Originally Posted by
ckcowl
it is normal for your background fabric to become slightly distorted when appliqueing (or embroidering) that is why you are instructed to cut your background squares larger (often 1-1 1/2" larger) that way when you are finished you can give your work a good pressing *from the back* then trim/square up the block to the size it should be.
Yes, always make your background a little bigger. NEVER thought of pinning from the back. What a great idea !!