Old 08-01-2011, 06:54 AM
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sarahrachel
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Originally Posted by JenelTX
Originally Posted by grammysharon
I was always taught to start in the middle and work your way out each direction!!
When machine quilting, do I need to backstitch at the beginning and end of each line?
I was told to start with little tiny stitches (change the stitch length to almost 1) take a few stitches, stop, then set the stitch length to however big you want to use, I machine quilt with my stitch length around 2.

I don't backstitch because the few times that I did on a quilt top, the back didn't look very nice but I can backstitch just fine when sewing 2 pieces together, so it's not the machine
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