Accidental Use of Negative Space

Things were moving along swimmingly...... 

I was enjoying the almost magical process of joining the Quilt As You Go rows. 

It did cross my mind, that once again I had fallen short of my mandate....to use more negative space. 

 I was also reveling in the fact, that the backs of QAYG quilts are usually interesting.... just as a by-product of the technique itself

 Then as I lifted up the quilt I realized I had sewn one of the rows on backwards!! (The far left row should be facing the other way)

 And there you have it.....a quilt with a fair bit of negative space and all by accident. 

I pulled out my trusty seam ripper and pulled it apart, but not before taking a picture.....I just might have some potential in the negative space quilting zone after all.

Back on track and hopefully finished soon.....now for some binding choices.

QAYG .....Pushing it to the Edge

I like taking a method and pushing it to the edge....so that it becomes a design element, rather than just a more convenient way to quilt. I don't necessarily want to hide the QAYG components or have them form the typical QAYG grid. Rather, I want to embrace the advantages of QAYG, since it lends itself to greater quilting control and results in some pretty interesting quilts......front and back......along the way.


The interesting thing is, I started pursuing QAYG to avoid stuffing the whole quilt, under the machine. I now own a long arm, but still find myself exploring this method because it has some distinct characteristics and advantages all of it's own.

Quilt back, of the scrap play quilt, I'm working on.

Quilting detail.

Quilt front.....so far.

A quick peek at my new goodies.

The words....I'll take whatever is left came out of my mouth a few times. Aren't they lovely??

Quilt Backs....Good Place to Experiment

I was planning to experiment with an over sized version, of the blocks, that I am making for Lily's Quilts QAL, and the quilt backs are just the place to do it.

Here's the same assembly line method.

I even like ironing assembly line style

Quilts backs are great place to add a little something interesting.