I take several tiny, tiny stitches to start & end. If my end is going to be back where I started (outline of a square)...I don't lock the first few stitches...I take the last tiny stitches over the start stitches. If I were doing a wholecloth quilt...I'd knot and bury any stitches that were not in a seam, or at a junction of other lines.
Marge
Originally Posted by
meyert
I am fairly new to machine quilting and I am only straight lining quilting, no FMQ (at least not yet) I am wondering.... when you all machine quilt do you do the lock stitching or back stitch? I have noticed on every video that I watch no one lockstitches or back stitches. When I do lock stitch or back stitch it is very unsightly on the back side. What do you guys do?