Does your machine bite?
#31
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I do use leaders, particularly if I'm piecing triangles, as my machine has been known to chew/bite the fabric from time to time. I know if I changed my throat plate to the single hole plate it would happen less, however, I frequently switch from straight to zig-zag stitching, so having the larger throat saves needles and my patience.
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#34
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: A Few miles from Lake Michigan, In.
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Yes, I use starters and enders. They save me a lot of thread and if my machine decides to act goofy, it saves my fabric. I had never heard of them until I was in a class that was taught by my local quilting store owner. She asked were my "thread bunny" was. I just looked at her...duh? She said that she had dust bunnies under her bed, so she used a small piece of fabric at the beginning of sewing and end so that she wouldn't have to clean up by her sewing machine. So, yes, I use my thread bunny for sewing. Hugs
#35
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Location: Moved from Missouri to California June2013 have 1 son 2 daughters, all grown and 2 cats
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What's a leader and what's an Enders and how does a machine bite? I sewed my finger once and that bit but otherwise I'm confused!
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#36
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Location: Illinois/Wisconsin
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My Pfaff and my Brothers both bit...bite? I bought a single-hole plate for my Pfaff. It helped but then I forgot and tried to zig zag and Oh, boy! So to answer your question. I call them "starters" and "stoppers". They are a tremendous help to me. Great question.
#40
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Location: Texas
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I called them all leaders, because as someone else said, the ender for the group you are stitching now becomes the leader for the next group you start stitching. But I am a secretary in the "real" (as opposed to quilting) world, so started using the terms headers and footers, which are word processing terms for the top and bottom margins of a page.
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