When the first of my high school friends had a baby I hand tied a small quilt for her son. It didn't even occur to me that her mom OWNED a quilting store! I was blown away at the baby shower when her mom commented at how impressed she was that I did it all by hand. I honestly didn't even know what a long arm was. I just did it the way my grandma had taught me as a child.
Thank you Donna and Matt! Your videos are inspiring. Back in 2008 my mother and I were working on this pattern "around the world". She then got very sick and was in and out of the hospital for 7 months ... she never really recovered from it and we just quit sewing and quilting. After she passed away in 2015 I could not go threw her stuff until the day I watched your video. I went searching and there it was the quilt top we had cut and sewn together. The last quilt top of her and I, so I took a deep breath and rewatched your video many times and this is the results ...it's not as good as yours but it holds precious memories of my mother and I. I also found 6 other quilt tops she made and will do my best to get them compted to honor her memory. This all would not be possible without your videos. They are welcoming, you give easy instructions, and I love your energy ... you share your passion and love of quilting to others.
AWW THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL JOANN SWEETIE! YOUR MOM WAS WITH YOU WHEN YOU FINISHED THEM. HER SPIRIT IS IN YOUR QUILTS! USE THEM WITH LOVE THAT WAY SHE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thanks so much for this awesome tutorial. I've been saving an unfinished quilt my grandma made back in the 1960's. Fabric is in great shape. Watching all the heavy sewing that goes into quilts gave me pause. I remembered the way she hand-sewed quilts with the little yarns tied every few blocks. Been searching youtube for months with no luck. Finally searched for "hand quilting methods" and found this video. EXACTLY what I need to finish the quilt just the way grandma would have.
You showed so much here! I’ve started hand sewing blocks due to my disability keeping me bed-bound. Thanks to you, now I can do more by hand. You have taught me so much through your years of videos. I can’t express how much quilting & other textile crafts have improved my quality of life. Thank you. Blessed be.
I LOVE this quilt! You are the very best teacher I have watched. I am 77 years old an just recently have been learning how to quilt. This is so beautiful and I am so inspired!
I love the hand tied method. My mother and I made 32 quilts one year for Christmas gifts. I cut out the squares my mother would sew the tops together the we would put them together and tie them. Mother called it tacking. That got me into making quilts. They were just plain squares. Usually about 5 1/2 inches. My mother passed away 10 years ago. I took over the task of making what we call The Dansby family quilts. I make them for all the new babies when someone gets married they get a home made quilts and for Christmas gifts. Every one loves them. They are not perfect but they are made with love. I have been watching your RUclips videos about 2 or 3 months now. I have learned a lot from them. Thank you for these wonderful videos.
I've made wedding quilts for my sister children as babies or toddlers, when they were married, and for all 9 of their babies, too. Same as for our older daughter. Both daughters had quilts made by me, then when our older daughter and her husband were married, then for their children.
Sitting here on a Sunday evening when up pops a video from Donna. Can you think of a better Sunday evening surprise? Thank you Donna and Matt for the tutorial on how to HAND-TIE a quilt. Matt, your needle threading technique is Brilliant 👐🏽 This video is definitely a KEEPER!!!
My grandmother taught me that the two ways to finish a quilt had very different purposes. 1) tied quilts were made quickly for immediate use and 2) hand quilted (now machine quilted) are made for beauty. Well, I for one think a hand tied quilt is beautiful!
Donna and Matt, this is my favorite video you have ever made besides the frog you made Donna. It's not even my favorite quilt pattern but I love seeing you guys working together. I love how you flipped the quilt and hand tied instead of binding. I have watched this video like 10 times lol you're such an inspiration for me.
Wonderful video. I am making a quilt in honor of my almost 100 year old mom ( in one month!). She can no longer quilt, but I am donating this quilt in her honor. I dont quilt, but wanted to give her gifts that showed her all that she taught me in life. She made and donated many many quilts.
When my husband and I were married 43 years ago we were given three full sized tied quilts as gifts. They were used continuously for decades, by us and later by our kids, including doing duty as picnic blankets and living room forts! I sometimes had to retie the yarn knots, but those little puppies were DURABLE! Thanks for the review. It has brought up a lot of memories!
I'm soooo glad I started binging your old videos. This is EXACTLY what I needed to learn. I've been in a funk because I love sewing patchwork, but I can't afford to get anything quilted at a longarmer, and the UFOs were beginning to pile up. I thought I would never sew patchwork again. You have saved my sanity. And I also crochet and knit so plenty of yarn to do this with, without spending a cent. Genius.
What a fantastic show and timely. I have a quilt top that I decided would look good tied vs quilting. I wasn’t sure how to attack the tying, now I know.l. Thank you Mat and Donna. I love the way you two work together!!
