Originally Posted by PWinston

Can you share how you finish the very edge of your quilt? It appears to be hand stitched as well. Would also like to see a closer up picture of that particular area. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Borntohandquilt

You're right, this is the "Knife Edge", a very traditional way of closing the quilt from UK, especially Wales.

When all the quilting is done all three layers are cut down to one length (I cut to 1 inch width measured from the last row of quilting stitches). In the next step the batting is cut with scissors for 1 more cm or almost 1/2 inch. The backing fabric is now folded around the batting to the inside, the top fabric is also folded to the inside to the same length. Then a line of simple running sitches are sewn very near the folded line and closes the quilt.

I think it fits perfectly for that kind of quilts!

Originally Posted by Borntohandquilt

I would say it depends a lot of the quality of the batting and the fabric as well. Some poly battings are very easy to hand quilt through like the one I have used here - Tuscany Polyester. But I have also tried others and it was hard. I like the Hobbs 80/20 and it's wonderful for hand quilting, also the Tuscany and Legacy 100% cotton - but I don't like Cottons with a scrim like Warm & Natural. But of course, like many other things, it's a matter of personal choice.