How important is SITD for securing before quilting?
#11
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Thanks for the tip..using water soluble thread for the grid lines.
#14
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If you've securely basted, I say skip it.
I've actually had that bite me in the rear before - did wide SITD mostly around the edges and then started a rather dense FMQ pattern in the center - by the time I reached my first SITD lines I was getting some baggy/puckered areas when I ran up against the SITD seams!
I've actually had that bite me in the rear before - did wide SITD mostly around the edges and then started a rather dense FMQ pattern in the center - by the time I reached my first SITD lines I was getting some baggy/puckered areas when I ran up against the SITD seams!
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I find I have to handle a quilt much more to SITD than to just quilt it, so I never SITD if I can avoid it. So, my response is no, not necessary. I do have to SITD around a panel in the quilt currently on the machine. I added an extra layer of batting under the panel so I need to secure it where the panel meets the blocks. Yick! I don't want to.
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