really hard on your sewing machine. You need to make sure you are using a really strong needle like a denim needle. My machine broke when I was making a rag quilt where you have to sew quilt sandwich blocks together and it cost $200 to fix. I didn't see anything in the instructions about how to avoid that from happening. And my machine is a Bernina, a good, solid machine, very heavy weight and built for hard work.

I was new to quilting and had never heard of Quilt as you Go when I watched a video by this author on how to do it. It seemed like a good method for a beginner and I ordered the book so I'd have a good reference guide at my fingertips. This is a great tool to have. It gives you so much reference material on how many blocks you need from baby quilts to king size quilts, what tools you need to get started and a step by step method of quilting. She offers a couple of great instructions on how to join your blocks and some very simple block patterns that even a beginner will find easy to follow. I would highly recommend this book if you're new to quilting or Quilt as You Go. Even though you can watch a YouTube video and find out how to do things, it's no substitute for having this great reference at your fingertips while you're sewing. I completed an entire quilt using the instructions in this book and referred to it several times from start to finish.

I had wished there was a way to quilt as you go when I first started quilting, 2 years ago. I didn't know it was possible. So glad I happened upon this book and watched a video. I will definitely be using this method in the future. I already had my blocks made for a quilt, so I haven't sewed material to batting as described in the book, yet, but the quilting went much quicker and easier this way. Nothing fancy, but I did nice diagonal quilting on the blocks, sewed them together as instructed and it looks fine. Still constructing so backing isn't on yet. Instructions are explained well with pictures; there is also a video on YouTube. I'm happy to have this book, not only for the method of quilting but for the other projects included.

I used this technique to complete a baby quilt for a friend. In terms of the quilt I knew what I wanted to do and had all the fabric, but didn't relish the thought of machine quilting even a small baby quilt by pushing the entire thing through my machine as I've done before with other quilts. I remember either watching a TV quilting show, or reading a different book, about how to quilt in small sections, but that technique included keeping the backing seam allowances open as you quilted the backing at the same time as the front and batting, and then hand stitched the backing seams together. Something like that anyway. With "Quilt As-You-Go Made Modern", leaving the backing off helps tremendously. Of course you don't necessarily get the same quilted "look" as with traditional techniques, but there has to be some compromises if you want the project to be simpler and faster. I sewed four 6"x6" quilt pieces together and then placed them on top of a 12"x12" cotton batting square and then quilted them using freestyle machine quilting, rather than sewing the 4 pieces directly onto the batting. This was a personal choice and had more to do with the exact placement of the pieces within the quilt as I was able to chain sew them together and keep better track of them. I used solid colors and didn't want 2 pieces of the same color to end up right by each other. Then I sewed the 12"x12" quilted pieces together, then the border with batting, and then the backing. Then I safety pinned everything together and quilted the border portion with all 3 layers together and sewed a wavy line down between each square. Yes, this included pushing the entire quilt through my machine, but wavy one direction lines are certainly easier than freestyle quilting. The binding itself probably took about as long as the rest of the quilt did as I hand stitched the back. So, not including the binding, this quilt was by far the fastest quilt I've ever sewed, and it looks just as nice and I didn't start to resent it as it wasn't around long enough. The friend I gave it to absolutely loves it and asked me about the technique so I dropped the book off at her house a few days later. Hope she starts her own project soon! This technique can be used for long rectangular pieces as well, not just squares. Diagonal pieces too. I have a diamond quilt top started that's been sitting in a storage bin for far too long that I may have another go at with this technique.

This book is easy to read, the techniques are easy to follow, and it is well-organized with plenty of pictures and graphics to reinforce the written concepts. She goes through the concepts and steps to achieve your desired result in a logical fashion, and provides plenty of projects with full instructions. She ends the book with instructions for finishing--binding your quilt. This is a great resource if you are new to this genre of quilting as well as for those who've perhaps tried their hand at it but would like some fresh ideas and a slightly different approach. Wonderful book!

This is sort of an odd book. I have long ago made my own versions of quilts made block by block and joined in various methods. This book is very forgiving of crooked designs and “cut and paste” versions of any pattern. The benefit is that this book gives permission and encouragement to just start, to try things, do a little when you have a few minutes, and forgive your mistakes by seeing the imperfections as creative choices. The book is not a better way to quilt without a long arm if you are looking for new methods unless you’re very new to sewing and quilting. It has value but it’s not for me

Libro bello ben confezionato e consegna velocissima. As you go è una tecnica del patchwork di cui sono appassionata

I love this book, it is inspiring and the instructions are clear and infused with enthusiasm and joy. Pictures of both the front and back of the pieces makes the process clear and takes a lot of the trepidation out of the quilting adventure. Lots of ideas for improvising but also clear patterns for those who would like to start off with a clear goal. I for one feel like adding quilting to my sewing repertoire is now a fun new challenge.

I love this book. Illustration's and instructions are brilliant. I love the idea of being able to pick up a square and finish that off whenever I have a short amount of time available rather than having a lot of time to work on a full size project. There are some great ideas to use and I've been learning new technologies as I've been reading through. I have bought another as a present for my daughter who has been dabbling in a bit of patchwork because I think it is an ideal book for the beginner as well as the more experienced quilter.

Dieses Buch kann man empfehlen. Es ist gut durchdacht und logisch aufgebaut. Es erklärt Schritt für Schritt und zeigt alle Techniken zu diesem Thema. Mein Englisch ist nicht all zu gut. Deshalb wäre es schön, wenn es dies auch in deutscher Sprache geben würde. Das Buch enthält aber viele Abbildungen, sodass man es auch so nachvollziehen kann. Ein Dankeschön an die Autorin. Ich liebe dieses Buch.

Bu yazarın başka kitapları da var ama bence bu en güzeliymiş. Değişik quilt fikirleri de içeriyor. Kapakdaki gibi sadece tek bir yöntemi öğretmekle yetinmiyor farklı yapım önerileri de içeriyor. Kesinlikle beğendim.