Originally Posted by KimS
When quilting by machine do you start in the middle and work your way out like you do when you hand quilt? I'm going to use 505 Adhesive Spray and depending on how comfortable I am with that will dictate whether I also pin it. This is my first time machine quilting.
I'm by far NO EXPERT, but this is what I do. First of all, let me clarify that the only thing I know how to do is stitch in the ditch and cross-hatch. I do start in the middle for stitching in the ditch. For crosshatching, I go corner to corner both ways, forming a big X . Then I stitch down one side of the stitched diagonal, and then down the other side of the diagonal. Keep doing this until I've reached the edges My quilts stay squared.
As I said I have a lot to learn but this works for me.