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05-19-2014, 06:35 AM
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My Bernina has a thread cutter to cut the bobbin thread at just the right length to start sewing. It works! BUT - - I am a thread bringer upper from way back, so I usually do that.
Also the tip about leaders and enders is good. They work every time.
Also the tip about leaders and enders is good. They work every time.
05-19-2014, 10:33 AM
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Welcome! You'll meet lots of lovely people here. We love to help newbies. 
Bringing up the bobbin thread isn't required with my Viking Sapphire 875 either, but I prefer to bring it up. I learned to sew on old machines and its needed, I mostly sew with antique machines. I use a scrap of fabric at the beginning and end of every seam, unless I'm chain piecing.
Bringing up the bobbin thread isn't required with my Viking Sapphire 875 either, but I prefer to bring it up. I learned to sew on old machines and its needed, I mostly sew with antique machines. I use a scrap of fabric at the beginning and end of every seam, unless I'm chain piecing.
05-19-2014, 02:00 PM
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I, too, use leaders & enders. The only different is, I use the triangles I have cut off of blocks. they range from all different sizes. Once I get a stack of them sewn, I will then use them again as leaders & enders to make different block patterns. That way, I waste very little for scraps or thread & end up with bonus blocks to use in another project. I also do this with different size square blocks to make 9P & 4P blocks. I use all size extra blocks for this.
05-20-2014, 05:13 AM
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Halo, that's such a great idea. I watched a youtube video about that yesterday (was that you?!). Are the seams reliable on the leaders and enders you use for new blocks? I thought the purpose of the leaders and enders was to put the bad part of your seam on a scrap?
05-20-2014, 02:53 PM
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Location: Broadway, Shenandoah Valley, VA
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I usually bring my bobbin thread up and pull the threads out a bit and hold them taut. I've used leaders, but never the enders. Can someone explain the use of the enders? I call my leaders, each one a "mouse."
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