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Old 10-27-2012, 07:46 AM
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GrannieAnnie
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Originally Posted by earthwalker
I have tied a couple of quilts and had no problems so far (and one was for our big dog, so it gets a hammering). I did see a technique on a blog where the tie was laid over the quilt, then the quilter used the tack function to stitch the cotton to the top, then tied. I have yet to try this...but seemed like a plan...

Why go to that much trouble? Two pokes with a needle and tie and you're done. The method described is subject to the machine tack unraveling-------------and they will.
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