Originally Posted by
Almelton113
I have a large quilt I'm getting ready to finish up and am now thinking about how far I should be tying. The quilt is 4" squares that alternate pattern square and solid white square. I only want to tie in the middle of the white squares. Do you think I can get away with it?
No — that will not be enough ties. It does not matter what the batting says you “can” do. If you want your quilt to hold up for any lenght of time and not sag, you must tie it closer than the center of each block. The “rule of thumb” is, your stitches or ties should not be farther than a fist width away from each other (Which is about 3” apart).
An idea for you to experiment on this is to make two quilts that are alike. Tie one as you have stated and tie the other one the fist width away. Then wash them several times. You will see the one that is tied farther apart will start to look sloppy and droopy. Perhaps you could do this and post the photos for everyone to see the difference. (I hope you can-I am unable to do it). :-)
Ellen