I always seem to have issues with getting a trilobal (like Glide, Magnifico, etc) thread to "lock" the stitches at the start/stop by just doing 3 tiny stitches so today while at the Gammill "Quilt with Confidence" class I asked one of the instructors for a solution. She said she always takes 3 tiny stitches and then moves the thread tail to the other side, so that she can take another stitch or 2 with the tails being stitched down. Makes sense and I'm glad to hear a way that still keeps the the start so thread doesn't build up.