grma33

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEkHht2oJsg
she does not not
i understand you could catch starting in binding but how do you end before starting a new thread?
Thanks Gale

Bree123

Same way as you started. Just have a long run of thread after your last stitch, pull your needle through just the one layer of fabric & come back up through that layer inches away. Snip your thread close to the fabric & then rub your fabric so it shrinks back into the hole.

Geri B

I watched this video and am really doubting its durability. She is just doing one stitch thrust the sandwich, then trailing inside there to the next spot...I'm thinking in the using, washing, etc., of this kids quilt it's going to either pucker or somehow unravel........if I were to knot rather than quilt, I would definitely " knot" each of those stitches, or at least go thru twice, then travel...and what happens to that beginning tail...she never tells how to/what.......

Karamarie

I always use a knot and run the end under the top layer to bury it.

citruscountyquilter

I do this with thread but she is using two strands of yarn so the knot would be too big to go through the fabric and be buried.

She mentioned that when she goes through to put the stitch on the front (after putting it on the back) she goes through the front and the batting when running to the next stitch point. This would give two times that the stitch is pulling the layers together so it would probably be secure. Also the first stitch when you go from the front to the back is a small stitch which will end up being under the final stitch on the top each time so that would also make it secure. My biggest concern would be the last stitch of the run because you would only have the top stitch securing it before you buried the yarn and cut it off. For my peace of mind I'd have to come up with a way to secure that more

earthwalker

I'm not sure I like this method. You could bar tack with a machine, get the same look, quicker and very secure.

AZ Jane

As she said, it is a variation of the tie stitch.

FoxyLady

This stitch, if done correctly, is great and holds extremely well in all kinds of heavy uses. I like to use a double thread of crochet cotton with extra loft poly batting. Gives the look of a comforter. As far as a knot is concerned, all you have to do is have a long tail, because the first stitch locks the thread as would a knot. For tying off, you can either leave a long tail in between the layers, or make a small knot in the last stitch and then leave a tail. Either way it works well.

FoxyLady

Here are a couple of websites with written instructions on how to do the international stitch.
http://www.fabric-mill.com/blind-stitch_ep_44-1.html http://www.quilt.com/QuestionOfTheWeek/1999/1018.html

Hope this helps.

grma33

Thanks foxy lady
I jumped in and I'm doing it on a scrappy lap
working great
Im knotting as I go
Gale