What do you all use to tie a baby quilt? I was going to use crochet cotton. Cutting threads short. Does anyone else use this?
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I use embroidery floss.
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I use embroidery floss or Pearle cotton.
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I use the light weight baby yarn. I leave about a 1 inch tail.
I like how they yarn frays after washing. |
I use pearl cotton
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I used to tie but now I bar tack...it does the same keeps the batting in place and I like it because there are no ties for the babies to possibky get loose and choke on.
Just a thought.... |
I use emb. floss or pearle cotton. Use 100% cotton. Tying a square knot helps too.
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I use pearl cotton or embroidery floss. After I tie the tie I trim the tails to the depth of the first knuckle on my index finger. That length doesn't change through the whole quilt. It is about an inch.
When I hem children's clothes, I use the width of my pinkie to space the stitches and for older children I use my thumb as a spacer. I figure that before there were rulers and such; people had to use some sort of measure. For me it is what is handy therefore my fingers. |
Perle cotton...looks nice and ties easily without fuzzing or fraying.
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I always used yarn.
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Originally Posted by Gigix12
I used to tie but now I bar tack...it does the same keeps the batting in place and I like it because there are no ties for the babies to possibky get loose and choke on.
Just a thought.... |
Bar Tack is when you zigzag in one place to form a tack (tie). You lower your stitch length, set your zigzag and go back and forth a few times. I do the whole quilt (baby size) and then cut the threads.
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When tieing a baby quilt the only thing to not use is Yarn
For some reason it comes untied easier than threads and can be easily swallowed and cause breathing problems. I have always used emb. thread, but pearl cotton works too. My grandmother used pearl cotton of some kind of cotton crochet thread and hers are still together. |
I've used most everything. I've also used the 1/16, 1/8, and 1/4" satin ribbon to coordinate with the quilt.
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I used to tie,now I use my fancy stitches on my machine,the delicate ones, and just spot one around. make sense?
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I have cut very thin strips of the quilt fabric and pulled it through with an embroidery needle and then tied it off with a thorough knot.
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If you bar tack (just a couple of zig zags) down the yarn or perle cotton, the tie cannot come loose and hurt the baby.
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Originally Posted by jolo
I used to tie,now I use my fancy stitches on my machine,the delicate ones, and just spot one around. make sense?
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Originally Posted by Gigix12
I used to tie but now I bar tack...it does the same keeps the batting in place and I like it because there are no ties for the babies to possibky get loose and choke on.
Just a thought.... |
I don't tie, I use a star pattern on my machine and go to the interections and do a pattern, star, bear, tree, pony, etc. It works and is a lot easier than doing all the tying. Jan
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Originally Posted by quilter68
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I figure that before there were rulers and such; people had to use some sort of measure. For me it is what is handy therefore my fingers. Today a dollar bill is 6 inches long. |
Originally Posted by Gigix12
I used to tie but now I bar tack...it does the same keeps the batting in place and I like it because there are no ties for the babies to possibky get loose and choke on.
Just a thought.... |
Originally Posted by EagarBeez
What do you all use to tie a baby quilt? I was going to use crochet cotton. Cutting threads short. Does anyone else use this?
I've always been to afraid to tie baby quilts. When I do tie quilts It is for heavy use (like grandma use to make) so I use yarn cuz it's cheaper than pearle cotton (save that for buttonhole wool applique), and I also bar tack, just in case! I don't put anything on a baby quilt that could possibly come off in little hands or mouths. JMHO and welcome to the board from t in NE PA :thumbup: |
Originally Posted by mshawii
I don't tie, I use a star pattern on my machine and go to the interections and do a pattern, star, bear, tree, pony, etc. It works and is a lot easier than doing all the tying. Jan
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I have a 20 year old Bernina 1230 and it has those special stitches, altho I have not used them to "tie" a quilt but sounds like a cute idea. I'm not familiar with the 240 but it must be heavenly to have a new Bernina.
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I use double strand of bed spread weight crochet tread. I bring the needle down and up twice.(making the loop holding the fabrics together double)Leave tails about 4 inchs long. Tie a square knote. The thread comes in many colors
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I use pearle cotton and the decautor knot.
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Originally Posted by EagarBeez
What do you all use to tie a baby quilt? I was going to use crochet cotton. Cutting threads short. Does anyone else use this?
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Originally Posted by EagarBeez
What do you all use to tie a baby quilt? I was going to use crochet cotton. Cutting threads short. Does anyone else use this?
machine and a fancy stitch like a heart and set my machine to only do one motif, then stitch that where I would normally tie it. They look really cute that way, and no fuzzy ends for baby to get caught on. |
I have used embroidery floss.
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I like the embroidery floss because it seems to knot tight and then trim about to 1/2" IF YOU CUT IT 1/4" IT SEEMS TO WORK OUT THE KNOT AFTER ALOT OF WASHING AND USE. WOW sorry I hit the caps by mistake.I wasn't yelling. lol Mary
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Originally Posted by EagarBeez
What do you all use to tie a baby quilt? I was going to use crochet cotton. Cutting threads short. Does anyone else use this?
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I use both the embroidery floss and the yarn, depends on the look you want. I too like the way the yarn frays and looks.
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Originally Posted by Gigix12
I used to tie but now I bar tack...it does the same keeps the batting in place and I like it because there are no ties for the babies to possibky get loose and choke on.
Just a thought.... |
I use crochet cotton for any quilts I tie. It works much better than yarn as it is not stretchy.
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Originally Posted by Gigix12
I used to tie but now I bar tack...it does the same keeps the batting in place and I like it because there are no ties for the babies to possibky get loose and choke on.
Just a thought.... |
Originally Posted by Mariposa
I use emb. floss or pearle cotton. Use 100% cotton. Tying a square knot helps too.
And what is a "bar tack"? I also tied a quilt with DMC's neon green on my daughters quilt and she brought it back to me and asked me to resew some of the seams that had seperated after washing. While studying the quilt so that I could fix everything I noticed that all of the "tied" places had come untied and were coming out of the quilt. |
My friend cuts her ties to a 1/4 inch, drives me nuts but I
guess it's what you like. I usually use emb. floss, cometimes crochet cotton depending on the color I need and what I have that color in. I like my ties about an inch then if they untie and I catch them (right!) they are easy to retie. |
I used to tie now that I'am learning to machine quilt I have been doing machine quilting.. I tie with embroidery floss..
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I used to tie now that I'am learning to machine quilt I have been doing machine quilting.. I tie with embroidery floss..
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