Originally Posted by
Maureen NJ
I chain stitch when I piece and leave about 1/4” between pieces. When I cut them apart, I do not cut at the piece but so that there is a tail of a few stitches beyond. I feel this would be less likely to come apart. I also use a smaller stitch, like a 2 to 2.1 on my machines.
I also "air-stitch" between the units and leave a bit of a tail on the threads.
When I have to "un-do" - I usually remove the minimum number of stitches - I usually press to the side, so when I resew, this is what I usually do: (see illustration)
It does not look "pretty" from the back - but I avoid the wadding or puckering that backstitching sometimes causes by doing it this way.