Originally Posted by kacie
Originally Posted by Lacelady
I have been ironing seams open for a little while now, and I can tell you that doing it that way makes it so easy to stitch in the ditch when it comes to quilting.
I'm a little confused here. Would you be stitching on the actual seamline, and therefore quilting your thread rather than the fabric? Or do you move over just a bit and stitch the actual fabric? Or would you quilt on either side of the seamline in case your piecing thread gave way?
I suppose if you put it that way, then yes, it would be more on the thread, but I do tend to use a much smaller stitch than most, usually about 1.6 and it's quite tight, when ironed open I still get a nice effect with the quilting. Why not try a small sample and see what you think?