Helen G Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Right now I am working on a quilt that I bought for next to nothing on ebay to practise a lot of ruler work and stitch in the ditch on. I usually knot my ends and bury my threads, but when you do a lot of stops and starts I am wondering if threads will stay in place if they are secured well and clipped. I am wondering what you all do with your threads?? If you were doing a quilt for competition would the threads have to be all knotted and buried? Thanks, still new at the LAing! Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Yes Helen, bury those threads if it's a show quilt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoleneK Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Helen, If the quilt is for a quilt show then yes I would probably knot and bury. Stitch in the ditch, SID, with the right backing can be more forgiving. If the backing is a print and the small stitches are going to show, I'd carefully make 2 - 3 needle up/down moving just slightly to secure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Hi Helen, I sent you a U2U message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Helen, I always knot and bury. I know there are many that do the 3 little stitches and call it a day but really my experience has been that those threads will start to fray a little over time. I treat all my quilts like they are going to show. For me it is just worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollyrw Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 I bury the threads as I go so I don't have a big job to do at the end. I also try to have as few starts/stops as possible even if that means backtracking at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Good point Holly! I too bury as I go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Originally posted by hmerrill Helen, I always knot and bury. I know there are many that do the 3 little stitches and call it a day but really my experience has been that those threads will start to fray a little over time. I treat all my quilts like they are going to show. For me it is just worth it. Me and Heidi (I think we are twins?) anyway, we think a lot alike! Last year while working on one of my own personal quilts, I was doing a lot of ruler work practice PPP and this quilt of mine...I tortured myself with all this crosshatching and gosh darned it if I didn't knot and bury all of those thread tails. I swear there has got to be hundreds of knotted and buried threads in that quilt of mine! But, in the end, all that hard work, it looks really nice and clean starts/stops. It was great practice for me on that quilt! Since then, I got in the habit tieing off and burying my thread tails. I like the nice clean look. I do it all the time, now, no matter what! For some reason I feel weird if I don't knot and bury. I use the self-threading needles and they are quick and easy to use. Works for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Shana I'll be your twin any day of the year!!!:P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Will you be the evil twin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Mmmmm I have to think about that...Nope we'll both have to be the good twin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Well you two can be twins....but I get to be the mom..... But I would say not knowing for sure how tall Shana is...its might be a Mutt and Jeff thing.....:cool: Just my thought on this as well...I also knot and bury whether its a personal quilt of a show quilt...as already stated the tiny stitches with time and washing can come out if you don't FRAY CHECK each one..and doing that you can stain your quilt if you get to much on...at least the darker fabrics get cloudy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindasewsit Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 How 'bout triplets?! I have, with the advice of Heidi, ALWAYS knot and bury now!! It just looks so much nicer!! linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 So Shana we found the evil one...Mom's always have to be the evil ones right! She is so mean!!!:P:P:P Chances are that I beat you in height though, 5'8. Linda triplets are always a good thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 You bet I am...just get between me and a good meal and see how mean I can get.....:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 OK so I'll have to make sure to butter mom up and cook something good for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Not to much butter...I need to watch my girlish figure ya know.....have my eye on a size 14 so don't mess it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Bonnie darling I wouldn't sabotage you! I cook with very little butter or fat. I have some good healthy options! Last night I made beef barley soup and it was so good! Yummy on a cold day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindasewsit Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Bonnie and Heidi, Are you getting blasted with the snow storm? linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 YUMMO Heidi one of my fav's the more Barley the better.... I was on the out skirts of it...I've further South than Heidi so I didn't get as much, but the wind was blowing about 90 miles an hour so what snow I go was pretty much blown into drifts.... SO COLd out there right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Linda we were lucky here too. Only about 4 inches. Just enough to have to snowblow and hubby had the nerve to go out of town this morning! I'm glad we didn't get the foot of snow! It was so cold and windy walking into work this morning. I walk in about 1/4 of a mile and that wind goes right through you. I had to stop and wrap my scarf around my mouth so I could breath! It sucked the wind right out of my lungs and the one is having a hard enough time it doesn't need that kind of help! I sure hope it is not so windy tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merryjo2003 Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Ha! I'm always the evil one. Even when I was working..........I was always the bad cop, never the good one. I guess I just looked meaner. So now we have it! I can be the evil twin. Anyway, some "welfare motha" here in CA just had 8 to add to her already 6 kids (litter), so I think there can be a bunch of us. Wow! I hide my starts and stops and backstitch. When I can't hide them, I tie off as I go. I would be overwhelmed if I waited until it was done to do all the tie-offs. Yikes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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