Indiana Quilter 40

Not to dishonor Shakespeare’s “to be or not to be”, but as quilters our question is more likely to be “to clip those loose threads or not?” We all know they can make a mess if just allowed to hang on the back of the quilt top. This is my take on loose threads, and you don’t have to agree, but I am rarely bothered enough by those threads to take time to clip them off. You either gasp in…

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Should the thread and fabric match? I have been asked this so many times, especially by beginning quilters.  We were taught in a sewing class taken back in the dark ages that the thread and fabric should match. And honestly, if I am sewing clothing, I want the thread to match. However, we are talking quilting here. Should the fabric and thread colors match? Does it really matter? I decided years ago that it was more important to me to…

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