yourstrulyquilts

I have tied and love it! I have had quilted and love it! I have machine quilted and love it! I just love it when I can say "I'M DONE!"

connecticut quilter

My grandmother hand tied all her quilts.. When I started to make baby quilt I hand tied them.. Now I am learning how to machine quilt... It is coming slow but sure.....

rahaube

I have hand tied many quilts using either coordinating or contrasting crochet cotton. It is strong and pretty. I cut the ends at about 3/4 inch. It wears very well if knotted about 4 inches apart. I have also machine quilted on my home sewing machine and have hand quilted a few quilts.

wildyard

How do you invisible tie? Is there a link?

mom-6

The only two quilts I have tied have been for special little girls birthdays so I have used narrow satin ribbon to tie. I follow the pattern of the quilt and tie in the middle of certain squares, first tying in a square knot and then in a bow. If you don't do the square knot first, kittens and little brothers will pull out the ribbons! For extra security you can tie the loops of the bow together also.

Spice

I have tied a couple of quilts and was shown a neat way of doing it without a knot. I will try to explain.

1 2

3 4
needle goes down on 1 up on 4 and back
down on 1 and up on 2 and down on 3 and up on 4. You end up with an x on the top of the quilt and a z on the underside. The thread will not come out and you do not have bumps from the knots. Be sure to leave a little tale on both ends. Happy tying.


Spice

Debbie54

I hand quilt and I enjoy it. :D I have made several quilts this way as well as back seat covers for my cars. It works for bigger quilts if you do not have a frame to pin it to. :thumbup:

mem123

Tied a wall quilt several years ago and it still looks new. Had daughters and BFF gather around the diningroom table to help tie a quilt. Not really happy. Everyone seemed to tie with different amount of space between ties (even tho they were shown how to do it)and different tightness of ties. Needless to say, it hasn't held up well.
I'm sticking with quilting. lol

zz-pd

Have only done one small quilt, and it was machine quilted. Penny

Peggy

SPICE - I WOULD LIKE TO TRY THIS TECHNIQUE. SOUNDS NEAT. BUT YOU DID NOT SAY WHAT TO DO WITH THE TAILS OF THE THREAD. PEGGY
























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