Originally Posted by colleen1978
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, when you measure out your thread make it twice as long as you normally would. Then insert your needle where ever you want to start quilting, but only pull half of the length of thread through....leaving the rest of the length just laying on top of the quilt.
After quilting with the first half of the length of thread, finish it off as you would normally do and then cut the thread. Now take the needle and thread it onto the "other" length of thread that is sticking out of the quilt top, where you first began quilting, and now you can use that end of the thread to start quilting in the opposite direction until you run out of thread again, knotting and cutting as normal.
I hope that is clearer than mud. This is the way that I do it.