Do you cut all your threads?
#62
Originally Posted by QuiltE
Trim them off as I go.
Then before final pressing and quilting, I cover every inch of front and back, and trim off all the extra threads as well as any frayed edges.
As I do the final pressing, I watch and trim any that avoided me in the other passes!
Then before final pressing and quilting, I cover every inch of front and back, and trim off all the extra threads as well as any frayed edges.
As I do the final pressing, I watch and trim any that avoided me in the other passes!
This is exactly what I do also...
#65
Originally Posted by QuiltE
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.
Are you my long lost sister?
That was drilled into us too ... must trim and keep it tidy.
Annnnnnnnnnnnd you never re-did a seam (widened, straightened, etc.without taking out the previous stitches. And every time I don't do that now, I can hear my Mother chanting at me from beyond!! :)
#67
From the point of view of a LA quilter, I can tell you that having loose threads on the back of the quilt top is a real nuisance. They show through to the front on light colored fabrics. All the trouble to do a good job on the quilting goes for naught if there are those ugly threads showing. So clip them, please.
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