Originally Posted by justwannaquilt
For large spools that don't fit on my machine I grab a coffee cup, set it BEHIND my sewing machine inline with the spool pin. I put the spool in the cup and pull the end up, and to the RIGHT side of the spool pin I then put it around the front of the spool pin, and then go on to thread the machine like normal. I have NEVER had any trouble doing it this way and I pretty much do ALL my piecing this way!
I would take a picture but my camera battery died at the baseball game last night and I am to lazy to charge it right this moment! lol
That's exactly what I do!!!