nannyrick

Those of you that bury your thread, do you knot it before you do or no. If you do, do you wait till the quilt is finished or as you go along. Which is easier? Thanks in advance.

isewman

When I hand quilt, I have a knot at the end of all of my thread. I bury my knot, at 3/4" from where I, start to hand quilt. And after, I hands quilt, a area, I have a knot, and bury it, and then, after, I bury that knot, I pull the thread(knot), to me. And make another knot and bury the 2nd knot, and pull/push it away from me. 1 knot will be ok, but I sometimes do a 2nd knot.

Suzette316

I machine quilt and, using a cheater needle, I bury my beginning and ending threads. I always knot the thread first. As to when I bury them, well, that varies, and really it's just based on my mood at the time. Sometimes it's as I go and sometimes I wait until all the quilting is done.

DOTTYMO

Friends all tie as they go. It gives them a rest as they go. I do a little back stitch at beginning and end.

EasyPeezy

I usually knot and bury some as I go and the rest when I take a break.
I don't like to have a gazillion threads to bury at once. Would be too boring
and hard on my hands. Also, they start getting in the way when there's
too many floating around.

Jingle

I'm with DottyMo, or I do a small back and forth few stitches at beginning and end. I cut off the threads, don't bury them.

ghostrider

Yes, I knot before I bury threads. Sometimes as I go, sometimes at the end. It all depends on the quantity and location of the threads. I also pull the bobbin thread up to the top before I cut it so all the ends are on top. I don't do the tiny starting and stopping stitch thing or the backstitch thing, don't like the way they look at all.

Skittl1321

I used to bury all my threads (no knot) and then I took a class with a very accomplished quilter who just does about an inch of teeny tiny stitches to start a thread, and clips them. So now I start and end that way and have gotten rid of one of my least favorite parts of quilting.

earthwalker

I knot and bury as I go....saves me getting in a mess with thread ends - I do this with hand and machine quilting.

franc36

I do the same thing except I bury the threads as I go along. It gives me a break and I really don't like seeing the threads all over the quilt.