Originally Posted by
sewbizgirl
Sometimes unsecured pieced batting looks fine when the quilt is finished, but after a wash it pulls apart and you are left with no batting at the place it joined. Not talking about QAYG, where it's sewn down, but just piecing batting in general.... I got a table topper in a swap that was done that way-- apparently the batting was pieced and the pieces just laid together-- and after washing it developed flat spots where the batting didn't come together anymore. Bummer.
Iv'e always been afraid of that so I always planned my quilting carefully and as my quilting teacher would say quilted the snot out of the area. But with the sashing method the blocks are only held together by the sashing. However the blocks are quilted right up to the edge.