ending stitches

[Bonnie in Ok]

How do you knot and bury at the end of your stitching?

[Quilting Heidi]

Bonnie,

 

I end my stitching and pull the machine head away from where I stitched, leaving about a 6" tail.  I pull on the upper thread and pull up the bobbin thread.  I use a pin to pull the loop up.  Hold both threads together and tie in a knot, pushing the knot down to just above the quilt top.  I use a self threading needle and put the needle back into the last stitch, burying the tail between the top and backing, into the batting about an inch.  Give a good pull and trim thread right down to the top.  Sounds like more work than it is for me.  

[Bonnie in Ok]

do you do some very small stitches before the end or just the same size that you were quilting with?

[Quilting Heidi]

No I don't change my stitch length at all.  No need to if you are knotting and burying.

[Bonnie in Ok]

Thanks!