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Tiny stitches v burying the threads 15 Apr 2010 18:00 #44747

BethMI
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I have done both - tiny stitches and pulling up the threads, tying them in a knot and burying them.

Yes, the tiny stitches method is faster, but I cannot figure out how to get the stitches tiny enough without making a "blob" of thread on the quilt.

So now I just settle myself down in front of the TV and spend and hour or 2 tying threads and using my easy-threading needle to bury them.

Or I do it as I go along. (Sometimes I lack the maturity to do this!)

BethMI

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15 Apr 2010 17:37 #44746

Number41 OFFLINE Posts: 41	I took a class from Sue Nickels and the "tiny stitch in the beginning" method is what she taught. It is a much easier and less time consuming method.
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15 Apr 2010 16:49 #44744

drj2athome OFFLINE Posts: 640 Thank you received: 3	thanks, I will get quilting.
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15 Apr 2010 15:45 #44743

kquilts1 OFFLINE Posts: 56 Thank you received: 6	Yes you can. Pull up the bobbin thread to the top at beginning and end and then you can just snip them off on top. Just start and end with very tiny stitches.
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Starting and stopping quilting 15 Apr 2010 15:31 #44742

drj2athome OFFLINE Posts: 640 Thank you received: 3	Can I start with tiny stitches and not have to tie the threads in the back of the quilt??? Thanks Jan
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