Seemed like a great tip.
06-11-2014, 07:45 AM
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06-11-2014, 08:45 AM
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Bonnie was just on a recent episode of The Quilt Show (online) talking about this.
I call mine "jumpers"... because mine are just a little 1" scrap (call me a tightwad on thread! lol) ... and the scrap turns from being an "ender" into a "starter" for the next piece of my project. I have a little stash of these next to my machine in a tiny, cute coiled bowls made from clothesline.
I use jumpers as much as possible - it totally prevents the micro-thread nests that start from the short threads that are left from the previous "cut" if I use the thread cutter on my machine for the previous piece.
Sure cuts down on thread messes, dangly threads, etc... and saves loads of thread compared to using the cutters on the sides of machines.
That said, I don't have the brain cells to have another gazillion squares cut out and organized to use as the jumpers between the pieces of the work that I'm focusing on.
I call mine "jumpers"... because mine are just a little 1" scrap (call me a tightwad on thread! lol) ... and the scrap turns from being an "ender" into a "starter" for the next piece of my project. I have a little stash of these next to my machine in a tiny, cute coiled bowls made from clothesline.
I use jumpers as much as possible - it totally prevents the micro-thread nests that start from the short threads that are left from the previous "cut" if I use the thread cutter on my machine for the previous piece.
Sure cuts down on thread messes, dangly threads, etc... and saves loads of thread compared to using the cutters on the sides of machines.
That said, I don't have the brain cells to have another gazillion squares cut out and organized to use as the jumpers between the pieces of the work that I'm focusing on.
06-11-2014, 09:54 AM
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Well, you could your ss plate and still get the scant seam....mark with painters tape or mole skin on bed of machine so you can center your needle....just a thought
06-11-2014, 05:21 PM
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I guess I am one of the lucky ones in that I just "eyeball it" and watch where that is on my presser foot and sew, sew, sew. And leaders/enders really threw me for a loop; I never did get the hang of it. But I just piece with my SS machines only. One of my quilting classes had a special session on it; and that day was wasted on me. And just for a clarification here, I failed knitting two years in a row at camp. Most wasted $40 of my life.
06-11-2014, 08:25 PM
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I only use one. There should always be one under the needle when I start anything. Then when I have the first seam started, I snip off the starter, lay it aside, and continue chain stitching. When I'm finished with that section of chain stitching, sometimes I can find the next group to chain stitch. If not, the starter now becomes an ender, and stays under the needle until the next group of chain stitching.
06-12-2014, 04:03 AM
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I read a tip here about sewing two small squares together when using a starter piece instead of using a scrap piece, and eventually you have a whole lot of 2 1/2" squares already sewn together. I spent some time cutting some of my stash into 2 1/2 inches and started using them as starter pieces, but I discovered that I needed a starter to use the starters. Hope that makes sense. LOL
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