Elfi2

To all of you beautiful quilter ladies, thank you so much for all the advice, ideas, etc. and to you dear lady "justflyingin" you're doing a marvellous job and I know the Lord will reward it a thousandfold, as you're blessing so many people. I know how hard life is in Poland, I have polish friends and I hear of the hardships from them.
All the best to all of you!!!!

catrancher

Tie it first. I use crochet thread and tie a square knot (right over left, then left over right) so that it won't come untied. Or . . . . if you have fancy stitches on your sewing machine, you can use a little round buttonhole or a star. I've done that before and it really works well. If you'd rather not have the ends of the ties (and--just as an aside--Downy quilts won't allow it) sticking up, it's another good option.

POosterman

If you don't tie first it may pucker on you.

grandma Janice

I tie some of my quilts when they are a bit too thick to hand quilt easily. I put it on my round quilt frames and work out from the center evenly so any puckers will work to the outside, then bind.

gramma8

I have tied a lot of quilts, but mostly baby quilts, and I use yarn. I've not even thought of using crochet thread.
I'll have to try it. I usually mark my quilt at 4 to 6 inches. And I definitely tie it first before binding. Otherwise it may pucker.

RobinB

I love to tie my quilts. They are beautiful. You can really use any kind of thread, embroidery, yard, and crochet thread. I'll attach a picture. Tie before you bind and let the quilt determine where you tie although the more ties the better the quilt. Something I just learned is tie the edges of your quilt as close as you like. Then when you are putting on the binding it makes it much easier, your layers stay together and don't bunch in places. Happy tieing!!

RobinB

Should say yarn,, LOL

Elfi2

It does look pretty and interesting when they are tied. As I said at the beginning I didn't even know it could be done. So I will definitively try it with tieing on the girly quilt I'm just making, the pattern (pinwheels) seem to be just right. It's done with all sort of scraps, I wonder how it will turn out at the end, I will post a pictures.

Dee

Tie then bind.

justflyingin

One advantage of tying is that you can use thick batting. It is really hard to machine quilt batting that is thick. I like warm, fluffy comforters, so tying works great for those.