My goodness,I’m 69 and that brings back memories of tying quilts w/ my mother and for my own children growing up. Just finished tying a baby quilt size for a new great granddaughter about to be born in less than a month. We had frames to put our quilts up on , so we always had to sew bindings around the edges. I really learned a new method today....and putting fraycheck on each tie. Thank you for the tutorial. I really enjoyed it! I love the videos from Jordan Fabrics!
Just rewatched this video. I do love the fabric, design, and the easy to follow instructions. If you haven't given this quilt away by now I'd live to be considered. I'm an old 70's gal myself live the pictures of you two young 😍
Yes, aren't they great? I've watched many of these "tie" vids all afternoon and UGH! WHAT? I can't see the thread? I can't see the knot? Where is it going? Wahhhh!😢 Thank the Lord for Donna and hubs!🤗
I just want to say I really enjoy watching your videos. It’s so satisfying to watch the close up shots and hearing you scissors cut, rotary cut, tie, pulling the thread, and sewing. ASMR FOR SURE. ❤ it makes me so happy. Thank you for being so clear in your instructions. ❤
Loved this video thank you so much .its 7am sat morning in the Uk .just having a quiet cup of tea before I go and collect my grandchildren for the day .no rest for the wicked .god bless.
Donna,I love the way you put this quilt together. I’ve made a couple of hand tied quilts but never the way you did it. I’ll definitely make another one with your method. You and Matt did a great job working together. Thank you for your videos.
My aunt gave me 7 vintage quilt tops to finish. Ugh. You bet I’m going to use your quilt-tying method! Your instructions are so easy to follow and so clearly depicted on the video. Thank you so much!
I LOVED this tutorial! Gives me an idea on how to use my sons favorite simpson t-shirts & turn them into a quilt for him! I was SOO GRATEFUL to you BOTH for being so willing to share your secrets & INSPIRE people such as myself! Ms. Heart❤🌹🙏😊🌹💃 🙌thankful🙌
I just finished an Irish Chain queen-size quilt ( using your tutorial!) for a wedding gift. The prospective groom proposed to his girl on a trip to Ireland. I tied the quilt instead of quilting it. Tying a quilt was a traditional method of finishing as it did not take as long and did not keep them from other work they had to do. My ancestors, the Irish, were a very practical people! Those old Irish quilts were either tied with new wool or rough quilted with linen thread. I used a very nice washable natural wool yarn for the ties. I appliqued shamrocks in the four corners of the border with their names and the date of the wedding in the leaves of one of the shamrocks. The couple loved it!
I have been desperately wanting to quilt but I can't afford to send it out to long arm it, I LOVE YOU for this!! Now I can actually attempt a real quilt!!
I'm a novice in the quilting world and I absolutely love your videos! You cover every detail in your teachings and add up close video shots which are really instrumental in the lesson ( at least I think so). I am still working on a space issue so I am keeping to the small size quilts for the moment and Still working on keeping my seams within the 1/4in ( sometimes that aren't so straight and i have rip them out ). Thanks again for making the best videos!
Love it! Ya'll did an excellent job on this tutorial! Most folks don't know how to thread a needle the way Matt did. I have taught many old timers how to do that. You can buy the battings wide enough in low loft, medium loft and high loft polyester at Walmart..they have King sized ones. I am just totally thrilled to see you show this video when there are so many quilt police and quilt snobs out there that turn people away from tying quilts. I have a longarm and I love to tie quilts and I love sleeping under them. I put my ties on the backside of my quilts when I tie to not take away from the pattern. Try that some time..you just might like it..very easy to do. I was taught by some 80 and 90 year old quilters how to tie many years back. We used the same kind of yarn as you, embroidery threads, or perle cotton. The old timers took the needle through like you are doing and then did it again taking the 3rd stab back where you started and ending where your second stab is for our 4th stab. Then you tie a square knot. That keeps the ties from coming out during the washings and makes no need for fray check. Our method of yarn or thread we only used one strand. The poopoo'ers will also tell you that the yarn will frizz over time and be a mess..they are WRONG!!! I made my first tied quilt 43 years ago. It's been washed once a week for at least 18 of those years while my son used it from new born to when he left for college. Those ties look the same as they did when they were first put in. Love you guys! Keep up the good works!
I mostly tied mine because of cost saving, but did get 2 machine quilted by someone else. I only recently learned about the tutorials online and love them!
Best tutorial I've ever seen on tying a quilt. Thanks so much for the useful tips---I stitched each spot, tied it, and moved on in the past. Took forever with bunchy results. This is a much better and much more accurate way. Also loved how you handled the open edge. Thank you!
