Originally Posted by Lori S
Tied Quilts are fine... I have been known to machine tack many a quilt ... I like machine tacking better than tieing.
I agree. A machine stitched "X" (you can go over it several time for strength) blends in the the quilt better than a tie, if the tie ends would be distracting to the design. Plus, you don't have to move the fabric around in the machine, just sew at one spot and move on to another.