Do you cut all your threads?
04-10-2011, 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Annevc
Yes I cut my threads for two reasons, 1. to not see any dark threads through the quilt and 2. I save all my threads and put them out when the weather gets warm for the birds. They use them in their nest. The owner of Clover Hill Quilts here in CT told me that was what she does. I love hearing the birds when I get up in the morning so, I want to make sure they stay.
And to think I have been adding them to my compost when they could have had a better life!! :)
04-10-2011, 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by AnnT
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!! :)
04-10-2011, 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Treasureit
Originally Posted by rb.
My machine has auto cut. :)
04-10-2011, 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Treasureit
Originally Posted by rb.
My machine has auto cut. :)
04-10-2011, 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by grann of 6
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!! :)
04-10-2011, 06:50 AM
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Same here. Always have done it that way. Was raised sewing and it's just the way I learned
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![/quote]
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![/quote]
04-10-2011, 06:53 AM
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I trim off threads as I go, mostly out of habit but it also seems like a good idea to keep them out of the way so they don't go poking out of seams or something when you don't want them to. Like so much in quilting, I think it's a matter of personal preference.
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