? How do you tie off threads after machine quilting?
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Originally Posted by GAgal
How do you bury the knot after tying a square knot?
Way easier than trying to thread the needle. you can also do it with fairly short threads if you have to.
#7
Try using a "cheater needle" They're the ones that you can snap the thread into the eye instead of having to thread it through. Once you've tied the threads - either a square knot or a quilter's knot, thread the ends into a needle. Pull it up slightly so you can see exactly where one of the threads goes through your fabric. Put your needle through that hole and slide along under neath the top for an inch or so and then let it come back up. Pull the thread through. When you get to the knot, it will "pop" as you pull it into the hole. Sometimes you might have to manipulate the fabric a bit if the knot is big. Once the knot is buried, you can cut off the thread where it came back out of the quilt top.
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Here's a link to a video by Leah Day that shows the easiest way to bury machine quilting threads:
http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.c...g-threads.html
http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.c...g-threads.html
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