Originally Posted by tkhooper
Well it's all in the title.
I was sewing this great big long seam with lots of pins in it. I was taking out the pins as I went because my machine doesn't like going over them. And then I get to the end and the thread is just loose.
I had run out of bobbin thread. Is there a way to avoid this?
Whenever I am making a quilt (or any project), I fill several bobbins with the same thread. My bobbins are metal and you cannot see beyond the little holes. When I am doing any seam longer than 18" and I think the bobbin is low, I just pop in a new bobbin. It saves a lot of aggravation when you are sewing a project and you have to stop to fill a bobbin. I buy extra bobbins (12 in a little container) when they are on sale at Joann's. I then keep the container and with the filled bobbins by my machine throughout my project.