Originally Posted by
bearisgray
Not stay-stitching around the outer edge of a pieced border.
This is the one that catches me. I often don't use borders at all so I have to watch for things coming apart. If I'm being smart I put lock stitches on the ends of the seams that I know are going to be left at the edge, but that's not always practical and I don't always remember to do it when it is. I've had to go and hand-stitch things back together because it'll already be quilted and I don't notice they're coming apart until I'm getting ready to put on binding. I usually use a dot of fray check on the original seam when that happens.