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Old 06-20-2012, 10:21 PM
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GiddyUpGo
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Default Machine Tacking ... gack

I decided to machine tack my daughter's quilt, which I'd originally tied early on in my quilt making career (two years ago). I didn't tie it in enough places, so I ended up un-tying it and then I went through and machine tacked it hoping that would give it some additional stability. I should mention that she didn't use it for very long before I learned about my error, so it didn't bunch up inside or anything.

But anyway I think I now have to bury about a million threads. Has anyone else ever machine tacked a quilt and if so do you bury threads or just clip them? I hate to clip them because it seems like they would come unraveled, but dang that's a lot of threads to bury. It's going to take weeks to finish and there's no way I'm ever doing it that way again. It's continuous line quilting for me from now on ... I hate burying threads ...
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