Originally Posted by skeetersmom
OK........then I have a question that I hope y'all will answer for me. I am a new quilter, and a quilting friend told me it's not necessary to secure the seams when piecing.
Did I not understand this correctly? Please advise asap! Thanks.
No, when quilting you DO NOT need to lock the starting and ending stitching, because you will be joining all these pieces together and then quilting it all down. They will NOT come unstitched. I do a lot of chain piecing and just run from one piece to the next without locking the stitching. Remember this is not apparel that will be stretched and twisted during use. You have many layers of seams all fastened together. It is a real time saver, if you add up all those seconds used to lock stitch each piece.