Do you cut all your threads?
#1
I have always wondered about the need to cut the threads. Do you cut your threads shorter or leave them dangle on the back of a quilt?
If you cut them - why?
I know this is going to make me sound crazy - maybe I am even lazy, but if the quilt is sandwiched and quilted and bound - who sees the threads and who is going to open it up to look?
I understand when there is dark thread and light fabric - it can show through.
I guess what I have wondered about is if there is a practical reason for cutting them? Would they cause the fabric to wear out or maybe it would someday work its way out a seam?
If you cut them - why?
I know this is going to make me sound crazy - maybe I am even lazy, but if the quilt is sandwiched and quilted and bound - who sees the threads and who is going to open it up to look?
I understand when there is dark thread and light fabric - it can show through.
I guess what I have wondered about is if there is a practical reason for cutting them? Would they cause the fabric to wear out or maybe it would someday work its way out a seam?
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I cut my threads .. I just hate working with an un-tidy block. I was raised in a family of sewers , when ever I made anything... they all flipped it to look at the back first , then the front. It was stressed that a good sewer's work was as clean and free of threads as the front. I just can't bring myself to not trim the threads.
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Trim them off as I go.
Then before final pressing and quilting, I cover every inch of front and back, and trim off all the extra threads as well as any frayed edges.
As I do the final pressing, I watch and trim any that avoided me in the other passes!
Then before final pressing and quilting, I cover every inch of front and back, and trim off all the extra threads as well as any frayed edges.
As I do the final pressing, I watch and trim any that avoided me in the other passes!
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Originally Posted by Lori S
I cut my threads .. I just hate working with an un-tidy block. I was raised in a family of sewers , when ever I made anything... they all flipped it to look at the back first , then the front. It was stressed that a good sewer's work was as clean and free of threads as the front. I just can't bring myself to not trim the threads.
Are you my long lost sister?
That was drilled into us too ... must trim and keep it tidy.
Annnnnnnnnnnnd you never re-did a seam (widened, straightened, etc.without taking out the previous stitches. And every time I don't do that now, I can hear my Mother chanting at me from beyond!! :)
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Originally Posted by Treasureit
I have always wondered about the need to cut the threads. Do you cut your threads shorter or leave them dangle on the back of a quilt?
If you cut them - why?
If you cut them - why?
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