Recently I had a piecer ask me why her quilting was coming undone on the backs of her longarmed quilts. I wondered if her topstitcher had one of those knot and cut from the back type of LA machines.
I always knot and bury unless I'm doing edge to edge then I do my starts and stops outside the quilt edges, securing the threads with the binding.
Originally Posted by Kas
Originally Posted by jillaine
Ah the stitching in place... that can replace the knotting then?
You must reduce the length of the stitch and not really stitch in place. If you stitch in the same place, you will make a lump of a stitch that can't be buried and will likely come undone or get caught on something. It should be smooth. I do the small stitches thing and then still bury the knot. Can't be too careful!