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Old 10-10-2016, 02:54 PM
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I'm writing to ask a question of those whose sewing machines have tie-off and thread snip options. My Pfaff 5.0 has both. Currently I'm working on appliqueing pieces to a quilt top using a tiny zigzag stitch (1.5 wide, 1.5-2.0 long depending upon size of piece). I'm using dark threads as the applique pieces are dark but the background is light, The thread snip feature on my machine leaves tails about an 1" long. I don't want the tails to shadow through the background fabric but I also don't want to trim them too short so that the tie-off comes undone.

When you use this feature do you trim the thread tails or leave them as is? If you trim them, how long do you leave the tails? Or do you trim down to the knot?

Thanks in advance for your time and attention to my questions.
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