Great tip on joining the two pieces of batting and anchoring the batting to the fabric. It makes such a clean look. I’m new to quilting so I really appreciate learning your techniques. Thank you!
This old grama was taught by my mom this exact technique over 70 years ago, so nice for those who can’t afford long arm method. Years later I too used Fray check. Good for you to teach this method to the young generation.
Why would you need to do that though? You act as though this is the only alternative to sending quilts out to a long armer. The majority of home quilters just use their own small home use sewing machines.
@@louisacapell They said it was an alternative to the long armer and stuffing it under your home machine. Just an alternative method for finishing an unfinished project!!
I absolutely LOVE this video. I had a beautiful, king sized, hand tied quilt made by a lady in Greensboro, NC back in the 80s. It was my favorite. I just started back into quilting after a 20 year break. I found a quilt top I made from the early 90s and I think I will finish it like this. I just cant justify sending it to a longarmer. The colors don't speak to me now. Thank you for reminding me that there are other options.
That was an absolutely gorgeous quilt... your video was amazing and I will be trying this method on more than one of my UFP's... so glad this video circulated up today! God bless you both!
Such a useful and educational video (and I'm looking at doing my first quilt). I'm so happy that you included your husband in this as my husband is the one who sews in our house. I've done simple stuff, but my hubbie is really good.
I have never seen this type of finishing before. It's fantastic. I'm making my son a quilt for Christmas. I will use this definitely. Thank you so very much! May God Bless You!!!
I’m continually impressed by how hard the two of you work. I can only imagine all the rest of the work that goes on that we don’t see on the videos. Thank you for making the effort to be constantly contributing.
You are bring back memories of tying quilts on the living room floor with my mother. I slept under wool quilts made this way...boy were they heavy and warm! I’m kind of a nerd about natural vs petroleum (polyester/acrylic) products. I believe if you used wool yarn (don’t use super wash wool), it would naturally ‘felt’ itself when you tie it. We certainly never had a chemical in the old days & I don’t recall knots coming undone. Perhaps they did and I was unaware. Thank you so much for this excellent tutorial! You filled in many excellent details that I had forgotten!
I've always spent hundreds of dollars on long-arm quilting but next time I'm going to hand-tie my quilt. Love this look and your instructional videos are the best! Thanks so much.
OMGosh Donna and Matt, thanks for sharing how to tie a quilt; it sure brought back some good memories of me and my Grandma doing this. I was kinda surprised and tickled to see all your UFO’S but then again I’m sure we all have a stash of UFO’S...lol. Thank you for another great opportunity to receive one of your beautiful quilts. Happy quilting everyone 🙋📏✂️🧵🇨🇦
I love the around the world quilt especially how you incorporated different colors. I have an unfinished quilt from my Grandmother that she was not able to finish before she passed away. And now I am 65 and a Grandmother myself lol. That is how long I have had it. And I also have an around the world quilt my mother made for me that needs tlc repairs. She is also passed away. thank you for your fun videos. It brings Happy memories to my mind. Hugs my friend God Bless
Donna, I love the fact you have UFOs. Thank you for sharing a great tutorial on how to hand tie and finish a quilt. My earliest childhood memories are of my grandmother stretching a quilt on a wooden frame. This method looks so much easier. Thank you both for a tremendously inspiring tutorial.
This was the way most of the quilts in my family were done. I like the way you hand stitched the batting to the edges before turning. Great way of doing it. Thank you for the tutorial.
Omg your husband is such a sweetheart. I love your channel and tutorials. I watch them constantly. Thank you so much for putting out such wonderful content!
This is a beautiful quilt and watching the process of hand tying really took me down memory lane. My grandmother and mother made numerous quilts this way. I loved helping with the process. the quilts would sit on the dining room table for a few days until it was finished. I still have and use bed quilts my mother made 45 years ago that were hand tied in this basic manner. They have stood the test of time, loved, and machine washed and dried many many times. Thanks for the update of this method!
I love when watching and the mouth and eyes pop open and Oooohhhh! Escapes. The leaving the yarn between stitches to finish later And the split the batting to finish the end! Great tips as usual! Thanks!
You are always my go-to for quilting instructional videos. Thank you for making such detailed and useful content. I'm so thankful for it. My mum and I have both finished tied quilts by following your instructions and we are so happy with the results. Thanks again 🎉
I am starting on my first quilt and I intend to tie it. This is the beginning of a very long journey for me, as I have 31 grandchildren that I have promised each one a very unique one of their own. Tied quilts remind me of the quilts that I grew up with, so I am hoping that maybe some of my grandchildren will pick up on that and pass it on down the generations. Thank you so much for this video. It has helped me by leaps and bounds. That is a very beautiful quilt!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I’m a new quilter and I never knew how to do this. I now know! Now....I must go get those unfinished quilt tops and get started! Love your channel.
