After you get the blocks sewn together, the first thing I would do, regardless of how you finish & quilt the top is to sew a staystitch around the edge of the quilt top. This staystitch should be about a 1/8 inch seam. This will prevent all those seams around the edge of the top from coming apart. Then finish it however you want to.
I tried putting a whole top on the back and sewing it around the top and turning it to make a type of facing one time! It was a mess. The quilt still has to be quilted according to the batting and the back slid everywhere, even though the outside edge was already sewn. I love binding now. So much easier for me.
Last edited by Barb in Louisiana; 03-06-2024 at 06:20 PM.