Originally Posted by
DOTTYMO
I always thought leaders and Enders were to begin and end chain piecing or any other shape to stop the feed dogs chewing the ends. You learn something new every visit here.
This was actually Bonnie's original inspiration.
I think with the newer machines, the "chewed ends" is not really an issue.
On the older machines, you can just leave the "ender" in the machine when you power it off. Many of the newer computerized machines sort of "reboot" everything when you power on, which (on mine anyway) actually "eats" the leader or ender I had on it.
So I don't leave them in the machine.
I'm finding that leaders and enders doesn't work so well for me.
HOWEVER... when I have those little "flip and sew" HST's, I cannot resist just going ahead and stitching that second line before I cut the leftover pieces. I end up with various different sizes of "bonus" HST's.
Just my two cents worth.