I loved seeing you do this the old fashioned way! It's so inspiring that your husband helps you and is so knowledgeable about quilting. This is such a beautiful quilt!
I've tied more baby quilts than I can even count, but have never seen some of the techniques you have used here. What a wonderful, secure way to do a tied quilt! Thank you for sharing this video.
I’m SO HaPpY you did this video! I’ve never tied a quilt, but have wanted to learn. Thank you for these clear and easy to follow directions. I’m going to try it. 😊❤️
I was just about to give my unfinished project to a charity shop, all that needs to be done is what you’ve shown! Thank you, I’m going to rescue it from the car! It was so close to going! X
Thank you Donna and Matt. I’ve wanted to try this, but had no idea how. Great tutorial as usual! Jordan Fabrics produces the best tutorials hands down!
There’s a basting trick I use that would work very well for this too. Slide a marble in under all three layers on the table, and keep it right beside where you’re using your needle. This way your needle won’t touch the table, and it will be easier to get the needle back up through all the layers, as the marble lifts the quilt up slightly.
I am so thrilled to find your tutorial. I remember my grandmother making these for us in the 1960s but I had forgotten this trick! Thank you so much for sharing.
What an amazing process....thanks for showing us this. Definitely want to give it a try. Plus, I truly enjoyed seeing the pictures of you two when you were younger, priceless photos!
I had so many questions about quilting and you're answering them all with your videos. I'm so glad you showed the yarn method, I was starting to think I imagined it! (child of the 80's here)
Donna and Matt, I have hand tie many quilts but today I learned some new ways from you about flipping the batting to the inside and fray check. I will trying this out on my next one I do. Thank you for all you both do for quilting.
When the first of my high school friends had a baby I hand tied a small quilt for her son. It didn't even occur to me that her mom OWNED a quilting store! I was blown away at the baby shower when her mom commented at how impressed she was that I did it all by hand. I honestly didn't even know what a long arm was. I just did it the way my grandma had taught me as a child.
I had no idea that this is how it is done. Learned something new at age 80!!! Whoohoo.
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😄Bless you!
I am 80 also. When I was about 5 or 6, my mother made my doll a yarn-tied quilt for Christmas. I loved that small quilt.
Thank you Donna and Matt! Your videos are inspiring. Back in 2008 my mother and I were working on this pattern "around the world". She then got very sick and was in and out of the hospital for 7 months ... she never really recovered from it and we just quit sewing and quilting. After she passed away in 2015 I could not go threw her stuff until the day I watched your video. I went searching and there it was the quilt top we had cut and sewn together. The last quilt top of her and I, so I took a deep breath and rewatched your video many times and this is the results ...it's not as good as yours but it holds precious memories of my mother and I. I also found 6 other quilt tops she made and will do my best to get them compted to honor her memory. This all would not be possible without your videos. They are welcoming, you give easy instructions, and I love your energy ... you share your passion and love of quilting to others.
AWW THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL JOANN SWEETIE! YOUR MOM WAS WITH YOU WHEN YOU FINISHED THEM. HER SPIRIT IS IN YOUR QUILTS! USE THEM WITH LOVE THAT WAY SHE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thanks so much for this awesome tutorial. I've been saving an unfinished quilt my grandma made back in the 1960's. Fabric is in great shape. Watching all the heavy sewing that goes into quilts gave me pause. I remembered the way she hand-sewed quilts with the little yarns tied every few blocks. Been searching youtube for months with no luck. Finally searched for "hand quilting methods" and found this video. EXACTLY what I need to finish the quilt just the way grandma would have.
Thank you for showing this so clearly. Many of us can't afford to get quilts longarmed, besides this being a more traditional way to finish.
It is great to see your husband take a genuine interest in something you enjoy. You both work in tandem as well.
Отличная работа! Спасибо,!
I remember doing this with my mom when I was 11 or 12 years old. Now 61 watching you guys bring back precious memories!
THIS WAS LOVELY! AND IT WAS EVEN BETTER THAT YOUR HUBBY HELPED YOU WITH IT! BEAUTIFUL LAY OUT OF THE QUILT!!
You showed so much here! I’ve started hand sewing blocks due to my disability keeping me bed-bound. Thanks to you, now I can do more by hand. You have taught me so much through your years of videos. I can’t express how much quilting & other textile crafts have improved my quality of life. Thank you. Blessed be.
I LOVE this quilt! You are the very best teacher I have watched. I am 77 years old an just recently have been learning how to quilt.
This is so beautiful and I am so inspired!
I love watching you work with your husband it's nice to see couples enjoying a shared hobby
This is hands down, the BEST TUTORIAL for how to Hand Tie and finish a Quilt!!! Thank you so very much Donna & Matt!
