Do you backstitch
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If I know that the seam I'm making will be stitched into another seam, then I don't backstitch. If the seam will be left open or I will be working with the block a lot before it's locked into another seam, I may backstitch. I usually chain stitch as Zebra2 does.
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Originally Posted by erstan947
If I do I WILL have to remove that seam. It is a proven fact!
I do toward the outside, when I'm connecting sashing. When things start getting heavy, un-backstitched seams seem to get loose on me!
My very very first quilt...I cut 2" squares and stitched them together INDIVIDUALLY and back stitched EVERY SINGLE ONE. :shock:
#8
I do the outside, too. If a block is going to sit around for a while, I don't want them coming undone. Also, as a new longarmer, I'm finding that the VERY outside seams SHOULD be backstitched. I've taken tops in and re-sewn so they wouldn't pull apart when I put them on the machine.
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Originally Posted by amandasgramma
I do the outside, too. If a block is going to sit around for a while, I don't want them coming undone. Also, as a new longarmer, I'm finding that the VERY outside seams SHOULD be backstitched. I've taken tops in and re-sewn so they wouldn't pull apart when I put them on the machine.
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