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>The knot I have always used for mending and embroidery seemed to work fine
>on my first quilting project. I just wind the thread around my right
>forefinger twice, roll it off my finger with my right thumb, and run my
>finger down the thread to tighten it. The only difference is that with
>quilting, I leave a longer tail than I would with sewing or embroidery --
>about a half inch.
>It seems to take fewer movements than wrapping the needle and makes what
>appears to be an indentically neat little knot. It pulls through fabric
>like muslin just fine -- the trick is not pulling it too hard, as it is with
>the traditional quilter's knot. I find it very easy because I've done it
>approximately fifty six gazillion times for forty-odd years (rough estimate
>:-) , but I've seen people struggle to learn it.
>Is there something wrong with doing it this way? (Even if there is, it will
>doubtless be a while before I stop -- old habits and all that :-)
>ep
>> Since hand quilting uses only 1 thread, you don't really want the end
>> of that thread right where the stitching begins. Burying a knot and a
>> tail in the batting allows it some flexibility so the stitches won't
>> pull loose at the first strain.
>> For a neat small knot:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVzDkAbziLw
>> or
>> http://heatherbailey.typepad.com/photos/my_favorite_knot/index.html
>> Roberta in D
>> On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 13:40:33 -0500, "Edna Pearl"
>>>> 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
>>>

> Since hand quilting uses only 1 thread, you don't really want the end
> of that thread right where the stitching begins. Burying a knot and a
> tail in the batting allows it some flexibility so the stitches won't
> pull loose at the first strain.
> For a neat small knot:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DZVzDkAbziLw
> orhttp://heatherbailey.typepad.com/photos/my_favorite_knot/index.html
> Roberta in D
> On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 13:40:33 -0500, "Edna Pearl"
> >> 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 =A0:=

> >It's an easy way to get a very good result. =A0I wait until I have sever=

> >tails dangling (and getting in my way) before I take a break to needle t=

> >into the batting and trim them.
> >But this is just for machine quilting, right? =A0I 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. =A0That's been easy enough so far, but I imagine it will be tric=

> >when I start hand quilting in the middle of a large quilt. =A0I find it =

> >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.
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