I love the hand tied method. My mother and I made 32 quilts one year for Christmas gifts. I cut out the squares my mother would sew the tops together the we would put them together and tie them. Mother called it tacking. That got me into making quilts. They were just plain squares. Usually about 5 1/2 inches. My mother passed away 10 years ago. I took over the task of making what we call The Dansby family quilts. I make them for all the new babies when someone gets married they get a home made quilts and for Christmas gifts. Every one loves them. They are not perfect but they are made with love. I have been watching your RUclips videos about 2 or 3 months now. I have learned a lot from them. Thank you for these wonderful videos.
What a lovely family tradition!
Fantastic way to express love....You and ur mother must have had a lot of patience and perseverance to finish off 32 quilts in a year....
I've made wedding quilts for my sister children as babies or toddlers, when they were married, and for all 9 of their babies, too. Same as for our older daughter. Both daughters had quilts made by me, then when our older daughter and her husband were married, then for their children.
I haven't done them for Christmas, though! That is some accomplishement!
What thickness and material was the batting you and your mother used?
Sitting here on a Sunday evening when up pops a video from Donna. Can you think of a better Sunday evening surprise? Thank you Donna and Matt for the tutorial on how to HAND-TIE a quilt. Matt, your needle threading technique is Brilliant 👐🏽 This video is definitely a KEEPER!!!
My grandmother taught me that the two ways to finish a quilt had very different purposes. 1) tied quilts were made quickly for immediate use and 2) hand quilted (now machine quilted) are made for beauty. Well, I for one think a hand tied quilt is beautiful!
Donna and Matt, this is my favorite video you have ever made besides the frog you made Donna. It's not even my favorite quilt pattern but I love seeing you guys working together. I love how you flipped the quilt and hand tied instead of binding. I have watched this video like 10 times lol you're such an inspiration for me.
Wonderful video. I am making a quilt in honor of my almost 100 year old mom ( in one month!). She can no longer quilt, but I am donating this quilt in her honor. I dont quilt, but wanted to give her gifts that showed her all that she taught me in life. She made and donated many many quilts.
When my husband and I were married 43 years ago we were given three full sized tied quilts as gifts. They were used continuously for decades, by us and later by our kids, including doing duty as picnic blankets and living room forts! I sometimes had to retie the yarn knots, but those little puppies were DURABLE! Thanks for the review. It has brought up a lot of memories!
I'm soooo glad I started binging your old videos. This is EXACTLY what I needed to learn. I've been in a funk because I love sewing patchwork, but I can't afford to get anything quilted at a longarmer, and the UFOs were beginning to pile up. I thought I would never sew patchwork again. You have saved my sanity. And I also crochet and knit so plenty of yarn to do this with, without spending a cent. Genius.
What a fantastic show and timely. I have a quilt top that I decided would look good tied vs quilting. I wasn’t sure how to attack the tying, now I know.l. Thank you Mat and Donna. I love the way you two work together!!
Donna your the best!!! No gimmicks, no sales pitch, no need for different rules. Great teacher. When I need to know I look to Donna.
My goodness,I’m 69 and that brings back memories of tying quilts w/ my mother and for my own children growing up. Just finished tying a baby quilt size for a new great granddaughter about to be born in less than a month. We had frames to put our quilts up on , so we always had to sew bindings around the edges. I really learned a new method today....and putting fraycheck on each tie. Thank you for the tutorial. I really enjoyed it! I love the videos from Jordan Fabrics!
Just rewatched this video. I do love the fabric, design, and the easy to follow instructions. If you haven't given this quilt away by now I'd live to be considered. I'm an old 70's gal myself live the pictures of you two young 😍
I love watching your videos. You explain why you do what you do. It does make a difference!
I remember tying quilts back in the 70s and 80s. What a great memory! Thanks for sharing.
That’s how we have traditionally finished our quilts. We called it tacking. I still make them that way for the grandchildren.
At last!! Someone explaining this in a manner I can understand. Also showing me in detail. Thank you so much for sharing.
Yes, aren't they great? I've watched many of these "tie" vids all afternoon and UGH! WHAT? I can't see the thread? I can't see the knot? Where is it going? Wahhhh!😢
Thank the Lord for Donna and hubs!🤗
I grew up watching my mom and her friends at church hand-tie charity quilts all together, sitting around a big frame. Nice memories!
I used to watch my grandmother and great aunts hand tie quilts on a big frame hanging from the ceiling. Awesome to see that it is still done :)
I just want to say I really enjoy watching your videos. It’s so satisfying to watch the close up shots and hearing you scissors cut, rotary cut, tie, pulling the thread, and sewing. ASMR FOR SURE. ❤ it makes me so happy. Thank you for being so clear in your instructions. ❤
I'm a total newb wanting to repair my 16yo quilt from my Granny & try make my own. You make it look so easy!
