QuiltE

MaryB .. oh now you've gotten onto another Mom-ism when it comes to crewel! And don't forget, you do not hop from one to the other on the back of that crewel. Must end off and start again, so there are no threads between.

arrggghhhhhhhhhh!!!! :)

angelarose

I always trim my threads to make my work as tidy as possilbe. I was the same way with my knitting, cross stitch, etc.
Ladies from the old country always made it a point to descreetly or not so discreetly turn the work over to check the back to make sure it looked as good as the front!!! Yikes! That's a lot of pressure for "perfection" to put on one's work!
I clip my threads because I am hardwired to be a neatnick...it's in my genes! :lol: :lol:

onemoe

my long arm quilter said the needles catch on the loose threads

newbiequilter

I have one machine with auto cut and one with "me" cut. I was raised to clip all threads but I seem to be getting lazier as the years progress. I generally clip the ones at the end of a row, but leave the ones on the "interior" blocks. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know - 30 lashes with wet embroidery floss!

beattygal

I was trained by a perfectionist, my sister, so have always cut my threads off. Now I have a Janome 6600 with the marvelous little automatic sizzors that cuts all threads and saves a bundle in wasted thread plus leaves the back of the quilt perfect.

karenpatrick

My home me ec teacher always said that our projects should look as good on the inside as they did on the outside. We were graded on the inside as well as the outside. I can still hear her voice in my head as I sew even though it was 50 years ago. So I always trim my threads and press so that my back look as good as I can make them. Mrs. Short would be proud of the work I turn out now!

MargeD

I try to cut all my threads as I sew. My high school Home Ec teacher drilled that into us, saying it was easier to cut the threads as we were sewing rather than waiting until the garment was finished (we didn't make quilts back then). I try to do as much strip piecing as I can and even when sewing blocks/borders/binding, I use a short piece of fabric that I sew onto, then I just cut the thread and when I'm ready to sew again, I sew off that piece of fabric to begin sewing again. It saves lots of time and also thread. MargeD Happy quilting.

Pat M.

I clip them. My long arm quilting friend wants the backs of the quilts as clean as the fronts. She said it could cause problems with the quilting of the quilt.

katieranch

ditto...QuiltE, I love your avatar...what is it called?

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