Will pass on a tip that I have learned. A quilt is much more stable if you quilt across the seams. I no longer do STD with a straight seam. I use the curved pattern stitch that I have. It covers the seam and is quite nice. Do not have the pressure of STD. Here are a few photos of quilts. The Chevron quilt I made for my DGG, she was 3. She marked on the front with markers, some seams were coming apart, the fleece on the back was heavily pilled and stiff and cut a hole in it. The purple heart covers the hole, put on a new Minky back and I resewed the seams with the wavy pattern. The second one shows the curvy line of stitches on the front of the quilt and the next photo shows the wavy line on the back of the quilt that I made. The reason some lines are straight is because they are STID on white Kona fabric. Didn't want the wavy line on the white.
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