Quilt As You Go: Borders - Part 8

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In this tutorial, Nancy is using a book by Marti Michell called, Machine Quilting in Sections, to help with adding the borders to the quilt. The book is available at a quilt shops and online.
Nancy has four QAYG blocks sewn together, appliquilted and quilted. She is ready to add the borders. Complete the quilting on all the sashings and cornerstones before adding borders.
Make your large borders ahead of time by cutting or tearing your backing fabric the length of grain. Then cut batting the same size as the border but a half of an inch smaller on one of the long sides. Attach the batting to the backing using fusible tape (Heat Press Batting Together or Marti's Choice Fusible Tape by Marti Michell). Place this border with the batting side down on your work surface and the backing fabric up. Now take the quilt top and lay it on top so both backing fabrics are together. Add an inner border on top (optional). Pin everything together adding a pin about every two inches. Sew a quarter of an inch seam allowance (not a scant quarter of an inch due to all the bulk that needs to be sewn and it is a little too narrow when sewing everything together). Using a walking foot, sew one back stitch to secure and continue sewing over the needles. Go slowly. Use an 80 or 90 needle to handle the thickness. Hold the back and the front of the quilt while it goes through the machine. Have enough space behind your sewing machine for the quilt to rest as you sew. Finish with a back stitch to lock the end of sewing in place.

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Thank you for watching!

[DebbieVaughn-ju]

I just started quilting and enjoy the quilt as you go. Thank you

[lindabishop]

I've watched this about ten times and have it running as I finish my borders. Thank you so much for this.

[mellowe]

I love this method and am going to attempt to teach this to my quilt group this month, Pray for me,

[Mickey-jnhz]

Your quilt is outstanding! I am just a beginner, no way would I dare attempt something like that but I sure can admire it!

[jeannieferdinande]

I am so happy that I found you…just in the middle of my first quilt as you go and your tips and instructions have helped me on this one and I am going to do the log cabin next…thank you from Minnesota 🌷

[gingerquiltspickles]

Thank you! I have a quilt I need to make larger and this is perfect. You are a wonderful teacher!

[heatherschimke]

Since I do not have a big space I now do all my quilts in the QAYG Method. The last one I did was scrappy from 3/4 inch to 51/2 inch strips in all kinds of designs. I also did a Triple Irish Chain Quilt as a QAYG last year. I have since found a better way to do it and thank you to you I have learned more easier ways to do it that make the back look great. Thank you for being one of the better teachers who are sharing how we can do them. If you would like to see the two major ones I did, let me know so you can share the photos with others to prove that you can do almost anything in the QAYG Method.

[nbc]

I love your tip about the batting tape. Thank you.

[donnacoleman]

You are a very good instructor. Thank you.

[srd]

This is the only video that helps me with multiple borders and it’s my first quilt as you go. I wish I had seen where you added both borders top and bottom because I’m not sure if you add those alone first or not. In the video you showed the top and the side already joined. Also thank you for mentioning Marti Michell because I bought her tape.

[sharonleeirvin]

Thank you for the videos, I've learned so much from you

[bobbieparsons]

Thank you. Such a good lesson and that quilt is truly gorgeous

[goldenfd]

Great series which has encouraged me to have a go at this technique. I love piecing and the machine quilting has always daunted me because of the bulk on my domestic sewing machine. I am sure with this method I will enjoy my quilting much more so thankyou.

[lorih]

Thanks for the tips on putting on borders for quilt as you go. I hate doing the borders. I am going to use this method on my next quilt.

[joanmonckton]

I am making a sampler quilt and I wanted to quilt as you go but didnt know where to start. I found your site and have watched them through (I will watch them again before I begin) and found it amazingly helpful. Thank you for all your tutorials they are amazing. Keep safe

[hazelem]

I am hand sewing a very large quilt with a pieced T-shirt/hoodie backing which has a frame around the centre and two borders. I wanted to match my front with a frame and two borders as well and I didn’t know how to do it. My local quilt shop suggested I layer the backing and batting as normal then layer my centre fabric just past the inner frame and baste and quilt it, though allowing 1/2 for the seams. My batting is about 8 inches wider than the backing all round. I’ve basted up to and slightly past the inner frame but was hesitant about quilting it because I wasn’t sure. After watching this video and learning so much, I will now start quilting it and then attach the first frame, then the two borders yet I will still keeping my batting intact. Thank you once again for all your tutorials. You have no idea how much you’ve helped me.

[valeriepickford]

Hi Nancy, I am in the process of doing my first quilt as you go. Glad I found your tutorial on adding borders and I will look at your other videos on how to do quilt as you go from the beginning. Thank you from Qld, Australia.

[bettytullis]

Your QAYG tutorial is by far the best technique and explanation that I've seen to date and I've done quite a few. You give such good examples. I wish I would have discovered this series earlier! For anyone wanting to try QAYG, I would recommend this series first!

[artgrrl]

Oh my Goodness! I am a new quilter... matter of fact I’m also new at sewing (1 1/2 years) and being as ambitious as I have always been, lol, I’m working on a queen sized quilt on a home sewing machine. I’ve got almost the entire top of this quilt pieced in three sections. I’ve been struggling to work out how to add the inner border and outside borders to this quilt. You just answered all my questions with this video. Thank you so much for your guidance.

[liletteautrey]

Very very detailed and interesting . Thank you for sharing