Opinions on backstitching please?

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10-31-2012, 12:35 PM

#51

IBQLTN

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I don't back stitch, I set my stitch length at 2.0 and have never had a problem.

11-02-2012, 06:29 AM

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moreland

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Scissor Queen

The only place I ever back stitch is the last seams on the outer border. Everything else is crossed by another line of stitching plus I strip piece and chain piece and you don't back stitch when you do that. If you leave just a teeny bit of the chain between pieces it won't come apart.

I agree. Another reason for NOT back stitching as you make blocks concerns the ripping out--I have seldom made a quilt that I didn't have to rip something out to do over.