Is there an easier way?
#11
Originally Posted by Prism99
Originally Posted by gale
I just use a tiny stitch at the beginning and end of a line and cut it close to the quilt. Is that not a good idea?
eta: so far I've only done straight line quilting and mostly from one side of the quilt to the other-so since it's going to be sewn over with binding I just backstitch or sometimes I forget. I've only done a couple of things where I had to end stitching inside the binding area and I did the small stitches on one and the lockstitch on one.
#12
thanks very much for the link to that video. such an obvious solution ... and yet ... not one i'd have ever thought of on my own. :lol:
"cheater needles" are more commonly known as self-threading needles. you can get them just about anywhere needles are sold.
"cheater needles" are more commonly known as self-threading needles. you can get them just about anywhere needles are sold.
#13
Thanks everyone. I do it like the video, only with a regular needle. The part that drives me crazy is threading the needle over and over with 54 year old eyes. I'll be dropping by Joann's today for some self-threading needles! (I really understand now why my grandma always kept me nearby while she was sewing so I could thread the needle for her!)
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Now why didn't I think of that? I have a cheater needle somewhere around here and never thought to use it on the thread tail. It was in a gift basket I got and since I can still see to thread a needle thought I didn't need it... yet.
#18
I've used the "cheater needle" method, but sometimes I do it another way. I set the stitch length to zero, take a few stitches in place before I start, lift the presser foot and bring the bobbin thread to the top. Then I stitch a few more at zero in place, and then quilt normally. At the end I go back to zero and stitch in place. Takes longer but it avoids the bumps. The cheater method is good but man, sometimes you have SO many loose threads!
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