Originally Posted by
coffeecozy
after doing cindy needhams craftsy class where she shows the difference between blocks that were ditched first and ones that were just quilted i have made an effort to do as she says - every stinking seam. sometimes i get lazy and do almost every seam :-) .
Could you briefly describe the difference between the blocks that were ditched and the ones that were just quilted? I've often wondered about this, because it seems as though ditching would totally ruin the effect of an FMQ design on the back of the quilt. Is the issue the quilt shifting and puckering when being quilted? I've often wished that the author of 'Quilting Makes the Quilt' would have shown the backs of her quilts! She also advocated ditching first.