GMA

it's the whole nesting mess thing

LindaR

on my juki with the thread cutter I can just cut, move to another area and start sewing....on my older machines I have to pull the bobbin thread to the top or big nest

quiltingnonie

I use a stiletto to pull up the bobbin thread. It is one of the handiest tools I own.

amma

I keep a straight pin handy to pull the bobbin thread up. Another plus to doing this, is you only have to cut threads from the top of the quilt :wink: :D:D:D

GailG

OK, I was hoping someone would ask, but evidently everyone knows the answer to this really obvious (at least, to me) question. What do you do with the two threads once they're on top?

thequilteddove

You bury them between the quilt layers :)

FinelyFabricated

Stupid question here, but by bury them do you mean you put them on a needle and pull it through to the batting?
My machine can stitch in place and lock the threads, it may be wrong, but I just cut them close.

I'm going blind and hand threading any needle is nearly impossible. My sewing machine has a needle threader or I wouldn't be able to sew at all.

Scissor Queen

I never bring the bobbin thread to the top. If I'm quilting a bed quilt and need to bury the ends later I want to do that on the back of the quilt, not the front. If I'm quilting a wall hanging with invisible thread I want the bobbin thread on the back, not the front. My machine doesn't make thread nests as a rule.

Shelley

Hold them until you have done a back tack or tie and bury so that your stitching won't come undone.

Boston1954

My machine (1992 or older) does this. I usually turn the wheel so that the needle goes down into the fabric. That stops it. And since I try to chain piece a lot, I do not have to do it very often.