Donna Mae

I have several tied quilts I made 20 years ago, still using them, made from our clothes. Never have had the ties come undone. Been washed many time.
I do hand quilt, but it takes time.

keep it rock'in
simple quilter :)

deranged_damsel

I used to do ALL of my quilts tied, my mother always tied. because its faster? cheaper? I dont know. since I have learned to hand quilt I still often tie, because they just turn out different... more cuddly, less formal.

Oklahoma Suzie has it right! square knot! and use a strong yarn, like red heart. yarns that feel soft tend to wear badly and fray weird.

tied is especially good for beginers, my first quilt with triangles is tied and NOBODY will ever know that my points dont match

wendiq

I just finished quilting a charity quilt and I think it needs some more "holding" but I don't want to do an extravagant FM, so I am going to augment with a "tie" in each square.......in other words, it will be both machine quilted AND tied. I think that will work?

Marlys

I used to tie all of my quilts, until I finally got brave enough to try machine quilting. I find that if the quilt is going to be washed often, quilted ones hold up better than tied ones.
In our county fair, if it is tied it is called a comforter.

EagarBeez

I tie all my quilts as well. I am not an experienced quilter yet and have not tried to machine quilt. I think my machine would not handle the task. I have tried a little hand quilting, but, when I do the top, the bottom stitches don't look even. One is larger then the other. So I tie and my quilts have with stood washings and children.
Have a great day

redrummy

I did this for my daughters quilt we made together when she was around age 10. I tied with thin ribbon, put a drop of fabric glue - fabri-tac. it held up longer than the fabric. She used that quilt till the fabric wore so thin it had holes. But she loved it, so it was worth it.

craftiladi

All the time, thats the only way I used to do my quilts but remember i am self taught and started quilting from needing to be frugal.

cpfrog

Our baby charity ties most of their quilts. I'm not sure how a baby can get their fingers involved with the threads, as the threaded knots are of either pearl cotton or thicker crochet thread; and are about 4-6 inches apart; double-looped and tied with a square knot and then one more knot (left over right, right over left and then again left over right) They are washed and the remaining threads are about 1 and 1/2 in. long. These are utilitarian and seem to hold up well to numerous washings. We, too, use poly batting and ONLY cotton fabrics.

We use the 9-patch one yard baby quilt and the tying seems to work well with the seams, pattern and size.

cpfrog

The ribbon is probably of poly which doesn't hold a knot well... to keep the ribbons in place... perhaps tie the ribbon with the square knot plus one additional knot and then take a couple of stay stitches to secure it, either by hand or with the machine. Good luck.

lfw045

I tie and double knot a lot of my quilts with embroidery floss. It stays nice after washing and stands up very well with repeated washings.