Originally Posted by justflyingin
Originally Posted by EagarBeez
Originally Posted by Elfi2
I'm pretty new at quilting :-) and I had never heard the expression "tieing a quilt".... :?: The other day I had seen on the quilts this lovely lady from Poland posted pictures off, there were little threads here and there all over the quilt.... is that what you call tieing??? Does that replace the quilting??? Thanks for enlightening me :wink: :lol:
Yes, that is tying and it does replace the need to quilt
You can cut the threads shorter than I did (I'm the lady from Poland... :)--am an American living over here--) but you don't have to. They last and last. We double knot with perle cotton or embroidery floss or even yarn, but yarn frays after washing and is harder to put in the quilt because of its thickness.
My grandmother always tied her quilts and when I used her cross stitched centers, I tied them. One of the advantages of tying is if you ever have to redo one of the blocks or one of the ties, it is easy to do. Match your tying thread to what affect you want to achieve.
Oh yes, just thought I would mention also that in the Nursing home where my mother lives (at 91 years old) they have a group that makes quilts (lap size) and they tie all their quilts. :)