Originally Posted by
stillclock
i am supposed to take each thread and run it under like you do when hand quilting? gah! that would take forever with all of the stops and starts!
maybe i'll just stick with backtacking...
aileen
Finally! Someone with my attitude! And question! I left tails and like you, realized it would take forever to bury them all. Because I was learning to machine quilt on my Brother 450Q, on a quilt that was an experiment, I decided to backstitch (tack) the ends and stop leaving those long tails. But I've always felt bad about it, thinking it probably doesn't look very good. So, honestly, I guess we have to choose -- back stitch or bury -- and maybe it depends on what you're quilting.