AhhHaaa! You have a auto thread cutter. Now that makes all the sense in the world for why you don't need to use the thread savers.

I wish more than the highest end of Bernina's had thread cutters in them. I love my machine, but that would be icing on the cake for me. :)

Yep, That's how I do it,too,saves time and thread :thumbup: :thumbup:

As an upholsterer for over 30 years, we've always called 'em "bunnies"

Oh, interesting. I thought most of the Bernina machines had autothread cutters.

Yeah, I have one of those. The problem is some people might forget that it's in place and then move the needle or try doing a non-straight stitch. Ask me how I know :-(

I always use leaders and enders. The leader really helps to get things started smoothly before I feed in my pieces. They're especially good if you're starting off with a point heading into the presser foot. Even with a straight stitch plate that can be kind of tricky...at least for me.

And they do save thread and all that fussing around with pulling threads to the back, etc.

My goodness, you learn something new everyday, that is, if you are on the quilting board! I chain, but never thought to start with another piece of material. I will have to try this.

It seems to be addictive to use leaders and enders, I can hardly sew anymore with out them!

I find the leaders/enders also help me keep my seams straighter - I don't accidentally tilt into a narrow seam when I'm at the end of my chain any more!

It's something I have done since I worked sewing sneakers for Converse in the early 70's. I didn't know there was a name for it. Neat.