Originally Posted by
OCquilter
When sewing pieces of fabric together, always,always,always cut off the seam allowance! It will make puckers every time because it has no give to it. I was told when using all the same fabrics, it is better to have 2 equidistant seams rather than one seam down the middle even if the 2 outside pieces are a different width than the center piece.
I was told the same thing with the reasoning being it is easier to fold a quilt, less wear on the front of the quilt, if the backing seam is NOT neither horizontally nor vertically in the center.