Originally Posted by QuiltingByCourtney

I have a short arm machine on my quilting frame its a Janome 1600P with an 11" throat. So at the end of each bobbin I bring up my bobbin thread and tie it off then when I am starting my new stitch I start on the last 2-3 stitches, do one back stitch, I turn the wheel by hand, and I am getting these thread "bird nests" Do you even need to back stitch when starting with a new bobbin? Maybe I'm doing way to much work I so yeah the back of my quilt you can see these tiny little wads of thread...grrrr anyone know what I can do to stop this? Thanks