QAYG Update : New Connector Strip Method

I hope you are not experiencing whiplash as I abruptly switch gears from painting and knitting back to quilting, but I did warn you that I had a need to sew.
When my friend Rose was here, I was showing her all my QAYG quilts and explaining (to a non-sewer) about the cool construction that puts a quilt together in parts, faster and easier than the old methods. As I talked, the lightbulb went on in my head.
Ding Dong! I NEED to teach this.
This very thought provided a reason to make more quilts, for which I have long been searching!
Super DdddddUH.
So with my studio all cleaned up, I got out the previously pieced blocks (February's QAWM blocks) and began quilting. Zoom, zoom, zoom. Of course everything went together beautifully, angst free, since I was starting so fresh from the awareness of  finding THE REASON.
The first three blocks were quilted and assembled, as usual, and then overnight (I do a lot of thinking during the night,) I asked myself if I could reverse the assembly and put the topstitched connecting strip on back instead of the front?
The picture above shows the regular method, with the two blocks joined on the back with a lining fabric strip and then the tops are finished with a double fabric strip, topstitched in place. (You are already confused?  Refresh your memory by looking at the top of this page under Quilt As You Go, especially this post).
The second picture shows the two blocks joined with a connector strip, as I would have previously joined the backs  and right above it you will see the line of top stitching done from the back, with matching thread, so it looks just like a quilting line.  HA! It works!
Here are both connectors lined up. The narrow yellow strip is much smaller than the one above it, no?
I like that as it blends with the other strips on that block so much better. Woowoo!

Here's the reverse side. I double the strip and sew the raw edges to the edge of one block, at the same time sewing on the top strip. When both of the tops are joined then the backside connecting strip is pinned and topstitched, again reminding you to use the same thread in the bobbin as the quilting thread, and white (or matching the back ) thread in the needle.
Maybe this shows the strip better. I used pink thread to quilt the blocks with white thread in the bobbin. Then I switched out the colors and used white in the needle and pink in the bobbin to finish the connecting.
The next picture shows the line of topstitching that looks just like all the other quilting lines, thus hiding the connection a bit more than the old method.



I know its only a little thing and may not be that noticeable in the final whole big quilt, but it was a nice breakthrough for me.
So.....I am now going to do this as a lecture demo at the Three Black Sheep Shoppe in September. They are now carrying fabric as well as yarn, and I brought home a roll of 15 long quarters to make a store sample.

 Ooooooooo!