Am I supposed to remove stay stitching?
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Am I supposed to remove stay stitching?
Lol....have I been doing this wrong all of these years??? I machine baste around the outer edges of my quilts before machine quilting them. In a response to a different thread, someone mentioned "when you remove the stay stitching".....is this something I am supposed to do before applying the binding?
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If the stay-stitching does not pull up the fabric when the seam allowance is folded under there is no need to remove it.
I have left it in on a quilt with bias edges and have not had any problems after using and washing the quilt.
I have left it in on a quilt with bias edges and have not had any problems after using and washing the quilt.
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I personally do remove the stay stitching because I hand baste & worry about whether the little knots might be visible but otherwise the only time you really need to do it is if your thread color is visible through the binding.
I'm sure it's overkill because I leave the knots I bury from quilting in there & they're not an issue. There was once when I caught my stay stitching & accidentally pulled it up through the binding fabric when machine stitching that part of my binding, but that's been the only issue I've ever had from leaving it in.
I'm sure it's overkill because I leave the knots I bury from quilting in there & they're not an issue. There was once when I caught my stay stitching & accidentally pulled it up through the binding fabric when machine stitching that part of my binding, but that's been the only issue I've ever had from leaving it in.
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I usually stitch around the edge of my quilt tops before sandwiching. It keeps any edge stitches from coming out and also keeps the seam allowance all turned the right way. I do not stay stitch the sandwich edge before quilting. The quilting draws up fabric and I like my sandwich edges free so I can coax any wrinkles out to the edge of the quikt or release tension from the edge if the top and backing have pulled in. Do what works best for you.
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If my border is made up of little pieces, I stay stitch the edge of the top - near enough to the edge so that the binding will cover it. It keeps the pieces from coming apart at the edge.
If the border is one long piece of fabric, then I do not bother with the stay stitching.
If the border is one long piece of fabric, then I do not bother with the stay stitching.
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