Doggramma

I always bury them as I go along. Since I started as a hand quilter, that's what feels right to me. Of course, for a wallhanging that won't be washed much or not at all, I'll use the "scissor" button on my machine.

Jingle

I go forward a few stitches and then go backwards, beginning and end. I give away most of my quilts and no one has ever noticed.

leatheflea

I bury mine by using the needle suggested, yes it's more time consuming but has a much nicer finished look. If your not planning or displaying or showing quilts, I see no reason to bury them.

TeresaA

I bury mine too, and ayep, it comes from my hand quilting roots.. Sometimes I do it as I go along, sometimes I save it for the end. I love "couchwork," especially in the winter when it's cold, when I can cover up with the quilt while working on it, so I'll frequently save the thread tail burying for while I'm watching TV

I tie the two ends together about a half or so inch from the quilt. I then use a big eyed needle (not self-threading) to sew them together into the batting at a spot in between the two ends and come back out about an inch away. I pop the knot I've made into the batting, so it all stays secure.

Whatever you want to do is what you should do. It's supposed to be fun. I just personally enjoy the process of finishing my ends the way I do it.

Onebyone

I do as the link above shows. I was taught to do it that way at a fmq class at a long ago class at Paducah quilt show. I can't even remember the instructor's name.

Craftnut

I pull up the bobbin thread with the first stitch, then do two or three stitches back and forth, then clip them off.

charlottequilts

I always knot and pop the knot into the batting, as others have described. For me, taking tiny stitches at the beginning of the quilting line doesn't look nearly so nice.

But-on a cautionary note- if you have a lot of knots to do, be careful about pulling the knots tight against your thumbnail. I stupidly did a few hundred like that and the top half of the thumbnail lifted up. (It looked strangely white, which is a telltale sign). I had to cut the nail back to the point where it was still attached, which was at a spot you never see normally, and it took months of monitoring it and clipping it back until it started to re-adhere.

I was being prepped for a surgery soon after, and the nurse asked me how I injured my nail (it was pretty disgusting, having so much of the thumb showing), and I said, "Quilting." She looked startled, so I helpfully added, "It's more dangerous than you think."

I never did explain.

hugs,
Charlotte

snipforfun

I stitch in place at the beginning and end. Depending on the quilt I either just snip close or thread to the back and snip

citruscountyquilter

I pull my threads through, knot them and bury them in the quilt bat. I use a large eye needle and run it along the quilt bat a few inches and then pull it out and clip the threads off close to the quilt at that point. I like the look of it better than back stitching. It takes more time but I'm not in a race. I do it as I go along after I have 5-10 ends to bury.

KwiltyKahy

Thanks for the link, I'm going to try this.