Boonedox

Do y'all use a Bob (starter) when piecing? I'm so in the habit that I don't even know if my machine would eat the fabric or not. So does your machine bite? What do you call your starters?

DebraK

leaders and enders

nhweaver

Only when it is hungry does it take a bite. I have to remember to use a Bob - good advice.

sap

only if I put my finger the needle

RavenLunaStitch

Mine can bite if I'm not paying attention where I stopped it but I use leaders and enders for two other reasons: I will eventually get a quilt out of them and I also find that using them saves me lots of thread that I would otherwise pull, cut and throw away. I like watching my pile of leader and ender pieces growing while I'm sewing something else!

Tartan

I call mine a spider when I use one. On triangles I usually just start sewing 1/4 inch from the start and backstitch to the edge and then continue.

Dolphyngyrl

no my machine doesn't eat fabric so I don't use leaders

Latrinka

Nope, mine doesn't bite, so no need for leaders, enders.

grammy17

I do not understand how you get a quilt from your leaders and enders. I have lots of little pieces. Just trim off 1/8" and keep sewing a line 1/4" from the edge until it is too small and it goes in the doggie bag with the rest of its pieces.

auntpiggylpn

I use a scrap piece of fabric too. If I get cocky and try to start a seam without it, my machine always knocks me down a peg! It's pretty much a habit for me too