Now I've done it. Threads too short
11-04-2014, 11:53 AM
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This was the first thought that came to mind what I would do. No need to panic.
11-04-2014, 12:39 PM
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It's very easy to stick an empty needle into your quilt along the same path you want the buried thread to run. Leave the eye sticking out close to your thread 'stub' and use a simple wire needle threader to thread it. Once threaded, just pull the needle through the top/batting as usual. The short end will bury itself as it pulls out of the needle. If you can run it back through the quilting line, it'll be more secure. I've done this with ends as short as a half inch and they are still buried after five years.
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11-04-2014, 01:29 PM
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You could make a "sinker". Thread both ends of a short piece of thread in a needle so there is a loop of thread. . Insert into fabric, etc. and catch the loose end of the thread you want to bury inside the loop of the sinker. Pull the sinker thru. Your thread end will follow and be buried.
11-04-2014, 03:58 PM
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I do what Tartan said - un-do a few a few inches, enough to tie it off and bury the thread. Then, if needed, I've even hand quilted a few stitches to fix it up. When the quilt is washed, it's near impossible to find the boo boos.
11-04-2014, 04:00 PM
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Yes! That is exactly what I do too. Those needles are worth their weight in gold! Mine are John James Easy Threading needles.
Do you have any of the needles where you just pop the thread into the eye from the top, rather than threading it the conventional way? With one of those and some tweezers, I can thread and bury thread as short as a half-inch long. Put the needle most of the way into the fabric, pop that little thread tail in (grab it with the tweezers) and pull the needle the rest of the way through. Taa-daa! Thread tail gone.
Not sure what you could put on there to keep it from working its way back out, though. Not sure how likely that is, if you bury it close to the original knot. Maybe a dot of fray check?
Not sure what you could put on there to keep it from working its way back out, though. Not sure how likely that is, if you bury it close to the original knot. Maybe a dot of fray check?
11-05-2014, 03:52 AM
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The cheater needles (I use the John Flynn brand - found them in a quilt store) work well in burying threads. If the thread is short, I insert the needle part ways into the quilt and then put the thread into the eye opening and pull it through the quilt. If this is not possible, a fine crochet hook does a good job of pulling the thread into the quilt.
11-05-2014, 07:13 AM
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I use a self-threading needle for short threads. Insert the needle into your quilt at the point where you want the threads buried, then pop the threads into the top of the needle, and pull through. As long as you have at least an inch of thread, you should be okay.
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