stitching in the ditch
#8
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Location: Northern Michigan
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I very, very seldom stitch in the ditch...I do many meandering free motion designs- seldom do I have the need to do stitch in the ditch- sometimes a quilt needs it- but often it does not== stitch in the ditch is a choice- not a necessity.
#9
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Location: Southern California
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I usually stitch in the ditch between the sashing and the blocks and in the border just to stabilize the quilt. Since I quilt on my Bernina, I usually don't do all over patterns. To hard to mark !!
#10
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Join Date: May 2010
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I don't always, but I do find that it improves the look of some designs. And there are some times when you do need the stabilizing before FMQ. If you don't want those lines in your finished quilting, you can always use water soluble thread for the SID grid, then you can stitch over it with your permanent thread without worries of it looking bad on the back.
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