No Knots in Hand Quilting

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02-11-2011, 01:13 PM

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Carol Wilson

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Originally Posted by maggiek

I had one teacher show us how to weave the end under and in among the first few stitches and the last few stitches. That way there is extra strength in holding the ends in addition to just the batting.

Do you mean back up and re-stitch the last few stitches?

No, just thread the needle with the thread you left"dangling" and then continue hand quilting in the opposite direction until the thread runs out.

I am right handed and I cannot quilt the opposite direction lol, only up and down and to the left.

Turn the quilt around 90 degrees.

It is impossible to turn a 100 by 90 or bigger quilt around. I have the old fashion quilting frames that lets me stretch the whole quilt out. I do like the idea of not putting a knot at all but does the couple of backstitches show up.

Not if you backstitch over other stitches you have already done and then weave the thread int the backing, "if you can't see it from the moon it is OK".