I just hate when that happens. My Brother beeps when the bobbin is runing out or if the upper thread breaks or runs out. Needless to say that is the one I use for all my piecing :-) But I use my Pfaff to quilt ( it has a 10 inch throat) and it does not have this feature. Odd isn't it that my little $300 Brother has this feature but the $1500 Pfaff doesn't.