Raspberry & Cream Manx Log Cabin Quilt is Complete!

The Red Manx Quilt is finished!

This quilt came together quickly--in just a few months!  Because it's a quilt-as-you-go (QAYG), the quilting part is all done once you sew the blocks together.  

 

Joining Manx Quilt Blocks - QAYG Method 

Once I had all the  Manx quilt blocks made, and laid out in order, I was looking for a tutorial to show how to put them all together by machine vs. hand sewing which is the traditional method.

Fortunately, Tim Totten recently put out a new video explaining this step.  He's the one who showed me how to sew the blocks by machine in the first place.   

I did not add batting to my blocks, so you can ignore that part. 

I decided to join the backs first, and then the fronts with some top stitching, but ironically, the back came out looking "cleaner" and tidier.   

 

Here's a shot of the back.  I was using an old sheet to cut the blocks for the backs.  I was 5 blocks short, and had to use something else.  Because there is no batting, you can almost see the log cabins on the front through the old sheet backing.

Because it has no batting, it can be considered a light summer quilt. 

 

 

Here's a detail shot of the back.  Because of the way I joined the blocks, it actually looks better on the back than it does the front.  I might do it the other way around next time with the purple one ... 

You can also see the QAYG stitching when adding the logs, row by row.