How to Quilt As You Go (QAYG) with Sashing and Self Binding - Sewing Tutorial 

Thank you for this tutorial. I felt like you were just sitting across the table from me. I like your fun attitude!! Thanks for sharing.

Beginner quilter here. Thank you for your tutorial! Subscribed.

You are the best teacher! I call you the "Quilting Teacher", for dummies!! Lol

You are the BEST most easy to understand teacher

You are MY KIND OF Woman!!!! Don't be afraid to make mistakes. I love it.

You are my new favorite person 😂I giggled all through your tutorial and now I’m off to make my own blanky ! Thank you !!

Ms Darlene...I'm back on this video again. I can't say it enough you gave me the confidence to begin sewing at the age of 56. I am about to start my son's Dr. Seuss quilt using this method. You are straight forward on the how toos...and you never over explain. Short, Sweet and to the Point!

😊Darlene, since I discovered your method several years ago, I have been using your simple and easy method. By far the best for QAYG. Thank you Darlene. Elizabeth Diaz

A couple of years ago I saw this and was inspired enough to start of quilt for a friend...but never finished. Since then I have recently watched about a dozen other QAYG videos, got inspired again, and returned to your video. Your method is, by far, the quickest and easiest. (Most of the others require cutting of narrow batting strips, sashing strips, and backing strips to join the rows. That is a whole lot more work, and for what?) Thank you, Darlene.

This is what I was looking for. It took hours and variations on my search, but then I found this!

And thank you, i meant to say thank you for your hard work doing this for us! 🤗

Thank you Darlene! I have found your method of joining QAYG the best so far. So deceptively easy!! Just awesome! Evey

Best quilt as you go video I’ve seen . Thank you

I'm watching in 2024! 🥰

Woah, i love that method! And you have such a wonderful personality that puts me at ease and makes me feel confident in my journey. I just started my first quilt and i wish i had found you first, because it has... "character" 😂. I'm going to do your method next for sure. Love and light, shalom! 💖🙏🕊

You're a great tutor!! I've been looking for a "go as you go" quilting" for a long time and this is great!!! 😀

Thank you so much for this Darlene - you’ve taken the fear out of doing a quilt and I smiled all the way through. You have such a great personality and you’re so funny. You really cheered me up x

This is the best Quilt as you instruction. Thank you

That’s a great looking quilt. Thanks for sharing ur tips.

I love your videos. You make me feel comfortable and less of a perfectionist. You’ve taught me a lot. You’re a great teacher 😘

Great tutorial. I love your sense if humour 🤣

I made a king size log cabin quilt as you go. It came out beautiful! Used my domestic sewing machine. It CAN be done!

I always come back to this video. She's amazing.

OMG you are a riot! Love you tell it like it is. ❤ I've been Crocheting & put quilting on back burner. Finishing my WIPs, and going to return to some quilting!

I love this tutorial so much. It was fun and definitely informative. You answered all my questions and I love your teaching method! Thank you so much!

Enjoyed this so much. I'll be watching more of your videos! Thanks.

Thanks for your great personality, it sure helps when your quilting and not so up tight about all the RULES. Lol

I love this pattern. I have fabric that will work perfectly with this method and I’m going to try it. Thanks for sharing!

I'm so glad I found this! Thanks for the info. I used your method to make a 3 block by 4 block hanging quilt for my sister's bday. I put a small group of photos and quotes in each block, using any stitch I wanted, then put it together. A labor of love, but I'm loving the result - thanks, again!

OMG ... THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR!!!!!! It's amazing ... I've been looking for two years for this exact QAYG tutorial. Thank you ... Thank you ... Thank you ... You've so made my day. :-) NOW I can finish my granddaughter's quilt! THANK YOU DARLENE!

LOVE THIS TUTORIAL! Great method. Will try it! Thank you.

