Advice please on using velcro
I'd like to put pieces of velcro on the top of some of my tote bags. I haven't used velcro in a while. The last times I used it, I had difficulty. I found that when I used enough stitches to securely hold the velcro onto the fabric, the sheer amount of stitches cut down on the available hook/loops which secure the velcro.
Last night as I lay in bed I thought perhaps a better alternative to sitching the velcro through the middle (through the hooks and loops) would be to do a zig zag on the edges. Is that better?
I am not going to ruin a perfectly good tote bag by putting velcro on wrong so any and all advice will be appreciated. Thanks!