newbee3

If you are going to join the blocks they do not need to be back stitched. I usually don't backstitch

susie-susie-susie

I don't backstitch except at the end of rows. I do shorten my stitch though, it seems to make the seam stronger. It sure saves a lot of time not to backstitch. I have never had a seam come apart, and I've been quilting a long time.
Sue

virtualbernie

I don't back stitch but I do leave a small amount of thread at the beginning and ending of my seam and my quilts never come apart. What happens when you strip piece squares for 4 patch and 9 patches? Those seams aren't back stitched....

SueSew

How can you RIP IT OUT if you anchored it in place? I have enough of a time picking out stitches at Janome 1.8 machine setting with that Oh So Cursed Fine thread LOL

SueSew

That's clever - sometimes even with leaders and with the small hole throuat plate I find a tiny bit can get sucked in

Dolphyngyrl

no but i keep my stitch length smaller when piecing too much work to backstitch

tngal22

Good point!

Trene

Backstitch. Home ec indeed burned it into my brain. I know it's not necessary, but I haven't bothered to un-learn the habit!

mucky

Yes backing is for garment making. If one uses the smaller or my machine is 2.0 there is a much less chance of it coming apart.

ghostrider

I never backstitch, waste of time and thread for me. There's not a single seam in any quilt that is not crossed by another one at some point, so why bother. When sewing on the binding, I overlap the start and finish to anchor each.