Cross hatch
 

I wanted to SITD between blocks before FMQ but didn't want a lot of ends to tie off. I decided to try the continuous cross hatch method with a little adjustment since I was working on a rectangle not a square. It worked really well and I only have the start and finish to tie off. I tried to get a picture of the back.[ATTACH=CONFIG]558770[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]558771[/ATTACH]here is a drawing of it on a square

Very clever way to do it. I've drawn out continuous stitching like that before on things but never on cross hatch.

i often do this... sometimes i get one extra tie off, though. thanks for posting the path

Thanks for posting. When I've tried this in the past, I've gotten off course, I'll have to give it another go!

oh ok now i get it, thanks for the diagram nancy zeiman did something like this on a table runner and i tried it ,lol it didn't work very well for me i kept getting lost somehow, but now i see where i went wrong.........thanks

Very helpful! I could never quite figure out the path. Thank you!!!

that's the way to do it!! great job!!

Going to have to start calling you Ernest, Tartan. I bet you know the story behind this technique....

I often cross hatch and decided a while ago that there had to be a better way than just going from side to side and tying off all the ends so gave it some thought. It then came to me that I could keep on going with a minimum of pulling threads through and tying them off - which is the most boring part of quilting.

I have just finished a runner for the top of a piano and used this method.