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01-17-2018, 08:57 AM

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maviskw

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Krisb

If the quilts are not too large, you could also look at the invisible or international stitch, as shown here. It goes pretty quickly—a crib quilt took about 2 hours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEkHht2oJsg

Or “big stitch” quilting. I used this one a quilt 10-15 years ago, and it is fine. Used perle cotton.
http://blog.sulky.com/big-stitch-qui...cotton-thread/

But to your question: if done with perle cotton, hand tying can last about forever. Yarn, don’t know.

We tied a quilt with Perle Cotton and the ties all came loose. It is too slippery and the knots all came loose. What really concerned me about that was: we sent another quilt with Perle Cotton ties to a charity somewhere in Kentucky. Those people don't need to get a gift quilt that is going to fall apart.
I tie my quilts with wool. That will never come loose, and they get tighter with each washing. We had two quilts on the boat like that made with polyester bed sheets and wool ties. Those quilts may still be around; they were going strong after 15 years.

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