Originally Posted by
Watson
Not sure if you can do this on vintage machines, but I bring my bobbin thread to the top before I start and then it doesn't get all tangled underneath. Watson
Vintage machines work the same way.
You can't use leaders when you are quilting in the center of the quilt sandwich.
I always thought the old machines with the small hole in the needle plate wouldn't make thread nests as much, but I have found that they do; only not quite as often.
Maybe there is something else wrong with the machine.
If bringing the bobbin thread to the top doesn't work, look into another problem with the machine.