Originally Posted by
ManiacQuilter2
Just for you to know, I hope that you tie the quilt because I have heard a lot of quilters have posted their problems when quilting with Minkie because it can so easily stretch !!
minkie quilts up beautifully- I've use minkie and quilted many, many quilts over the years. a tied quilt is one where instead of quilting either yarn or embroidery floss, perle cotton is used to make little knots about every 4" in a grid over the quilt- a stitch is made through the quilt sandwich the 2 ends are tied into a double square knot then the ties are trimmed to a 'standard' length. if you use a thin cotton batt in your quilt it will not add as much 'warmth' as a polyester batting -- wool is actually my favorite batting for lightweight fluffy batting- it breaths and is good in summer quilts as well as winter ones.