Originally Posted by Kat B
Okay, I'm having problems understanding how to pull the bobbin thread up. Can someone help explain it to me?
Thanks in advance.
On your very first stitch, put your needle completely down and bring it back up again. (Use the hand wheel if you have no "needle up/needle down" feature on your machine.) Your needle will bring a loop of bobbin thread up slightly; this is where you need to take something sharp & pointy (I use a wooden skewer) to stick into the loop and pull the bobbin thread tail all the way through to where you can grasp both top & bottom threads. While you are holding them firmly, you need to put 2 or 3 stitches right on that spot; those stitches should secure your threads enough so you can snip off the thread ends either at the fabric or very close to it. Now you are ready to FMQ.