It depends on your batting. The package should recommend max spacing.
I like to stitch the thread through the quilt TWICE in the same plack, then tie the knot. If it comes untied, the thread is more secure.

This is the way I do it. Tie First. But once I did tie it after I put the binding on. I just left the pins in. I check the package for the distance to tie.

This is the way I do it. Tie First. But once I did tie it after I put the binding on, it came out just fine. I just left the pins in. I check the package for the distance to tie.

All of my quilts have been tied. Can't afford to send it out to be quilted and my machine can't handle I mostly use embroidery floss and do a double knot, I tied first then binded

I'm pretty new at quilting :-) and I had never heard the expression "tieing a quilt".... :?: The other day I had seen on the quilts this lovely lady from Poland posted pictures off, there were little threads here and there all over the quilt.... is that what you call tieing??? Does that replace the quilting??? Thanks for enlightening me :wink: :lol:

I'm really lazy .... when I make children's quilts I use a simple embroidery design to tack (such as a small heart) rather than tie by hand. At my age this is easier on the arthritic fingers & is sturdy & looks cute.

Yes, that is tying and it does replace the need to quilt

You can cut the threads shorter than I did (I'm the lady from Poland... :)--am an American living over here--) but you don't have to. They last and last. We double knot with perle cotton or embroidery floss or even yarn, but yarn frays after washing and is harder to put in the quilt because of its thickness.

My grandmother always tied her quilts and when I used her cross stitched centers, I tied them. One of the advantages of tying is if you ever have to redo one of the blocks or one of the ties, it is easy to do. Match your tying thread to what affect you want to achieve.

Oh yes, just thought I would mention also that in the Nursing home where my mother lives (at 91 years old) they have a group that makes quilts (lap size) and they tie all their quilts. :)

I would tie first, too!