Lemon Tree Tami Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 So far I've been doing the knot/bury loose thread ends on my quilts. Well, that's all fine and good when there's less than 10 of them on a quilt ... usually just a handful. But I'm currently working on a modern quilt that's requiring lots of straight line quilting and LOTS of stops/starts. I'm anticipating it will take me an additional two hours off the frame to knot/bury all of those thread ends. And while this quilt may end up going to some shows it's not heirloom style quilting. In the future with these types of quilts I'd like to cut the thread ends instead of knot/bury. So my question is how do I do this? If it's in IQ mode I can make an adjustment to end with little stitches but when I'm in manual mode I'm unclear how to approach this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 You can do the same as IQ. Stop your stitches (in a seam if possible), use your needle positioner to take three tiny stitches a thread apart. Down once more to pull up the bobbin thread. Hold all threads to put some tension on them and cut carefully. Another option is to leave in SR mode and do three or four jiggle stitches at the end. Just jog the handles enough to make the stitches. You can do either routine at the start as well as the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Tree Tami Posted July 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Thank you Linda! You always come to the rescue with solutions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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