There's Something to Be Said For Tying a Quilt
12-17-2013, 06:20 PM
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Some people make ties and leave the threads up to four inches long. I don't care for that, but if they like it, that's OK. I like my ties to be about an inch long.
The only time any ties of mine came apart was at a 4-H quilt camp where we were told to make the ties with pearl cotton. That stuff is too slippery and doesn't hold a knot. Less than a year later, I took that quilt that my granddaughter and I had made and put Fray Check on every knot, after many had been retied. The saddest part of this is: I had made another charity quilt at about the same time, tied it with the pearl cotton, and sent it to Kentucky to the missions there. I just want to go down there and fix it for them.
The only time any ties of mine came apart was at a 4-H quilt camp where we were told to make the ties with pearl cotton. That stuff is too slippery and doesn't hold a knot. Less than a year later, I took that quilt that my granddaughter and I had made and put Fray Check on every knot, after many had been retied. The saddest part of this is: I had made another charity quilt at about the same time, tied it with the pearl cotton, and sent it to Kentucky to the missions there. I just want to go down there and fix it for them.
12-20-2013, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Lobster
Does anyone know a method of hand-tying quilts where the ties don't end up so obvious? I realise that most of the time that's the look people want to go for, but sometimes you want the other advantages of tying (copes with thick batting, quick and easy) without the look of it.
i am finishing up a patchwork quilt that I used the Moda Scrumptious line of fabrics. They have such a vintage look to them. I have been toying with how I am going to quilt it. Because it is a square in a square pattern, I was going to just do straight line echo quilting. I decided just today that I want to tie it. I think by tying it, I will keep the "vintage" feel to it. It will be gifted to our dog groomer who is just hippy dippy enough and has a great love for all things vintage and has amassed a great collection of vintage fabrics though she doesn't sew or quilt.
12-20-2013, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by maviskw
Some people make ties and leave the threads up to four inches long. I don't care for that, but if they like it, that's OK. I like my ties to be about an inch long.
The only time any ties of mine came apart was at a 4-H quilt camp where we were told to make the ties with pearl cotton. That stuff is too slippery and doesn't hold a knot. Less than a year later, I took that quilt that my granddaughter and I had made and put Fray Check on every knot, after many had been retied. The saddest part of this is: I had made another charity quilt at about the same time, tied it with the pearl cotton, and sent it to Kentucky to the missions there. I just want to go down there and fix it for them.
The only time any ties of mine came apart was at a 4-H quilt camp where we were told to make the ties with pearl cotton. That stuff is too slippery and doesn't hold a knot. Less than a year later, I took that quilt that my granddaughter and I had made and put Fray Check on every knot, after many had been retied. The saddest part of this is: I had made another charity quilt at about the same time, tied it with the pearl cotton, and sent it to Kentucky to the missions there. I just want to go down there and fix it for them.
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12-20-2013, 10:21 PM
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I'm behind too and was going to tie two quilts for my parents this weekend. I'm like you the thought of wrestling the quilts are not appealing! I usually tie the middles and quilt the borders with the machine. Show some pics!!
01-06-2014, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn
I use crochet thread, more specifically "Aunt Lydia's" cotton crochet thread. It comes in many colors. I have purchased it at Hobby Lobby and Joann's . I also use a surgeons knot and I've not had any come undone.
01-06-2014, 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by redbugsullivan
I'd wondered if anyone used a surgeon's knot and/or cotton crochet thread too! My worry is that I don't tie it densely enough. Some of my children's quilts made by their grandmother have bunched up batting in between the ties. No fun, snuggling with a lump.
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