I know this is a "dumb" question, but I don't know the answer.
What is the "best" or most practical thing to tie an everyday or charity quilt with?
Things I've seen or heard of: embroidery floss, crochet thread, perle (or is it pearl?) cotton, wool yarn, cotton yarn, polyester yarn, button thread, narrow ribbon (how do you get it pulled through the layers?), carpet warp, hand quilting thread - - -
I have most of the above around - so please don't say "whatever you have on hand"
Also, I've seen/heard of more than one way of tying. One is to just go down and up with the thread and then tie a square knot. Another is to go down and up and down and up - and then tie a square knot.
I watched a couple of videos on youtube and I think one of them mentioned a surgeon's know.