Pulling Up Threads
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Pulling Up Threads
I'm trying to be good and bury threads.
Obviously, I can pull up the bobbin thread at the beginning, but how do you pull up the bobbin thread when you finish a line of stitching so you can bury it?
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Obviously, I can pull up the bobbin thread at the beginning, but how do you pull up the bobbin thread when you finish a line of stitching so you can bury it?
Watson
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The only reason you pull up the bobbin thread at the beginning is to avoid getting a birds nest on the back. Many people leave the bobbin tails when ending a line of quilting and bury from the back. You can also pull up your bobbin thread at the end the same way you do it in the beginning but it can be difficult if you are one to make several teeny tiny stitches when finishing a line of quilting. You don't need to do that if you plan on knotting and burying so may as well skip the locking stitches and simply pull your bobbin thread to the top by leaving a generous tail and lightly tugging your top thread to coax the bobbin thread to the top.
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I always bring the bobbin thread to the top when I cut my threads. I just hold the top thread, needle down, needle up, give the top thread a tug the bobbin thread comes up. Same method as starting I use for ending. Even after doing a few tiny lock stitches. Then I just clip both threads flush .
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I am in the pull the bobbin thread to the top at the start and end camp.
.... CKCowl described it well as to the how to.
Agree, it is not really necessary, but I tend to wait and do several burials later.
By bringing it to the top, I know where they are, and it is less likely that the threads will get caught up, tangled, stitched in ... and a mess created, until I do those group burials!
.... CKCowl described it well as to the how to.
Agree, it is not really necessary, but I tend to wait and do several burials later.
By bringing it to the top, I know where they are, and it is less likely that the threads will get caught up, tangled, stitched in ... and a mess created, until I do those group burials!
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I always bring the bobbin thread to the top when I cut my threads. I just hold the top thread, needle down, needle up, give the top thread a tug the bobbin thread comes up. Same method as starting I use for ending. Even after doing a few tiny lock stitches. Then I just clip both threads flush .
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