mea12

I am going to be doing this on a quilt soon and would like to know how to start/stop the stitches...do we have a knot on the back (ugh) or bury the stitches some way? I wonder with the larger thread used if it is possible to pop a knot through the top layer in order to bury it the traditional way?

Tartan

It will be more difficult to pop the knot into the sandwich but I think I would still try. Instead of just pulling and taking the chance of breaking the thread in the fabric, I would pull the knot to where I wanted to pop it through and then back it off a little. I would then take a pin and carefully push the threads of the fabric aside enough to pop the knot through. Once the knot is buried I would coax the threads of the fabric back to close the hole.

majormom

Great suggestion Tartan, I will remember this in the future.

grammy Dwynn

I did a'Big Stitch' quilting. I used Pearle Cotton #8. It is a little tricky to bury the knot, but in one of the links (don't remember which one) helps explain how to bury it.

http://chasingcottons.blogspot.com/2...-quilting.html
http://mollyflanders.blogspot.com/20...-tutorial.html
http://sweetp-paulette.blogspot.com/2011/08/yikes.html

I also took only couple of stitches at a time and used a quilting hoop.

patchsamkim

I love doing the big stitch utility quilting...also have used #8 pearl cotton, and a chenille needle...I think size 24...and I was able to bury the knot as in traditional quilting (the eye of the needle is larger, so allows for the thread to pop through the hole)

QuiltnNan

so much good advice here. makes me want to try the technique

Jan in VA

I use big stitch quilting often....using a quilting between #3 or #5 (Richard Hemming) needle with perle cotton (balls) in size 8, or Sulky cotton 12 weight thread, or I even use size 10 crochet thread....and I always bury the knot the 'usual' way. BUT, I tug the thread one direction while 'popping' the knot with my thumbnail in the other direction and that helps it pop thru the layers.

Jan in VA

alderdweller

Oh my goodness, I like that! It is something I'd like to try sometimes. Thanks for sharing!

Pickles

I also like the Big Stiching and with my hands not being as limber as they once was it will be perfect
for me plus I love how this kind of quilting Pops.Thank you Grammy Dwynn for those links and showing us your
Beautiful quilt!

SewExtremeSeams

Thank you for all of the great advice. I am wanting to use this on a few quilts also.