Leah Day has a video about the fastest way of burying threads by hand (using a special needle -- can't remember offhand if it's the spiral needle or not). Here is a link:
http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.c...g-threads.html

I have a tutorial on my blog..its just pictures, but its how I learned to bury threads when I 1st was taught to quilt. I dont' hand quilt as a rule, but it is how hand quilters bury their knots.

http://bzyqltr.blogspot.com/2009/06/...g-threads.html

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i take tiny stitches to start & stop- and clip close to the quilt top- i have a friend who always ties her ends in a tiny knot-then threads them onto a needle- and inserts it into the sandwich-wiggling it back & forth a little bit so the threads travel unevenly into the batting for an inch or so- then the needle comes out and she clips close to the surface- then she again puts the needle in and wiggles it a bit to bring the threads down into the sandwich.
seems like an awful lot of work- much easier to just start stop with a lock stitch.

I guess I should tie and bury my thread ends but I don't.

I pull up the bobbin thread, hold onto both threads, sew for a quarter or half-inch in tiny stitches, then go back over them in the opposite direction then and stop, snip the ends and continue with the design.

So far, I've never had threads come loose even using slippery polyester thread.

That is what I do. I use a self threading needle.

I also use the self threading needle and bury my threads. I usually leave sufficient amount of thread in order to do this when I finish.

You bring up your bobbin thread when you start take a few stitches in place, just cut them off.
To end you raise needle and foot pull fabric to the left about 4" put your finger in the thread space. go back to last stitch put needle down raise needle and pull fabric to you you will see the three threads cut them wa la no bury threads they are secure

Thanks for this info.

Thanks for the info!!