On both a sewing machine and by hand.
2006-08-07 16:47:59 · 16 answers · asked by Jean 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
What about when you have completed three sides of a quilt? how do you do the fourth after you turn in right side out?
2006-08-07 16:53:05 · update #1
On the sewing machine, you backstitch for about a half inch, then go back foward. After that, you are safe to cut the thread. By hand, its kind of hard to explain, but I'll try. You act like you are doing a stitch, but before you pull it all the way through, you loop the needle through the loop that is created. If you do this two or three times, it makes a knot. Hope this helps.
2006-08-07 16:51:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hand . . . just end with a typical knot and try to hide the tail.
Machine . . . will I be sewing over that seam again? how much will be left? For example, in quilting, you don't always tie off the seam. If I won't, then my machine has a feature that will do the end knot.
Better yet, I learned a neat way to make a quilter's knot when I hand sew before I start sewing. Perfect knot every time. I found this example to share: http://www.moonlightquilters.org/tipquiltersknot.htm
2006-08-07 23:54:39 · answer #2 · answered by whozethere 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can back tack on a sewing machine. You can also pull the top string through and tie the two threads together 3 time and then trim. You can do this easily with a needle and thread which is to tie the 3 knots by running the needle through the loop and pull.
2006-08-07 23:53:01 · answer #3 · answered by Elwood 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On machine, usually just doing a short backstitch will lock the thread.
When hand sewing, take a stitch, wrap the needle a few times around the thread, and complete the stitch. It will tie a knot.
2006-08-07 23:52:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
on a sewing machine when you reach the end of your line you go backwards 1 inch then forwards you lift the needle up and grab the thread and fabric where you just ended and pull in till you get an inch of extra tread then cut it and then cut the extra off close to the fabric so you have a small stub left. And by hand you cut extra thread and just tie a couple knots then cut the extra thread off. Happy sewing!
2006-08-08 00:01:44 · answer #5 · answered by Rebecca P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the machine, you reverse for about a 1/4 to 1/2 inch and then go forward again. By hand, just tie a double-knot.
2006-08-07 23:53:05 · answer #6 · answered by braingamer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On a sewing machine just backstitch a few stitches.
By hand, you can knot it on the back using some other threads you'll find there, or if it's cross stitch, just run it back through a few stitches if you're planning to seal the back of it for framing...
2006-08-07 23:52:56 · answer #7 · answered by ray of sunshine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On a sewing machine there is a button usually on the right that causes machine to stitch backwards. when your done, press it, go back a liitle to finish.
hand stitching I usually catch it on the back side and loopit to tie off with a surgeons knot.
2006-08-07 23:53:05 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go back and force two times on Sewing Machine.
2006-08-07 23:51:12 · answer #9 · answered by Mimi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by hand you can backstitch for a few stitches and tie a knot. On a machine also backstich for about an inch and your seam will hold.
2006-08-07 23:52:55 · answer #10 · answered by Proud to be an American 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