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I use the surgeon's knot too and I usually put my ties on the back.

We tied a couple of quilts with Pearl Cotton, and many of the knots came loose. We retied them and put fray check on each one. What a pain. I have always used yarn; any kind. If you use wool yarn, they get tighter with each wash, and never come loose.

I've done them with DMC embroidery thread, using all 6 strands, with the ties on top, or like above posts mentioned, machine tack in random places enough to hold it together for washing.

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Originally Posted by osewme (Post 7220224)

Sorry, I guess I didn't make that clear. I'm thinking of making a 2 layer blanket. Maybe something with flannel on one side & Minky on the other. I'm not going to have any batting in the center so I won't be quilting it like a regular quilt but don't want the two pieces to separate so thought I would tie them in spots.

Instead of tying my baby 'blankets' (usually two flannels), I use my embroider machine and embroider an almost 4" chicken scratch heart in various places on the blanket to hold the flannels together. Then I put blanket binding around it. I remember MY babies liked that satin binding.