I depends on the thread really. I find that the cottons stay together better (bobbin & top) and I just take 2 tiny stitches forward, on bigger stitch backward, and then start quilting & snip the thread (I don't do show quilts). If I use poly or something that is more slippery like "Glide" thread, I find I have to tie them off and bury the threads or they come loose anyway. Burying threads is not my favorite thing either, but the "spiral" needle helps make it easier.
Originally Posted by
sewplease
For those of you who FMQ block by block, do you bury your starting/stopping threads or do you do the tiny stitches and clip thing? Can you tell I don't like to have all those threads to bury, lol? I wonder how the tiny stitches and clip technique holds up in quilts that are washed a lot.