This tutorial follows on from the Tutorial 2 which explains how to make and bury a knot at the beginning of a line of stitching when hand quilting.
It describes how to finish the thread with a knot which is also buried in the layers of the quilt and therefore not visible on either side of the work.
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When you come to the end, either of the thread or of a section of quilting you need to finish off with a knot small and tidy enough to bury.
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Keeping the needle in your working hand, take hold of the thread a little above the point where it comes out of the fabric just before you make the final stitch.
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Keep hold of the thread while you slip the needle behind it…
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…bringing it through the loop formed by the thread.
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Pull it through the loop…
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…until…
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…the loop is….
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…getting smaller…
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…and forming a knot.
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Take hold of the small loop of the knot between your index finger and thumb.
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Keep pulling the thread gently with your working hand …
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…until it is close to the fabric…
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…and very small. Make sure the knot remains near the fabric by holding it between your finger and thumb and gently pulling the thread until it is a formed knot. NB The photo does not show it held between the finger and thumb so you can see the knot which is formed.
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Put the needle into the top fabric and through to the wadding to form the final stitch….
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…but not through to the back of the work.
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Bring the needle out of the top fabric away from the quilting stitches you have just made.
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Pull the thread through..
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…until the knot is resting on the fabric.
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Give a gentle tug on the thread to pop the knot through the top layer and into the wadding.
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Snip off the thread close to the fabric.
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The row of stitches is finished…
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…without a sign of the securing knot on either side of your quilt.
Dorothy
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