Originally Posted by
Candace
Backstitching only creates bulk and is not needed. If the stitching is coming undone the stitch length is probably too long. Quilting will secure the seams. I've NEVER backstitched and my quilts are washed frequently and used.
Ditto!!
Each seam is cross stitched with the next seam which gives the protection needed.
Stitch length can make a difference either ways.
As
ScissorsQ mentioned those few stitches of the chain piecing helps too.
Backstitching can also create some wonky-ness to a block ... inevitably it's not precisely on the same row of stitching.
There's only one place I backstitch is on the final outside border, as it will never have a cross stitch on top of it.
Even then it's not backstitching as I use the lock stitch!
