As much as I hate doing it, it's a critical step in the process. It's horrible to spend untold hours creating, only to have stray dark threads show through the lighter fabrics when it's all done. I've dug enough of them through from the front in my quilting life to know I really don't want to do that when I'm finished with a queen-sized quilt. So I keep trimming. And trimming.
On the bright side, I've almost made it through the fourth season of "Parks and Recreation" while I work. Thank you, Netflix!
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How funny! I've been hand quilting a quilt for my son (it was a Christmas present he received basted) and have watched all four season of Parks and Rec on Netflix while working on it. I'm so glad I didn't watch it before so I could see it all at once. Hysterical!
I just posted about how my biggest pet peeve is all the annoying threads that are all over the back of the quilt by the time it's done! I see you're a side-presser. I press seams open most of the time, and when I do it makes the stray fraying a little more tolerable. The thread stay toward their own fabrics. But I still spend a lot of time trimming mine, too!
Oh my gosh! I am so glad that I read your post--I thought all along that it was just ME that needed to trim all those threads off! I have never seen anyone post about this miserable and time-consuming process. Plus, who doesn't luvz them some of that Parks and Rec action?!
Happy Sewing!
Tricia
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