Originally Posted by
ManiacQuilter2
I did them one a quilt I made over 20 years ago. I never can get birthing done correct so I think I just tucked the edge of the backing and hand stitch it to the back of the prairie point seam.
I'm going to guess you are working way to hard on "birthing" a quilt. First, change terminology. All birthing is is turning the inside out so the right side is outside. Personally, I hate the word "birthing". IMO, someone came up with that term simply to make a simple task seem dramatic.
Sew all the way a round the outside edge with the backing and top facing each other, batting attached to either piece. Leave a space one foot or so UNSEWN to turn the sandwich inside out. I generally make rounded corners---marked with a cereal bowl--so I don't have to be so careful with a square corner. Reach in the hole pull out one corner at a time and shake the whole thing out---------------DONE!