Then you get 1/4 way through the machine quilting and hit a pressed open seam...breaking the thread in the seam...yep...have to stop and try to repair the broken seam...I'll keep pressing to the side...it makes a stronger seam, no matter if hand quilting or machine quilting.
Originally Posted by
BellaBoo
I read this in APQ magazine: “Pressingseam allowances to one side was important years ago when quilts wereonly pieced and quilted by hand,” “There was more stress onthe pieced seams, and quilting through the ironed-over layersstabilized the quilt. Today, a machine-pieced and machine-quiltedquilt is so sturdy there is little stress on the seams and no need topress the seam allowances to one side.”