This is a very basic scrap quilt. Didn't want to take a chance and ruin a work of art. ;-)

SID (sort of) around each rectangle and then I tied the tread off front and back where they meet. Is that what I should have done???? Looking for any hints for the future as well as helpful criticism.

Thanks for looking!

I used to just backstitch a few stitches and cut the threads off at the surface, but then I realized that it leaves thread nests on the back sometimes, so now I start with a couple stitches at "0" stitch length and take a few more super-short ones, then move the stitch length to normal and when the row of stitches is done, do a few short and move it back to "0". Then I cut the threads off at the surface. It sounds like a big pain, but if you do it consistently it becomes a habit and you don't even think about it.

I bookmarked this because I too am just starting to quilt and don't know what to do. I have quilted bow tuck bags and I thread a needle and take thread from the front to the back and tie the 2 threads in a knot and cut off. But this is before the lining is put on so I also wonder how to do it on a quilt with the back on.

How do you set stitches to 0? I have a Janome 7330.

I always pull the bobbin thread up to the top first, then do a locking stitch- either couple in place or one forward, one back, then go forward as usual

Lori - Well, I don't know for a Janome. I have a kenmore, and there is a stitch length slider on the front that slides from "0" to "4". Your machine manual should tell you how to change stitch length.

I tie knots and bury them like hand quilters. It's a pain but I can't seem to trust not doing it.

Love scrappy's! Great job!