Originally Posted by
Lady Diana
I have made several wall hangings and found that dense quilting does cause the problem you are experiencing.
I now do what I call, my anchor quilting around the sections before I do more dense quilting within the "anchored" blocks, squares, rectangles in the quilt. When you outline these sections ( I do start from the center out), then I can go back and quilt "as desired" as they say, within each framed section.This framing of the sections keeps the fabric from drawing up so much when I do the additional quilting. Afraid I'm not very good at explaining....
This sounds like an interesting step that I'd be willing to take in the future. What kind of stitching do you use to "frame" the block? Would a mere "stitch in the ditch" be adequate or should there be more substantial stitching to "set" the frame? Would love to see some of your technique.