Originally Posted by teddysmom
Hand quilters do you back stitch when you are piecing of do
you use a running stitch? In Georgia Bonesteel's book on Lap Quilting she gives definitions of sewing terms. One was backstitching used in hand piecing. This is new to me. Anyone have an opinion?
She probably backstitched the first and last stitch so the pieces wouldn't come apart. The running stitch is fine intbetween.