Originally Posted by Lacelady
I think you could just trim close to the stitching on both sides, then cover the join on the back with a strip of fabric, hand stitched on both sides? That would eliminate the bulk of the batting, but it's a lot of hand sewing instead.
Oh you just made me think of it! You actually make sure you don’t stitch all the way to the edge of either block, you want to leave about a ½ inch at least. Then you fold back the batting and the backing and sew the fronts right sides together with the normal ¼ inch seam. Then you put the batting back and trim it so it lays flat (should be about a ¼ inch off each). Then you lay one side of the backing flat (It will extend over the other tri a bit) and then you fold the other under ¼ of an inch and hand stitch it down. This way you don’t have to use any covering strips. You could extend your quilting on the blocks to the edges after you do this if you want as well.
Yay!!
Rachel