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Tutorial - How to Bury Thread Ends

Sep 28th, 2006

My sewing machine has an auto-thread cutter which pulls my thread ends to the back of the quilt and trims them to 3/4 inch long. I developed the following method to bury the thread ends inside the layers of the quilt.

I used a super long needle threader which is not necessary, it’s just what I had. An ordinary needle threader would work the same way. The key to these steps is inserting your needle before trying to thread it.

3 Responses to “Tutorial - How to Bury Thread Ends”

on 29 Sep 2006 at 11:13 am1Pink Chalk Studio » Blog Archive » Time Flies

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on 11 Oct 2007 at 9:45 pm2mobyclick

do the ends ever work their way back out (with use, laundering etc.)?
on 12 Oct 2007 at 8:57 am3Administrator

I haven’t had any come back out. There’s a little knot that is formed right where the fabric meets the thread ends. You can create this with your sewing machine or by hand. Once you pull under the threads through to the inside that knot sort of pops under the fabric. This keeps it in place. I’m now using a self-threading needle by Clover instead of the needle threader. Much faster!