Loved this video thank you so much .its 7am sat morning in the Uk .just having a quiet cup of tea before I go and collect my grandchildren for the day .no rest for the wicked .god bless.
Donna,I love the way you put this quilt together. I’ve made a couple of hand tied quilts but never the way you did it. I’ll definitely make another one with your method. You and Matt did a great job working together. Thank you for your videos.
i appreciate you for your support and comments i just create a little time to appreciate some of my great fans.how is your family and work?
My aunt gave me 7 vintage quilt tops to finish. Ugh. You bet I’m going to use your quilt-tying method! Your instructions are so easy to follow and so clearly depicted on the video. Thank you so much!
I’ve watched this a million times step by step to finish my throw. I love this technique
I LOVED this tutorial! Gives me an idea on how to use my sons favorite simpson t-shirts & turn them into a quilt for him! I was SOO GRATEFUL to you BOTH for being so willing to share your secrets & INSPIRE people such as myself!
Ms. Heart❤🌹🙏😊🌹💃
🙌thankful🙌
I just finished an Irish Chain queen-size quilt ( using your tutorial!) for a wedding gift. The prospective groom proposed to his girl on a trip to Ireland. I tied the quilt instead of quilting it. Tying a quilt was a traditional method of finishing as it did not take as long and did not keep them from other work they had to do. My ancestors, the Irish, were a very practical people! Those old Irish quilts were either tied with new wool or rough quilted with linen thread. I used a very nice washable natural wool yarn for the ties. I appliqued shamrocks in the four corners of the border with their names and the date of the wedding in the leaves of one of the shamrocks. The couple loved it!
real wool makes sense because the knot will felt solid
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Oh my goodness. I have a UFO with some of those fabrics. I know I started that quilt in 1984. There is hope for it being finished.
I have been desperately wanting to quilt but I can't afford to send it out to long arm it, I LOVE YOU for this!! Now I can actually attempt a real quilt!!
I'm a novice in the quilting world and I absolutely love your videos! You cover every detail in your teachings and add up close video shots which are really instrumental in the lesson ( at least I think so). I am still working on a space issue so I am keeping to the small size quilts for the moment and Still working on keeping my seams within the 1/4in ( sometimes that aren't so straight and i have rip them out ). Thanks again for making the best videos!
I love how you honor the past!
Love it! Ya'll did an excellent job on this tutorial! Most folks don't know how to thread a needle the way Matt did. I have taught many old timers how to do that. You can buy the battings wide enough in low loft, medium loft and high loft polyester at Walmart..they have King sized ones. I am just totally thrilled to see you show this video when there are so many quilt police and quilt snobs out there that turn people away from tying quilts. I have a longarm and I love to tie quilts and I love sleeping under them. I put my ties on the backside of my quilts when I tie to not take away from the pattern. Try that some time..you just might like it..very easy to do. I was taught by some 80 and 90 year old quilters how to tie many years back. We used the same kind of yarn as you, embroidery threads, or perle cotton. The old timers took the needle through like you are doing and then did it again taking the 3rd stab back where you started and ending where your second stab is for our 4th stab. Then you tie a square knot. That keeps the ties from coming out during the washings and makes no need for fray check. Our method of yarn or thread we only used one strand. The poopoo'ers will also tell you that the yarn will frizz over time and be a mess..they are WRONG!!! I made my first tied quilt 43 years ago. It's been washed once a week for at least 18 of those years while my son used it from new born to when he left for college. Those ties look the same as they did when they were first put in. Love you guys! Keep up the good works!
Sadie Long great tips...thank you for your wisdom.
Thank you for this awesome tutorial, my granddaughter wants a quilt done that will be very puffy. I am going to do this. NL Canada.
I mostly tied mine because of cost saving, but did get 2 machine quilted by someone else. I only recently learned about the tutorials online and love them!
Best tutorial I've ever seen on tying a quilt. Thanks so much for the useful tips---I stitched each spot, tied it, and moved on in the past. Took forever with bunchy results. This is a much better and much more accurate way. Also loved how you handled the open edge. Thank you!
Great tip on joining the two pieces of batting and anchoring the batting to the fabric. It makes such a clean look. I’m new to quilting so I really appreciate learning your techniques. Thank you!
You two are wonderful! I’ve been tying quilts wrong forever. After seeing this I now can do it a much better way :) Thanks
This old grama was taught by my mom this exact technique over 70 years ago, so nice for those who can’t afford long arm method. Years later I too used Fray check. Good for you to teach this method to the young generation.
