Do you cut all your threads?
#141
Originally Posted by katier825
It's especially important if you're sewing with dark thread and have some light fabrics in the quilt as well. You don't want the threads showing thru the light fabric.
#142
Originally Posted by Lori S
I cut my threads .. I just hate working with an un-tidy block. I was raised in a family of sewers , when ever I made anything... they all flipped it to look at the back first , then the front. It was stressed that a good sewer's work was as clean and free of threads as the front. I just can't bring myself to not trim the threads.
#144
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My Bernina has auto cut, but I still clip any threads that I may have missed with the machine. I guess it is just old habits die hard,and I can't think about them being there hanging loose, whether they show or not.
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Originally Posted by G'ma Kay
Originally Posted by katier825
It's especially important if you're sewing with dark thread and have some light fabrics in the quilt as well. You don't want the threads showing thru the light fabric.
Frayed edges of the fabrics need to be trimmed off too. The quilt I trimmed tonight had black fabrics in it .... you bet I wanted those things trimmed to risk showing thru.
And one other thing to watch for are the clumps of threads that seem to gather together ... you wouldn't want those balls in your sandwich. Quite a lump!!
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I think its a matter of preference. My old sewing teacher in jr high would of died of shame if even one of us did not cut our threads. I think it looks neater and I trim the seams if any is wider than it should be. I am 73 and still use techniques my teacher taught me. Ca. teachers rock.
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