Your quilt is beautiful I loved it. What a great method. Thanks for shearing

I love your video. Very easy to follow and understand. You mentioned rag quilts. I make rag quilts all the time. When I make one, I do the snipping as I go along. It's so much easier if you snip each row when you add it to the previous row. Then, when you're finished, all that's left to snip is around the edge. Done. :D

I am a intricate quilter, but when I watch your programs I am so impressed that I have to stop my quilting to catch some great ideas from you. Thanks

"Get down dumb dumb" 😂😂 I call my husband a dumb dumb all the time, so I died when you said that! Sounds like something I would say to him. You're always so funny! Love you Darlene!

Quilting is so supposed to be fun! Darlene is one of those people who seems to enjoy it and makes it fun. She is so entertaining and down to earth.

Hi, Darlene: I just found your channel today. You are absolutely charming and I love your enthusiasm and attitude, especially about things not having to be perfect. I also admire that you are taking care of your mother and that you let her know how much you love and cherish her by making her a beautiful and special quilt for her 94th birthday ( I watched that video earlier). Letting her pick the fabrics and then finding a way to work the lace into the quilt was also a loving gesture - you are a wonderful daughter. I lost my mom to Alzheimer's 5 years ago. She taught me to sew when I was very young on an old Singer treadle machine, which I still have and which still works! I miss her everyday - I would welcome the chance to sew something special for her. May life's richest blessings be yours always.

Hi Darlene~Ever since I watch your crazy quilt tote bag video I've been making 8"x8" crazy squares for a quilt one day. They are adorable and it was you that inspired the idea. I love your crazy quilt! Great job!

Absolutely love your tutorials, you are so down to earth ...and you make it so fun. Thanks for that. Have a great day!

I just love her tutorials so much. she is so fun. And into making it as stress free as possible. Makes quilting wonderful.

Aside from a quilt I made in the 1970s, I've had no quilting experience until about two years ago. I stumbled across an excellent video on making a rag quilt. I thought, "I can do this!" and proceeded to make a lap quilt for my young granddaughter. Since then, I've joined a quilting group at my church (we make quilts for those in need) and am now doing "regular" quilting. Recently, I made a 60"x60" quilt top, and using my quilt top, I chose a thicker batting than usual, plus the backing, and I quilted it. Oh, my goodness! This was an agonizing endeavor, and I realized that such future quilts will have to be quilted by someone else. The arthritic pain in my hands is just too great to do this on my machine. So, I reasoned, I also need another means of quilting-as- go than just rag quilts. HAPPILY, I stumbled across your video. I just completed a four-block sample following your directions, and it turned out beautifully! I'm going to use this technique to make a larger throw for my adult grandson's birthday present. I'm so excited about doing this project. Thank you for sharing your method with us!

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I am making a queen size quilt for my mom and I was stressing over the backing, but after watching this, I believe I can do the quilt-as-you-go method and make it that way...since I don't have a long arm quilt machine and it is going to be such a large quilt. I love your accent, by the way!

Thanks, I am going to try this method of quilting. Love your big crazy quilt !! Love how you teach , too !!

Thank you Darlene. You taught this newbie to quilting something useful and made me laugh! Love that you still have (and use)your grandmother's pins.

I am so happy to have found you! I've been putting off making curtains for my kitchen for 7 years. I think I'm ready now, thanks to you.

Love, love, love! your tutorial is so simple to follow and you make it fun. I always wanted my grandma to teach me how to make a quilt, but she passed away when I was very young and I lost the motivation to sew. Thank you so much for this video. Gives me the inspiration to get back into sewing!

My oldest granddaughter lives in New Orleans and I in NC. She is just starting to learn quilting on her own, I told her to watch this that it will help her with the binding part.

I have to tell you, I made this with a log cabin pattern, and I loved it . I used it to bring all my stuff to my granddaughter's wedding. Big success!!!

making my first quilt...watched a ton of quilting videos..confusing... then I found you...you showed me exactly what I wanted and needed to know...finished my quilt..minor adjustments on my part... and am totally thrilled about it finished... probably I would still be watching videos if I had not found you... thank you so much...

what a great personality. And for once, someone made sense with this method. Thank you!

