Originally Posted by
Holice
you hold the top thread.....lower and raise the needle and then pull on the top thread and it will pull the bottom thread with it and you can then catch it and be able to hold both together when you start stitching.
Thank you Holice! Silly me - same as bringing up the bobbin thread without fabric. That's what I get for posting later at night when I am tired. I ask a question that in daylight seems to me to be more obvious.