which are the brand and model of your machine?
what kind of thread is in the top? and bottom?
what kind of stabilizer did you use on the bottom? top?
you're lucky if you are able to pull enough top thread through to tie it off. it does seem an efficient way to solve the problem - assuming you can pull and leave enough bobbin thread, too..
my machine automatically locks, ties and cuts the threads at the end of a run. the stitches have never come loose but it leaves little tails of thread on the back. unless the appearance of the back is really important i leave them. i always worry that if i cut them off too closely to the knot it will all come loose.
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