Absolutely Amazing! You did it again!!!!! So beautiful!!!💖

You crack me up..love to listen to you explain stuff...down to earth and no frills...great QAYG way for us newbies....

Personality and instructions, love it! Couldn't stop watching, giggling, AND big bonus, learning!

Sewing is not something that I can do but love to watch you do your projects, They always look so nice when you are done!!

Love all your videos. I saw the more recent one of your quilt for your mother this year. You are such a joy to watch. I have learned so much. Keep the camera rolling. We love you.

T.Y. for a good common sense approach to the QAYG projects. I've been researching QAYG for several years and this is the first one that makes it easier and skips "hand-sewing". Keep these ideas coming, I'm an avid fan now.

Darlene,you are super special,love your tutorials.keep up your good work.

Love Love LOVE this tutorial.....and really enjoy your teaching personality :)

This is even easier than some of the traditional ways of joining QAYG. Thank you for sharing!

Darlene, Thankx so much for this tutorial! I now know how to finish a quilt top I made over a year ago. I do the 'scrappy/crazy' quilting and wasn't sure how to put them together without the 'busy-ness' that would occur with simply attaching them to each other. Your method will be PERFECT! Thank U again. As well - your 'u-r-perfect-no-matter'...such a lovely, ACCEPTING approach to ANYTHING, in life! Danielle

Thanks Darlene. This is the best tutorial I have found and I have now started a single quilt thanks entirely to your wonderfully clear instructions x

This is amazing! I tried a quilt similar to this years ago and it was so hard. I have never made another but a friend from church whose wife died gave me her sewing stuff. She had lots of material cut into squares that I have wanted to do something with. This is it! And I'm going to use your idea of no batting so it will be lightweight. Thanks.

My mind is Blown. That makes it SOOOooooo much easier. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing technique. I can not wait to get home to work on my quilt!!! Woooo hoooo!!!

Love this tutorial! I hated cutting out all those sashing strips, they just never came out right. Your method is perfect. Thank you.

I just saw this yesterday by luck, it is going to save me so much time. I have the squares cut for a child's quilt and will be starting it later today.

I had to giggle about your, "If you want you can iron this down. You know, that's a good idea! I'm going to go do that!" You're such a good teacher, you're teaching yourself! :D Thanks for the great tutorial! I'm excited to try this now!

Within the first three seconds of this video I said "Hello Darlene" out loud :) Thank you so much for the video!

You are such a good teacher! Thank you Darlene.

I LOVE this tutorial and don't kid yourself - you are a wonderful teacher! Thanks for breaking it down into understandable segments. I am now ready to try my own hand at QAYG!

Love how you give suggestions for correcting things when it is not quite perfect. Lovely. 💖

I love your tutorials! Slow and steady and super informative and best of all fun. I am new to quilting and I no longer fear quilting world. I love the tote bags too. My family that lives in California have to use their own bags when they shop so I will be making some fun sports team totes and stuff. Thanks again.

Thank you so much. Because of my hands I had to stop my quilting. But you showed me how to bring my joy back. I have happy tears thank you thank you

I tried to add a comment and it disappeared because the next video started up, GAH! I love your videos. You have such a relaxed style and your creativity flows. I wish I could add a picture of the project I want to quilt as I go. I drew pictures of kitty cats with fabric pens and added crazy quilt around the borders and ended up with 22 by 22 inch squares. I want to do free style quilting around each kitty cat so the quilt as you go quilting will work the best. Thank you for being such an inspiring teacher. I am going to be very busy because this is going to be made to fit my king size bed. I am a crazy cat lady and this quilt will express my love for cats and crazy.

I've been researching quilting to exhaustion... this video has made me want to jump to my sewing machine today and just do it. Thank you Darlene... New sub!!!!

This is probably the easiest and best explanation of how to QAYG!!! Super great video!!!

Love your crazy quilt---absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!

YOUR QUILT IS GORGEOUS!!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!

