Originally Posted by betbet
at one time most people tacked quilts abd now it seems that everyone thinks a quilt has to be quilted. when making an everyday quilt tqcking is completely acceptable. i can not take the time or money it takes to send each quilt to the quilters. please give me your thoughts on this subject. betbet
I tie a lot of my fleece quilts that have flannel on the back. It keeps them nice and soft. Some quilts just "ask" to be quilted; depends on the design of the quilting. Baby quilts shouldn't be tied, so I usually just do a straight line quilting. All depends on how you are using them.