Originally Posted by vicki reno
I just know people will scream in horror when they hear that the pansy quilt that I just finished was quilted in invisible thread. I don't know where I got the thread, but it worked just fine in my machine. Just loosen the tension a little and back stitch a little to lock your stitches and away you go! I had so many different colored flowers in each block, that it would not have been possible to do it any other way. sometimes I just barely caught a petal or a piece of the basket, I am not a very careful sewer, but with anything else, I would have had to rip, and I was on a tight deadline. With the invisible thread, it never even showed. Unless it was a major goof, no ripping happened. My aunt loved it and no one else's opinion really mattered but hers since it was her gift.
I used invisible thread to hold down the appliques that I just did too. I never would have done it if I had to change my thread for every different color. I thought about doing a blanket stitch on my machine in black or dark brown, but there were way too many small curves and angles. Invisible was the only way for me to get it done, so that was the right thing to do.
I've used invisible to quilt as well, and never thought anything of it. So far those quilts are still in one piece.