Originally Posted by Prism99
Originally Posted by gale
I just use a tiny stitch at the beginning and end of a line and cut it close to the quilt. Is that not a good idea?
Some people do it by machine, making 2 or 3 small stitches at the beginning and end, and the complaint about that method is that it leaves noticeable "bumps". If your method has been holding up for you, I think it should be fine. I would imagine it is not used more frequently because of the fear that single securing stitch will come out.
I guess I use several tiny stitches and then slowly make them bigger and bigger as I go. Not just one stitch. It doesn't make a bump though. If I use the lock stitch it does make a bump (or at least it did on my old machine). Since I have no plans to ever enter in a competition I guess it's fine.
eta: so far I've only done straight line quilting and mostly from one side of the quilt to the other-so since it's going to be sewn over with binding I just backstitch or sometimes I forget. I've only done a couple of things where I had to end stitching inside the binding area and I did the small stitches on one and the lockstitch on one.