Quilt As You Go - Needs List

QUILT AS YOU GO

Tutor Shirley Mooney

Do you have difficulty manipulating a large quilt on your sewing machine or are you concerned you may damage applique, embroidery or embellishments on your quilt when quilting? 

Quilt as you go is a technique which allows you to sew and quilt a block then join them together with what appears to be thin sashing strips both on the front and back of your quilt.

In this one day class you will create three or four blocks and join them together using this technique.  From here you can then build your quilt to whatever size you wish.

The quilt sampler for this class is made using scraps and can be built up to whatever size you wish.  We will discuss the various ways blocks can be assembled using this technique. 

The Needs List below covers the requirements for the class, not necessarily the whole quilt.

Fabric requirements
Please pre-cut fabrics before class to save time

Background colour and Front joining sashes.

These will be the same colour.  I used a variety of white 2 ½ “full length strips. Whatever colour you use for your background, it should make your feature colours stand out (pop).  You will need to bring to class 6 x 2 ½” full length strips of background fabric.  I recommend full width as opposed to fat quarter lengths which will create a lot of waste.
Suggested quantity for larger quilt 1.5 to 2 meters. This will vary depending on the size of your quilt.  If in doubt – buy more.

Block colours 
Please bring four different block colourways for the class.
For each block colour you will need four shades from dark to light.
For each block cut one dark fabric into a 8"x 4 1/2" rectangle.  This will be cut into smaller diamond using class templates.

Cut the other three shades for each colour into 2 ½” strips full fabric width (112cm) or cut 2 of each if using fat quarters.  These will be sub cut using class templates.

Backing Fabric

Back of quilt

This technique uses more backing fabric than the standard quilt.  If you intend to make a large quilt, then I suggest you purchase at least 4 metres.  You can also use different fabrics on the back for each block.  This is another way of using scraps from your stash.

Cut two 12” full width strips (across the bolt 112cm) if using one backing fabric or

Cut four 20” x 12” pieces for each block if using different fabrics.  You may wish to match these fabrics with those of your colour blocks.

 

Back Sashes

You can use either the same fabric as your chosen backing fabric or a contrasting fabric.

Cut two  1 3/4” full length strips or four if using a fat quarter. 

Batting

Cut 2  12” full width strips or cut 20” x 12” pieces if using scrap batting. Any batting will do however I have noticed that students using Dacron find it very slippery and have had to heavily pin their strips before sewing.

Sewing requirements

Sewing machine with walking foot attached.

Two pre-wound bobbins with thread matching that will work with your backing and background fabrics.

Rotary cutter (fresh blade please) and cutting board (Medium size.  Small board will not fit large template)

60deg triangle ruler (optional – only bring if you have one)

Long ruler (24")

Quilting pins

Scissors

A marker that can draw and be seen on your batting.  If using white or a light coloured background fabric, please bring a marker that will not be seen through your fabric or irons out i.e. frixion pen.

Quilting gloves (optional)
1" x 6" ruler that has 1/4" lines marked (Optional - only bring if you have one)

 

I will provide you with a templates for your main block.  There is a charge $4 which covers the cost of the template materials.

 

 Shirls