Another option I like for tied-type quilts is the no-tie-showing method such as Turkey Tracks, which I learned on this board. Tying all those knots makes my fingers hurt, so no-knots works better for me, and I like the look of the puffiness of tied but without the tails. It would work great with the French knots, since the thread between stitches is buried in the batting, so I'll be trying out that look soon.

I've tied a few quilts and i use pearle cotton which is usually located close to the embroidery thread. I do this when I use a higher loft polyester batting. The quilt is soft and comfortable.

A french knot is an embroidery stitch. The needle brings the thread up through the fabric, then you wrap the thread around the needle 3 or 4 times, take the needle back down through the fabric close to where you originally started.

http://www.french-knots.com/french-k...stitch-how-to/

YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul8XT72oA68

I made 2 quilts by splitting 2 king size sheets lengthwise and using a poly batt that was at least 3 inches thick! (I was a beginner and didn't know any better!) Tried to machine quilt one, realized some of my errors, so I split the batt down to 1.5 inches. Finished the quilting on that one with my domestic machine and said "never again", bound it with double fold tape from the store by folding the tape over the edge and machine stitching from the front (I said I was a beginner!). For the second quilt, pillowcased it so I wouldn't have to deal with binding. Then I tied it with perle cotton and left nice 2 inch tails on the back of the quilt. Had nightmares of spiders everytime I slept under that quilt till I finally cut the tails off! Quilt gets washed at least 12 times a year and is doing fine after 6 years!

I asked someplace about glue and was told it would damage in the dryer. kellen46 - have you ever had a problem with fabric glue and it is available anyplace or just specialty stores?

Now there is an idea I hadn't thought of. Use DMC and put a bead or button or ??? through the thread on the back before bringing it back up front. That way both sides are decorated. I have one quilt I'm making that will be as nice on the back and front - reversible - and was wondering how I could make both sides look like the 'right' side. :-)

Someone in another thread said that if you tie your quilt you can hide the fact that your points don't match. :-) I like that one!!

My four quilts that are finished!
 

First, second, third and fourth in that order. Four more tops done, two sandwiched, one done except for some handquilting around hot air balloons. :) All tied, binding is the backing. One with cotton pearl DMC the rest with DMC cross stitch thread. No more triangles for me. Hard, although putting ties at the points helps. :D

you do what you like to do. I have a tied quilt made back in the med 70. I do use the quilt and it does get washed and is holding up fine. p/w I have always used DMC also.