FMQ Quick Question
#12
Originally Posted by nativetexan
nope, you first bring the bobbin thread to the top by putting your needle down, then up. take hold of both threads and take a few stitches. then start FMQ and go back when you can make a stop and clip those thread ends close to the quilt top. if you leave the bobbin thread underneath and start FMQ you will end up with a mess.
#13
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Originally Posted by Prism99
Originally Posted by Cyn
What happens if you just cut them off close to the quilt? I did this once and it seems fine but it has never been washed. Will it all come apart?
#14
I like to pull my bobbin thread up to the top of the quilt before starting. I pull enough of both upper and lower thread so that I can slip the threads into a quick thread "cheater" needle and burry them when I've finished. I have had advise to just take a few stitches in one place before starting and then snip the tails, but I'm becoming more and more of the opinion that those little "blobs" of thread are messy looking.
#15
Originally Posted by nativetexan
nope, you first bring the bobbin thread to the top by putting your needle down, then up. take hold of both threads and take a few stitches. then start FMQ and go back when you can make a stop and clip those thread ends close to the quilt top. if you leave the bobbin thread underneath and start FMQ you will end up with a mess.
#16
Originally Posted by LivelyLady
Originally Posted by nativetexan
nope, you first bring the bobbin thread to the top by putting your needle down, then up. take hold of both threads and take a few stitches. then start FMQ and go back when you can make a stop and clip those thread ends close to the quilt top. if you leave the bobbin thread underneath and start FMQ you will end up with a mess.
#17
Oh, and no matter which method you choose, you always want to bring the bobbin thread to the top at the beginning and secure it along with your top thread. This will prevent knots and thread nests underneath.[/quote]
Wish I had known to do this when quilting my GD's quilt for Christmas. I wound up with several "rat's nests" on the bottom. Of course' the top thread kept breaking which didn't help. It was the first quilt I had ever quilted and I wasn't happy with it. I'm going to have her send it back and redo it. It got the the stage where finished was better than perfect. :)
Wish I had known to do this when quilting my GD's quilt for Christmas. I wound up with several "rat's nests" on the bottom. Of course' the top thread kept breaking which didn't help. It was the first quilt I had ever quilted and I wasn't happy with it. I'm going to have her send it back and redo it. It got the the stage where finished was better than perfect. :)
#18
I recently purchased some spiral eye needles to make it easy to bury the threads. Here's a link:
http://www.spiraleyeneedles.com/Needles.html
You don't need to put the thread through an eye -- so the needles might not be secure enough for a lot of stitching -- but they work really well for this application. You can easily do both threads at the same time.
http://www.spiraleyeneedles.com/Needles.html
You don't need to put the thread through an eye -- so the needles might not be secure enough for a lot of stitching -- but they work really well for this application. You can easily do both threads at the same time.
#19
Originally Posted by Prism99
You have 3 choices: start/stop at the edge where it will be hidden by the binding, machine stitch-in-place (or make 3 tiny stitches) to secure, or hand-bury your stops and starts. Leah Day shows how to make the hand-burying step easier:
http://www.daystyledesigns.com/cheaterneedles.htm
Oh, and no matter which method you choose, you always want to bring the bobbin thread to the top at the beginning and secure it along with your top thread. This will prevent knots and thread nests underneath.
http://www.daystyledesigns.com/cheaterneedles.htm
Oh, and no matter which method you choose, you always want to bring the bobbin thread to the top at the beginning and secure it along with your top thread. This will prevent knots and thread nests underneath.
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