Cross Hatch Difficulties
This was my first quilt which I finished several years ago. My unofficial name for this quilt is “Warts and All”. Even though it is riddled with mistakes and “didn’t knows”, I have an enduring fondness for it.
My question concerns cross hatch quilting, which was my original plan for this quilt. That idea went out the window when I discovered that no matter how many pins I put in it, my top fabric wanted to wiggle out of place. I wound up quilting parallel lines instead of crossed lines, and even the single lines had issues.
On a trial block using cross hatch, the fabric would bunch up where seams crossed, either on the front side or back side. You can see in the photo how I got a lot of ripples from all the pulled-on fabric (I think).
I have read some people use featherweight interfacing to stabilize the background fabric. Have any of you tried this? If so, what type of interfacing did you use?
Thanks for any and all advice!