Episode 1: Getting Started
Episode 1: Getting Started: In the first episode, learn what is required to make the ExQISSite quilt!
Join Pauline from PQW in this exciting introduction to our new QISS system: Kiss with a ‘Q’ – Quilting Is Sew Simple!
Learn how to create a stunning blue and white ‘ExQISSite’ Quilt using Pauline’s Quilt As You Go techniques, without the stress of free motion quilting.
We’ll guide you step-by-step through the process in the upcoming episodes, providing all the steps and techniques you need to make beautiful quilts in any color you choose.
Don’t forget to download your class requirements below this video:)
Companion Notes: Setting Yourself Up for the Series
The ExQISSite quilt is made with Pauline's Quilt As You Go (QAYG) approach: each block is layered with batting and backing and quilted on its own — on a regular domestic machine, with designs drawn and stitched using templates rather than free motion. Because every block is finished individually and joined at the end, there's no wrestling a whole quilt under the needle.
Before you cut anything
- Download the class requirements linked below the video and gather everything before Episode 2 — QAYG projects stall most often at the cutting table, not the machine.
- Choose fabrics with contrast. The sample quilt is blue and white for a reason: a clear light/dark pairing makes the drawn quilting designs read beautifully. Whatever colors you choose, keep one definite light and one definite dark.
- Prewash if you plan to. Decide before cutting — with quilt-as-you-go, blocks are handled a lot, and fabrics that bleed or shrink unevenly will show it at the joining stage.
- Label as you go. A roll of painter's tape and a pencil will save you more than once in this series; Pauline returns to folding, pressing, and labeling in nearly every episode.
Work through the episodes in order — each one adds a skill the next assumes, from cutting and sandwiching your blocks to drawing designs, quilting them, and finally joining everything with sashings.
