quilting
Posted By: Jennyb on 2008-01-21
In Reply to: Baby quilt - nana
Once you get the quilt top basted together with the batting and backing, you can use your machine to do what is called "stitch in the ditch". That is to go along the stitches you have already made on the top in order to secure the three layers together. This is the easiest way for a beginner to finish off a quilt.
However, if you have large blocks this will not be enough to secure the quilt together. In the case of a large block quilt, you could just stitch diagonally across the quilt top, diagonally through each block and then diagonally from the opposite direction to create a grid pattern.
Hope this helps.
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