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Old 02-09-2010, 04:19 PM
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When hand quilting, how do you all tie off your thread? Do you knot or not knot?
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Old 02-09-2010, 04:25 PM
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I knot. It was interesting, at the first Quilt show in Long Beach I ended up with two hand quilting classes by different instructors. One knotted the other didn't.
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Old 02-09-2010, 04:25 PM
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knot and pull to bury
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Old 02-09-2010, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by liblueeyes
knot and pull to bury
Same here.
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Old 02-09-2010, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by liblueeyes
knot and pull to bury
Me too!!!
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Old 02-09-2010, 04:33 PM
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I don't knot......I bury it in the batting about 2 or more inches from where I begin stitching.....and I finish a line of stitching the same way.
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Old 02-09-2010, 04:44 PM
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I do now. A long time ago I didn't but Jim gave me a book for Christmas a few years back and it had directions that even I could follow. It shows how to wrap the thread around the needle and when you pull it through, it makes a knot and goes under the fabric. I end all my handquilting like this.
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Old 02-09-2010, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Boston1954
I do now. A long time ago I didn't but Jim gave me a book for Christmas a few years back and it had directions that even I could follow. It shows how to wrap the thread around the needle and when you pull it through, it makes a knot and goes under the fabric. I end all my handquilting like this.
Yep, same here. It was like magic when I found out how to do that :)
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Knot and bury in the batting.
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Quilters knot and bury it every time.
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