maviskw

If you chain stitch, there are hardly any threads that need clipping. Sometimes I pull the last piece out a little farther (this happens when you do partial seams especially), but when I cut them apart, I snip at both ends, leaving no thread ends to show.

SueSew

If I don't clip as I go I sorely regret it as it is a royal pain to do at the end! But that said, at the end I snip the threads which are from the fabric as it frayed during the sewing and handling.

susie-susie-susie

I guess I would straighten your pictures, too. I trim as I sew. I can't stand it when a thread gets sewn into a seam and I have to go back and trim it. I try to chain piece as much as I can. Then there aren't any threads to trim. Leaving them until the entire top is finished takes too much time to clip them all. I can see the long arm quilter charging to trim. It can take hours. I also trim some of the frayed edges as I go along. I guess my ocd is showing.
Sue

Mariposa

I trim all threads as I go, if possible. I do make the back as clean as I can too.

ksdot417

A longarm quilter gave a presentation at our guild. She said she only trims the threads that might show.

quiltingshorttimer

I trim as I go and then do a quick check once the top is together. As a long armer, I do have trouble with some fabrics that seem to really fray badly--seems no matter how much you trim the thread more get produced while rolling the quilt--these really need fray check.

Judylee2

I am also a longarmer and prefer to trim as I go. I ask my clients too trim the ones that will show through and then turn their quilt over to repress and check for threads in the seams on the front. I really do not like to trim threads next to the quilt and don't wish to pull those threads and cause fraying either. I think being a longarmer has made me a more cautious quilter, LOL!