Quilting Basics 6: Stitching in the Ditch

LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

5 Responses

  1. I love stitch in the ditch, it is great for all of the reasons you outline in your post.

  2. Janet M says:

    Sorry if this is a dumb question but is the SITD technique possible if you press seam allowances open instead of to one side? Thanks for a great tutorial!

  3. Leah Day says:

    Great question! Yes, I believe this is perfectly fine. I explain why in the post on Piecing Tips – http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/2017/01/quilting-basics-2-quilt-piecing-tips.html

  4. Margaret says:

    I’m just getting started with machine quilting. I watched your video and saw you bring threads to top. What next. Do you tie them in a small knot? What’s best.
    Hopefully I get an answer as I see your website is several years old.
    Thanks.

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