Oooh, Tartan, I'll try the tape thing, thanks

Thanks for the spelling correction, PaperPrincess.

if you have any white in your quilt, do clip any threads on seams inside the top. they will show.

I consider it important, because it's very hard to fix if it's causing a problem. I don't like thread trimming, so I chain piece everything I can. For pineapples, I would work on more than one block at a time so I could chain piece.

Pudge, the rule for doubling is simple: if the word is one syllable (got) or has the stress/accent on the last syllable (regret), and the last three letters are consonant-vowel-consonant (commit, but not comment; spin, but not rein), when you add -ing or-ed, double the final syllable (gotten/regretted, but spinning/reined). But, in the case of two consonants (comment), just add the endings (commented, commenting). More examples: spend/spending, but shed/shedding; bang/banged, but bag/bagged. You have made me thing this out and I can think of one exception: spray/sprayed/spraying.

I clip as I go - if I miss any - I'll find them as I hand quilt.

I absolutely detested clipping threads when I finished a top, so I have started to clip as I go throughout the process, then take a final look at the end.

I clip at the ironing board any seam threads that show thru white fabric. I place a stickey square from a lint roller on the board and toss the threads onto that. Once it's full I put another one down.

I use the threader cutter on my Janome 6600P but I still have short threads left on the back of my quilt so I clip them off. Does anyone else have this issue?

My Pfaff QE 4.2 has the auto thread cutter, it leaves about 1/2" tails on the back. I still have to clip them.
Sharon in Texas