Nancy  I LOVE the colors you used for this one. I also really like the pattern. IÂm printing out your quilt for my idea folder. Too funny that your daughter essentially just ripped a quilt right off a baby. But I can see why. It's too cute! Nina

I make alot of rag quilts... and do some fancier "quilting" on the blocks before sewing them together, not just the usual X... makes it more interesting to work on... Anyway, this "method" of construction comes from that. Same concept, but instead of snipping my seams on the top, I press them open and turn them under and stitch them down. That's how I come up with doing it this way. I had tried some QAYG methods too.. bought books and struggled thru each step. I came up with this idea when turning under the border on the outside of a rag quilt. Looked so nice and neat... so decided to try it on the other seams. Worked!! I think you could do this with any quilt pattern... just break the quilt down into sections, sew the top section for that area, quilt it to the back w/batting inside... make the other sections, and then sew the sections together like this. I'd make each section about a baby quilt size so I could machine quilt it easier... but would all depend on the pattern. Make your sections break where a little border from the back would enhance your quilt. I don't have a long arm, so anything that saves me some $$ on a quilt, is worth the time. And this is actually easy to do.... win-win!

Susan, Your quilt is precious! I, too, like the animal print and think it adds just the right interest. Sorry for your loss. I remember that feeling of wanting to share things with my mom, too. It was a very long time before it wasn't my first thought when I had good news about children or grands. Now I just generally think how she would be pleased. Glad you are quilting again. It is such a pleasure. Keep sharing what you do with us. Sally

Dianne, I use pins, lots of pins. I had lots of help pinning at the retreat, so I got 5 quilts pinned and ready to go. I stretch and tape the backing down to the top of tables (at home I have to get on the floor), then smooth the batting and top. I sort of smooth and stretch the top as I pin from the center out. I don't know if it is the "correct" way to do it, but I stitch in the ditch around the borders and baste around the outside edge (outside border is slightly larger than I plan to finish the quilt) before I do the center. Then I quilt the center and finish the borders and binding. I have been known to go back and add some quilting after the binding is done because I thought it needed "something". If the quilt police knew how haphazard I work they might come looking for me. beverly