Originally Posted by cdmmiracles
Originally Posted by Happy Treadler
I have been handquilting for a very long time, so this is sort of a silly question to ask NOW. I was quilting last night and thought to myself if I should actually be finishing off a different way. Typically, I just make a knot & pop it through the middle of the batting to bury it, but wonder if I need to be doing some other sort of lock stitch first? :shock:
Does this leave a hole in the backing?
Nope because my knot is actually stuck in between the front and back inside the batting. I make my knot, insert my threaded needle into the same hole my ending thread comes out of to the middle of the batting and not out the back. I run my fingernail where the knot's going into, and it helps to open the threads a bit to get it through & I'm coming back up to the top & carefully clip right against the top with curved scissors. Quilted a bit tonight, and started doing a tiny backstitch before making my knot & burying it, but still can't figure out the technique suggested here with the holding of the thread inside the batting.