I've used Fray chek and wondered if you use the one that is supposed to dry soft? Wonder if it is as secure? Thanks
I just love it you both do really nice w work thank you
Why would you need to do that though?
You act as though this is the only alternative to sending quilts out to a long armer.
The majority of home quilters just use their own small home use sewing machines.
@@louisacapell They said it was an alternative to the long armer and stuffing it under your home machine. Just an alternative method for finishing an unfinished project!!
I love that. I was taught this method 40 years ago by my mom and aunts.
I absolutely LOVE this video. I had a beautiful, king sized, hand tied quilt made by a lady in Greensboro, NC back in the 80s. It was my favorite. I just started back into quilting after a 20 year break. I found a quilt top I made from the early 90s and I think I will finish it like this. I just cant justify sending it to a longarmer. The colors don't speak to me now. Thank you for reminding me that there are other options.
That was an absolutely gorgeous quilt... your video was amazing and I will be trying this method on more than one of my UFP's... so glad this video circulated up today! God bless you both!
Never skip any videos of yours.. 💙💙 love from Japan..
Such a useful and educational video (and I'm looking at doing my first quilt). I'm so happy that you included your husband in this as my husband is the one who sews in our house. I've done simple stuff, but my hubbie is really good.
I love watching you two working together. I love this quilt.
I have never seen this type of finishing before. It's fantastic. I'm making my son a quilt for Christmas. I will use this definitely. Thank you so very much! May God Bless You!!!
I’m continually impressed by how hard the two of you work. I can only imagine all the rest of the work that goes on that we don’t see on the videos. Thank you for making the effort to be constantly contributing.
I LOVE YOU,, I LOVE YOU,, I LOVE YOU!!! ... I LOVE THESE TYPE OF TUTORIALS!! PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THESE... GREAT JOB DONNA!!
This reminds me of the quilts my grandmother and my mother made when I was a child. That was the 1950's. Memories.
You are bring back memories of tying quilts on the living room floor with my mother. I slept under wool quilts made this way...boy were they heavy and warm! I’m kind of a nerd about natural vs petroleum (polyester/acrylic) products. I believe if you used wool yarn (don’t use super wash wool), it would naturally ‘felt’ itself when you tie it. We certainly never had a chemical in the old days & I don’t recall knots coming undone. Perhaps they did and I was unaware.
Thank you so much for this excellent tutorial! You filled in many excellent details that I had forgotten!
I've always spent hundreds of dollars on long-arm quilting but next time I'm going to hand-tie my quilt. Love this look and your instructional videos are the best! Thanks so much.
OMGosh Donna and Matt, thanks for sharing how to tie a quilt; it sure brought back some good memories of me and my Grandma doing this. I was kinda surprised and tickled to see all your UFO’S but then again I’m sure we all have a stash of UFO’S...lol.
Thank you for another great opportunity to receive one of your beautiful quilts.
Happy quilting everyone 🙋📏✂️🧵🇨🇦
I remember helping my Mom and Grandma tie quilts when I was a little girl. Thank you for this video. 🙂
Thank you Donna and Matt! I'm almost in tears, this is how my grandma finished quilts, and I've always wanted to do the same!
I love the around the world quilt especially how you incorporated different colors. I have an unfinished quilt from my Grandmother that she was not able to finish before she passed away. And now I am 65 and a Grandmother myself lol. That is how long I have had it. And I also have an around the world quilt my mother made for me that needs tlc repairs. She is also passed away. thank you for your fun videos. It brings Happy memories to my mind. Hugs my friend God Bless
I have 2 UFO's from my husband's grandmother, c.1890. I'm not convinced that I'll ever find suitable backings for them.
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Donna, I love the fact you have UFOs. Thank you for sharing a great tutorial on how to hand tie and finish a quilt. My earliest childhood memories are of my grandmother stretching a quilt on a wooden frame. This method looks so much easier. Thank you both for a tremendously inspiring tutorial.
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This was the way most of the quilts in my family were done. I like the way you hand stitched the batting to the edges before turning. Great way of doing it. Thank you for the tutorial.
This is a BEAUTIFUL quilt!! I like the picture of you and Matt when you were a couple of years younger
I just figured out that when you flip it, there's no binding. This is awesome to learn.
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I had seen some of my great grandmothers quilts like this. She did everything by hand. Thank you so much for showing me how she did it.
Your giveaways are so generous! I love this quilt method xxx
Omg your husband is such a sweetheart. I love your channel and tutorials. I watch them constantly. Thank you so much for putting out such wonderful content!
I loved Matt and Donna tying the quilt...lots of fun and looks easy...Thanks
This is a beautiful quilt and watching the process of hand tying really took me down memory lane. My grandmother and mother made numerous quilts this way. I loved helping with the process. the quilts would sit on the dining room table for a few days until it was finished. I still have and use bed quilts my mother made 45 years ago that were hand tied in this basic manner. They have stood the test of time, loved, and machine washed and dried many many times. Thanks for the update of this method!
