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Posted by Sandy on October 4, 2009, 10:24 am
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> > I am just doing some real basic loop d loop meandering on a quilt
> > this afternoon. I was thinking about the tip (I think from Marcella)
> > to go around curves like driving, slow down.
> > I bet there are a lot of tips like that folks here can share. I could
> > use some on stops and starts. They are always my downfall.
> > TIA, Taria
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> For starts and stops, Taria, I usually take one (no more) stitch in
> place, just to make sure I'm not going to be taking a stitch that veers
> wildly off course.
Oops! I think I misunderstood what you meant by "stops and starts",
Taria! I was thinking more along the lines of "pauses while I think
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about where to go next". <G> For *real* stops and starts, I leave long
thread tails and knot and bury them by hand.
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
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Posted by Roberta on October 4, 2009, 1:36 am
If I'm in a rush, I just pull up the bottom thread to the top and take
3 stitches in place to start, finish the same way (pull the bottom
thread up in a loop, cut off both threads even with the surface.)
But the really best start and stop is to leave a length of thread,
then bury into the batting. I don't knot it, just 2-3 stitches in
place. Then you never have little thread ends working loose. Takes
extra time, but not that much!
Roberta in D
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>I am just doing some real basic loop d loop meandering on a quilt
>this afternoon. I was thinking about the tip (I think from Marcella)
>to go around curves like driving, slow down.
>I bet there are a lot of tips like that folks here can share. I could
>use some on stops and starts. They are always my downfall.
>TIA, Taria
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Posted by Edna Pearl on October 4, 2009, 2:40 pm
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> But the really best start and stop is to leave a length of thread,
> then bury into the batting. I don't knot it, just 2-3 stitches in
> place. Then you never have little thread ends working loose. Takes
> extra time, but not that much!
And it's easy, too (says this beginner for whom very little is easy :-)
It's an easy way to get a very good result. I wait until I have several
tails dangling (and getting in my way) before I take a break to needle them
into the batting and trim them.
But this is just for machine quilting, right? I read that this way of
ending a line isn't secure enough for hand quilting, a knot with a short
tail should be buried at the start, and the tail should be knotted and
buried. That's been easy enough so far, but I imagine it will be tricky
when I start hand quilting in the middle of a large quilt. I find it tricky
to pull the knot through a layer or fabric to let it rest in the batting.
On the edges, it's easy to needle into the batting from the edge.
ep
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Posted by Sally Swindells on October 4, 2009, 6:10 pm
Pat on her Hill gave me a good tip for burying machine quilting ends.
"Here is a terrifically good method for burying thread tails on quilts
which will save you hours.
Cut a length of strong thread (I always use polyester - helps use up the
last ends of reels!) about 30" long. Double this. Then thread both the
cut ends into a larger than usual needle - I use a darning needle. You
will see that you have a nice long loop.
When you have brought all your tails through to the back, tie each pair
in a small and neat knot. Place the pair of knotted tails within the
long loop (often helps to hold them gently).Insert the needle from the
exact end of the stitching of this pair, into the batting and through it
for about an inch.Pull the needle up and through the backing.Snip off.
If you put a little tension on the tails as you pick them up to cut them
off, when they are cut they will pop back inside the backing on their
own. It is the most worthwhile time-saving trick I think I have ever
learned, as you only have to thread a needle once!"
Now this is the only method I use - it is brilliant and the tails and
knot disappear completely, as if by magic.
Thank you Pat! If I finish the quilting I am doing tonight before
1.00am, I will be using this method tomorrow! If I don't finish by 1.00
I will be too tired to do anything tomorrow.
Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallyattheseaside/
Edna Pearl wrote:
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>> But the really best start and stop is to leave a length of thread,
>> then bury into the batting. I don't knot it, just 2-3 stitches in
>> place. Then you never have little thread ends working loose. Takes
>> extra time, but not that much!
>
> And it's easy, too (says this beginner for whom very little is easy :-)
> It's an easy way to get a very good result. I wait until I have several
> tails dangling (and getting in my way) before I take a break to needle them
> into the batting and trim them.
>
> But this is just for machine quilting, right? I read that this way of
> ending a line isn't secure enough for hand quilting, a knot with a short
> tail should be buried at the start, and the tail should be knotted and
> buried. That's been easy enough so far, but I imagine it will be tricky
> when I start hand quilting in the middle of a large quilt. I find it tricky
> to pull the knot through a layer or fabric to let it rest in the batting.
> On the edges, it's easy to needle into the batting from the edge.
>
> ep
>
>
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Posted by Edna Pearl on October 4, 2009, 6:28 pm
Gloriosky, that sounds great once you figure it out from the explanation.
It would be simple and obvious in a video tutorial.
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> Pat on her Hill gave me a good tip for burying machine quilting ends.
> "Here is a terrifically good method for burying thread tails on quilts
> which will save you hours.
> Cut a length of strong thread (I always use polyester - helps use up the
> last ends of reels!) about 30" long. Double this. Then thread both the cut
> ends into a larger than usual needle - I use a darning needle. You will
> see that you have a nice long loop.
> When you have brought all your tails through to the back, tie each pair in
> a small and neat knot. Place the pair of knotted tails within the long
> loop (often helps to hold them gently).Insert the needle from the exact
> end of the stitching of this pair, into the batting and through it for
> about an inch.Pull the needle up and through the backing.Snip off.
> If you put a little tension on the tails as you pick them up to cut them
> off, when they are cut they will pop back inside the backing on their own.
> It is the most worthwhile time-saving trick I think I have ever learned,
> as you only have to thread a needle once!"
> Now this is the only method I use - it is brilliant and the tails and knot
> disappear completely, as if by magic.
> Thank you Pat! If I finish the quilting I am doing tonight before 1.00am,
> I will be using this method tomorrow! If I don't finish by 1.00 I will be
> too tired to do anything tomorrow.
> Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallyattheseaside/
> Edna Pearl wrote:
>>> But the really best start and stop is to leave a length of thread,
>>> then bury into the batting. I don't knot it, just 2-3 stitches in
>>> place. Then you never have little thread ends working loose. Takes
>>> extra time, but not that much!
>> And it's easy, too (says this beginner for whom very little is easy :-)
>> It's an easy way to get a very good result. I wait until I have several
>> tails dangling (and getting in my way) before I take a break to needle
>> them into the batting and trim them.
>> But this is just for machine quilting, right? I read that this way of
>> ending a line isn't secure enough for hand quilting, a knot with a short
>> tail should be buried at the start, and the tail should be knotted and
>> buried. That's been easy enough so far, but I imagine it will be tricky
>> when I start hand quilting in the middle of a large quilt. I find it
>> tricky to pull the knot through a layer or fabric to let it rest in the
>> batting. On the edges, it's easy to needle into the batting from the
>> edge.
>> ep
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> > I am just doing some real basic loop d loop meandering on a quilt
> > this afternoon. I was thinking about the tip (I think from Marcella)
> > to go around curves like driving, slow down.
> > I bet there are a lot of tips like that folks here can share. I could
> > use some on stops and starts. They are always my downfall.
> > TIA, Taria
>
>
> For starts and stops, Taria, I usually take one (no more) stitch in
> place, just to make sure I'm not going to be taking a stitch that veers
> wildly off course.