I’m finding all sorts of treasure as I unpack the boxes in my work room.
These are quilts I made around 15 years ago, mostly with commercial cotton fabric scraps.
All are hand-pieced and hand-quilted, made using the quilt-as-you-go (QAYG) method. This is where you piece, layer and quilt each block separately and then join all the blocks together. There are lots of QAYG tutorials online if you’re not familiar with it.
This block made me smile:
Made in the first house I owned and rediscovered during the second week in our new house, the number of which happens to be… 24. Not only that, but the little yellow flowers next to it suggest spring. Maybe I was seeing my own future. Spooky!
Quilt-as-you-go gives you the opportunity to use up larger scraps for the back of the blocks, rather than having to wrestle with a large piece of backing fabric. I never have enough floor space for that, so I prefer this more portable method. The backs of these 7″ quilt blocks are all different:
Nice to find this little burst of colour on what’s been a grey overcast day.
Lovely! And then how do you sew the qayg blocks together so seamlessly? (asking for a friend 😉)
There are lots of tutorials online for QAYG. Basically you join the tops, the middles and the backs.
great lookback! the one made me smile too.
🙂
I like this approach much more than the wrestle with the big pieces idea. I’ve never quilted though I’ve done a lot of hand sewing and embroidery. Trapunto is like quilt stitching. Thank you for the idea
I’ve not done trapunto but yes I imagine it’s similar. A big quilt becomes very unwieldy from the beginning whereas QAYG lets you tackle it in manageable bits and build it up gradually.
I like this idea. I want to learn how to qyuilt one day.
Now THIS seems to be the kind of quilting I can wrap my head around! (And how I can machine quilt with a 1950s Singer Featherweight!) Thanks for the inspiration!
very manageable 🙂
You are so inspiring! I’m working up the courage to quilt a pot holder😊
That will be lots of fun 🙂
This could would look beautiful on the wall in your new craft room!
If I had enough spare wall space, yes it could 🙂
Lovely quilt, and by using nice squares of fabric as backing, you have a truly reversible quilt. 🙂
True! Two for the price of one 🙂
Beautiful quilts and always so lovely to see hand quilting and piecing.
thank you, I do remember they were a joy to make
How beautifully cheerful!
A welcome splash of colour on a dull day 🙂
And the “24” block reminds me of this year’s fields daily stitching design… all lovely!
ha! how interesting… and even spookier!
Love your quilting! I purchased two of Georgia Bonesteel’s books when they were firs published thinking I would follow her instructions on Lap Quilting but it didn’t work for me. Cats. LOL.
ha, I can imagine cats and lap quilting together would be a challenge
I can’t comment through your actual page so doing this through WordPress reader. A lovely rediscovery. I’m sure there are plenty more!
Ah, sorry you can’t comment via the blog – I have no idea why that might be. But yes, it’s been lovely to rediscover some of the treasures.