Originally Posted by
Tartan
It depends on what you are using them for. Hand sewing will give a softer feel to them but be less secure. A zig zag is secure but can leave a little stiff spot where the sewing is.
Lengthen/broaden out your stitch and you won;t get any "hard" or "stiff" spots from the sewing.
Another hint that I was taught ... don't feel you have to make all your joins on the square. Most of our patterns are straight lined, so instead if your join is on a diagonal, then it will not end up running along another seamline. Plus if you have limited quilting, you are more likely to get the join quilted in better.
Just make sure that your pieces that you are butting together have straight edges. I usually do that by laying one overtop of the other, slicing with the rotary cutter .... and then doing the zig zag to join them.