Originally Posted by bearisgray
I don't think I would recommend this (folding the back over the edges) for machine quilting -
but it does work well for a hand quilted piece - the extra step does really protect the edges
This is exactly what I did with a quilt that took me several years to complete, as it was too warm to hand quilt in the summer months. I only removed the tacking from the folded edges as I came to hand quilt the borders, and it still looks good and I began making it in 1999.