LOVE your video. NO stress just fun, fun, and enjoy. Love crazy quilting, my favorite. Great job. More coffee and sewing time with Darlene video's PLEASE!

Beautiful ! - Your talent never ceases to amaze me !

You rock!! Love your tutorials. ~ great for a "new to quilting" person ~ me. Keep them coming. Please 😎. I'm working on quilts for grand babies and I'm on information overload. Your projects seem doable because you explain and demonstrate so well! Thank you!

You are a wonderful teacher. I watch lots of tutorials and you are great. Have never tried QAYG but you make it look soooooo easy. Thank you for your time.

Darlene, This is exactly what I needed to learn to finish my scrappy quilt I made over a year ago. Thank U for your easy, informative tutorial! That is a lovely quilt.U R making. And...my 401 says HI to your 401 (I think...). Danielle

Loved the instructions! Great video to watch and learn that quilting should be fun!

I am a new quilter and I must say the prospect of putting a huge quilt together was daunting me then I found this I have just tried it and I love it I can do it bit by bit thank you so much for this tutorial

Love your instructional videos and your sense of humor. Thanks for sharing Darlene!

Thank you for this video. I am going to make a quilt for my daughter, and watching this helps me a great deal to have the confidence to get started. Best to you.

You have inspired me. I have made an entire double bed quilt this weekend. I worked from left to right and it was easy peasy. Thank you I love your channel so much

Darlene you're amazing. I'm so glad I found your videos. I've never made a quilt before but your videos make me feel like I can. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

I really love your attitude in this about making things easy. Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing!

You are my FAVORITE Toober! I'm a quilter and have learned all the fussy rules, but you have helped me temper all that nonsense into a practical hobby that I absolutely love! I love all of your videos... I love your attitude... your craftyness... your thrift.... your sensibility... ESPECIALLY your humor!... I just love all of you! Keep it coming Darlene :) :) :)

DARLENE--I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!! I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU ALWAYS TELL US ''MISTAKES DO NOT MATTER"!! YOUR STEPS ARE EASY TO FOLLOW AND YOUR METHODS ARE SIMPLE/EASY. I'M A ''SELF-TAUGHT'' QUILTER--I NEED ''SIMPLE/EASY''---''MISTAKES DO NOT MATTER''! KEEP SMILING!

Great instructions ! Voice u can hear , no rush n good explations , it’s awful to try to hear some videos . Love Darlene’s tutorials , go girl go ,! A satisfied quilter learning qaug ,mary.

Hello Darlene, I'm so glad I found you. I've been making quilts for quite a few years now, but in my retirement years, I'm finding having to pay for the quilting was becoming very costly. So after watching your video, I have started making my own QAYG. I love your attitude, and I have made quite a few what you call crazy quilts and I call my stack and wack quilts. Love the way you make things up as you go, my kinda girl. At the moment I am sitting here sipping a lovely glass of Shiraz after having sat at my machine all day, I am now sitting watching this once again to find out a few extra hints. Cheers to you all the way from down under in Australia.

This is one of the best tutorials I've seen on this method. I'm planning on making a throw for my husband and he's got long legs, this will be the perfect method to add the extra length I need.

I'm so glad I found this! I'm a new quilter and have been wanting to make a big quilt, but was intimidated by it.

Thank you for the tutorial, I've seen others and they make them seem so complicated... I'm very glad I found you. Thanks again, Love

I love your tutorial. You make it so easy . Can't wait to watch more.

I love love your ability to embrace an imperfect line stating there's no such thing as perfect! I think you've helped us all to stop beating ourselves up over it! ❤💋

I like the way you can be relaxed and easy-going about your quilting. I am so critical with myself; so much so that I won't sell anything I make. I end up keeping it or giving it to someone I know real well (and making sure to point out the mistake I made)!

Your video is terrific, this method is wonderful I would advise everyone to watch it. I have tried many methods of quilting and this is by far the best and easiest and the blocks come together in a jiffy. Thank you Darlene.