Originally Posted by marykoch
I don't have any extra sewing thread when I do it because this neighbor of mine showed me a hint & that was to fold a piece of material & when you come to the end of a sewm to sew onto that piece & than you just cut right at the end & when you start again you don't hve to worry about your thread coming out of your needle. The thread that i ws taling about is what come off of the material.
Hmmm. Your fabric shouldn't loose too many threads around the outside. Starching the fabric before piecing may help with this problem. Are you fondling your fabrics a lot? Okay, handling the fabrics and roughing up the edge? I can picture some of you laughing at my use of 'fondling.' If you buy fabric from WalMart or other discount places, their fabrics will unravel more than fabrics from an LQS. If it really unravels but you want to use it, fray check around the outer part of the block and once dry it won't unravel at all.