I love when watching and the mouth and eyes pop open and Oooohhhh! Escapes. The leaving the yarn between stitches to finish later And the split the batting to finish the end! Great tips as usual! Thanks!
You are always my go-to for quilting instructional videos. Thank you for making such detailed and useful content. I'm so thankful for it. My mum and I have both finished tied quilts by following your instructions and we are so happy with the results. Thanks again 🎉
I love watching the two of you work together...such a good team! And thank you for showing me how to hand tie my quilts.👍🏻👵🏻
Thank you for showing this technique. This is how my grandmother taught me about 40 years ago
I am starting on my first quilt and I intend to tie it. This is the beginning of a very long journey for me, as I have 31 grandchildren that I have promised each one a very unique one of their own. Tied quilts remind me of the quilts that I grew up with, so I am hoping that maybe some of my grandchildren will pick up on that and pass it on down the generations. Thank you so much for this video. It has helped me by leaps and bounds. That is a very beautiful quilt!
When I could quilt often, I used embroidery thread also.
Could you give me an idea of how many strands embroidery floss you used to tie your quilts
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I’m a new quilter and I never knew how to do this. I now know! Now....I must go get those unfinished quilt tops and get started! Love your channel.
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So sometimes my hubby watches and when he saw this one he was like click that link that looks like what my granny makes 😀 thanks for the tutorial!
Would love to win this beautiful quilt! Also it would be great if you showed us how to make the around the world pattern
I loved seeing you do this the old fashioned way! It's so inspiring that your husband helps you and is so knowledgeable about quilting. This is such a beautiful quilt!
I've tied more baby quilts than I can even count, but have never seen some of the techniques you have used here. What a wonderful, secure way to do a tied quilt! Thank you for sharing this video.
Your beautiful hand tied quilt brought back such good memories. That's how my Grandma used to finish all her quilts. Thanks so much!
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I’m SO HaPpY you did this video! I’ve never tied a quilt, but have wanted to learn. Thank you for these clear and easy to follow directions. I’m going to try it. 😊❤️
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I was just about to give my unfinished project to a charity shop, all that needs to be done is what you’ve shown! Thank you, I’m going to rescue it from the car! It was so close to going! X
I just finished tying a puff quilt using embroidery floss! I love the results!
Fantastic… you answered my question 😀 I want to hand tie a baby quilt but not sure I wanted to use yarn. It can be scratchy. Thank you
Thank you Donna and Matt. I’ve wanted to try this, but had no idea how. Great tutorial as usual! Jordan Fabrics produces the best tutorials hands down!
There’s a basting trick I use that would work very well for this too. Slide a marble in under all three layers on the table, and keep it right beside where you’re using your needle. This way your needle won’t touch the table, and it will be easier to get the needle back up through all the layers, as the marble lifts the quilt up slightly.
Great tip!!
Sounds brilliant! 👍
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Great Idea!
I am so thrilled to find your tutorial. I remember my grandmother making these for us in the 1960s but I had forgotten this trick! Thank you so much for sharing.
I love it’s sewing like a pillow case and turned inside out! Love the idea
What an amazing process....thanks for showing us this. Definitely want to give it a try. Plus, I truly enjoyed seeing the pictures of you two when you were younger, priceless photos!
I've tied several quilts, but using the fray check is new. Beautiful quilt!
I had so many questions about quilting and you're answering them all with your videos. I'm so glad you showed the yarn method, I was starting to think I imagined it! (child of the 80's here)
My Nanny would make quilts like this and I just loved them. Thank you for showing me how to do this.❤
Donna and Matt....you've nenewed my interest in this 'old-tyme' quilting technique....beautiful! [thank you!]
Thank you Jordan Fabrics you are amazing .
This is a marvellous way to finish a quilt. I love it. I will definitely be giving one of my UFO’s a finish.
Really quick and adorable.
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Glad to see Matt helping you. It is very sweet.
How I wish I had seen this sooner. Very educational and you made it look so easy.
Donna and Matt, I have hand tie many quilts but today I learned some new ways from you about flipping the batting to the inside and fray check. I will trying this out on my next one I do. Thank you for all you both do for quilting.
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I am just learning to quilt. But I’ve tied quilts since I was a teenager, you gave me confidence to finish my quilts this way again.Thank you!
Thank you for this wonderful video! I’m teaching myself to quilt with your help on
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Donna never ceases to amaze me! Love the tie method. Your tutorials are always the best❤
This is such a great tutorial! Thank you! I love the simplicity of hand tying a quilt. Back to the basics ❤