Why advice against tying quilts?
#86
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: oregon
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If you are using polyester batting tied quilts will hold up longer than if you are using cotton batting. I have seen many tied vintage quilts where the cotton batting around the tied area has broken and the batting has become wadded up between ties.
#88
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Jozefow, Poland
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I've tied lots and lots of quilts. They really do go fast. And as someone mentioned, the kids can help tie. We can tie a quilt in half an hour if I have two or three kids on each side of the table (assuming I've already put the ties in). (have an 8' table) We can turn on the Old Time Radio and whip out two quilts in under an hour while they are laughing, listening to something like Henry Aldrich, or Dragnet...
#89
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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My first quilts were tied, and the one I still have is at least 25 years old. It isn't washed often, but it is still holding up just fine, or it was until the new puppy got hold of it last year. I sewed on some patches and it's still keeping me warm.
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