My machine even has a quilting/tie stitch but it's so slow that I decided to stitch in the ditch rather than use it. It takes a stitch forward then backward to "tie". Then you have to pull up the thread and cut it after every "tie" so you can bury it later. I'd rather crawl around on the floor with my doll needle and perle cotton to tie. Even hand quilting would be faster than machine tying!