I have a Viking mega quilter and a Viking #1; both of the manuals show that after you thread the needle to take the end of the thread and pull it over the thread cutter. This holds the thread out of the way and as your start to quilt the thread will cut so that it won't bunch up your material. The other thing you could do is take a scrap piece of fabric and hand walk a few stitches in it before you start to sew; this creates a feeder piece; when you get to the end of what you are sewing;then put the feeder piece in and sew a few stitches and then cut the thread between your fabric and the feeder piece; this will leave the feeder piece under your presser foot for the next time you get ready to sew.