Hey All,
In everything I've read you must leave 3 to 6 inches of extra batting and backing fabric around the quilt top before quilting it, I know the theory is that some of this extra will get drawn in as your quilting. But from what I've read about machine quilting you stitch in the ditch around the quilt blocks first, (then quilt the insides of the blocks), which I would assume keeps the extra batting and backing from being drawn in after stitching in the ditch?
Or am I doing this wrong?
I'm almost done my lap quilt and have just cut off the extra 5" and am wondering why I needed it in the first place?
Zoo