littlebitoheaven

I'm still working on the quilt that I made mistakes on from the very start. Now I'm in the final stretch and I would like your expertise before I begin what I believe is a good idea. First of all, I'm putting a Burbur backing on this quilt and so I do not want to do heavy quilting on the "sandwich". So this is what I'm thinking of doing. I want to do a serpentine row of stitches over my many, many seams. Thinking this will secure the seams that would normally be covered by FMQ. Also, with the heavy backing, I believe this will help the stress on the seams. Have any of you ever done this? Do you think that it is a great idea? ...or will it be another mistake among so many before it. Thank you for your time and expertise. Here is what my blocks look like. The blocks measure 16.5 square. This is a photo of 4 blocks. There are 24 blocks in all. It is MSQC quilt pattern called Binding Tool Block.

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mindless

Your block is gorgeous!
Pardon my ignorance, but I have a couple of questions.
What is 'burbur' ? Evidently a very heavy fabric?
Are you planning on a quilt as you go .... quilting each block separately?
Do you mean for the serpentine stitch to be all the quilting you are doing? Holding all three layers of your sandwich together? Or will there only be 2 layers...front and back with no batting because of the weight of the backing fabric?

I do think the serpentine stitches you mention will certainly help support your seams. But... do you think they need that support?
Sorry, I don't quite get it yet. I am really interested in other responses too.

mic-pa

I am questioning what is "burbur" never heard of it. Will be following this conversation to see how everything is worked out

L'il Chickadee

Looks like stitch 1396 is 9mm wide and would do what you want. Only my fancy pants Bernina is in time out right now so I can't tell. (She refuses to play nice with monofilament thread, even after much petting and coaxing, so she's in the corner thinking about it.)
Love that pattern! I have all the stuff for making one in my to do pile.

bearisgray

Your block is lovely.

What is burbur?

Cheshirepat

Looks like 'Berber' is a fleecy-type fabric: https://oureverydaylife.com/what-is-...-12316339.html

Rhonda K

That's a beautiful block. Just looking at those all those seams in one block you will have many starts and stops from what I can tell.

Hopefully, the real quilters will come along and give you more advice.

littlebitoheaven

Hi Mindless! Berber is a heavy fleece.
I'm not doing "quilt as you go" as my quilt top is complete.
The serpentine stitch that I would do, would be done to the top only. I will so a FMQ after I put the quilt top and Berber together.
I am totally insecure about my seams as I have had two quilts returned with broken seams and open spaces. Because the weight of the Berber, I am thinking my seams need to be secured.
Hope this answers your questions.
My quilt top as shown below!
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Jingle

It is going to be beautiful.

Gay

I would be more concerned about why your seams are coming apart. Are you using old, too thin or cheap thread that breaks easily, and do your stitches have a firm, not loose tension? You shouldn't need to reinforce them.
Having said that, I would just quilt the whole sandwich.

Love your quilt btw.