Originally Posted by clem55
this sounds like the way I did my Grandmothers fan quilt. I saw it in a book called lap quilting, but there it was doing all the squares first, then handstitching the backing seams. Actually , for me that worked really good then, not sure about doing all the handstitching now. But, doing the same in a long panel might work even better, and using a decorative stitch by machine..... going to try again!!
I forgot to say I do the wavy stitch by machine. The only hand sewing I do on quilts these days is to put the labels on. I just don't have time. But once I repaired an old quilt for a family friend and I had to hand stitch all of it. I loved it! So relaxing. But I'm always in such a hurry to start my next quilt that I don't do it anymore.