Tutorial No 5. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

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.

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

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.

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

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.

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

Keep hold of the thread while you slip the needle behind it…

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

…bringing it through the loop formed by the thread.

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

Pull it through the loop…

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

…until…

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

…the loop is….

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

…getting smaller…

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

…and forming a knot.

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

Take hold of the small loop of the knot between your index finger and thumb.

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

Keep pulling the thread gently with your working hand …

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

…until it is close to the fabric…

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

…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.

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

Put the needle into the top fabric and through to the wadding to form the final stitch….

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

…but not through to the back of the work.

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

Bring the needle out of the top fabric away from the quilting stitches you have just made.

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

Pull the thread through..

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

…until the knot is resting on the fabric.

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

Give a gentle tug on the thread to pop the knot through the top layer and into the wadding.

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

Snip off the thread close to the fabric.

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

The row of stitches is finished…

Dorothy Russell Quilt Tutorials. How To Make and Bury a Knot at the End of the Thread

…without a sign of the securing knot on either side of your quilt.

Dorothy


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