I've been doing it that way for years. My sewing machine guy told me to do it that way.

I was told this when I brought my Janome in to the Bernina dealer because of tension issues. I had been doing it the "wrong" way for 40+ years. Even through I got the Janome used I may have contributed to the tension issues because of this. Hopefully, I always remember with my new Bernina.

I saw this on an episode of Nancy Zieman. She called it flossing the machine. I try to remember.

I'm with your mom... this is the first I've learned of this tip and it makes total sense. I, too, love the knowledge and information shared on this wonderful Board.

Never thought about doing the same thing with bobbin thread and case. Makes sense tho.

I learned that trick a long time ago. It is supposed to avoid fuzzy stuff in the tension disks of the machine. So far it's working for me. First heard this on Sewing With Nancy way back when.

I have been doing that for several years. I read it somewhere that you should raise your pressure foot then cut the thread at the spool and pull out at the bottom. I don't mind wasting a few inches of thread.

I just heard this tip a couple of years ago and so I do it that way now. I learned to sew in a sewing class in high school but we still had treadle machines. Maybe our teacher had never heard of this tip either. Our first project was a sheath style jumper. Some company had donated many many yards of this nice weight fabric and we all made the same pattern. I wore that jumper for years with or without a blouse, with or without a belt. I wish I still had it. We also made dresses, skirts, blouses, baby clothes, and yes I think we made an apron. The teacher also taught us the importance of a seam ripper.

Makes perfect sense to do the same with the bobbin thread, but I would never have thought of it. Thanks for adding this tip Jan.

I've always done it this way, don't remember ever being taught this, it just makes sense to keep everything moving in the same direction. Kind of like driving in the right lane to me, never really thought about it.