Originally Posted by
mea12
I too believe it needs something like you are doing to hold the layers together. It would become lumpy after washing if you didn't do this. To speed things up, you might experiment with tying with narrow ribbon and clipping tails short. Using a felt batting might help to keep it flat if you decide not to top-stitch (quilt) it but you'd probably need to iron it after washing to get it flat again.
yes, I too agree it needs some reinforcement in the middle. I have made table runners and instead of topstitching or tying, I have used the zigzag on the machine and have done tight 5/6 in one place, dragged thread down about 6" and did again......did that on entire surface, afterwards, cut those connecting threads, applied fray-check and they have been used, washed many times....still look good......just another choice.......