why pull thread to top?
05-20-2015, 05:57 PM
#21
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Cedar Falls, IA
Posts: 919
The bottom thread never follow the loops and swirls I am doing. It makes a huge mess if I don't pull the thread to the top so I can control it. I want the back of my quilts to look as good as the front.
Pam
Pam
Last edited by CanoePam; 05-20-2015 at 06:00 PM.
05-21-2015, 03:10 AM
#22
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Illinois
Posts: 9,018
..on my longarm, on which I do quilting, I pull that bobbin thread up, hold it together with top thread, take one stitch in place, move the head just 1 or 2 threads over, take another stitch, and a third, then I gently tug on those tails and I can feel the knot I have created on the underside pop into the batting, then I clip those tails right against the top fabric and they too sink in... That's how I was instructed a long time ago....
05-21-2015, 04:11 AM
#23
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 226
this is what I do, this way you can take a couple of tiny stitches to lock the starting point, clip both threads close and be done with trimming or burying threads, saves lots of time & frustration.
05-21-2015, 05:58 PM
#26
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Heart of Colorado's majestic mountains!
Posts: 6,026
Pulling the bobbin thread up to the top ensures that you don't get tangled nests on the back; In addition by holding the threads with your fingers whether you are FMQ or piecing ensures that the tension at the beginning of a section or seam is even. Also it makes tying threads and burying them in batting is easier. I do tie off all my threads in the middle of the quilt. If the seam starts at the edge I don't tie because other stitching will cover it.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
bizzibee
Main
26
02-18-2015 11:08 AM
