Originally Posted by pocoellie
(Post 6861046)
I don't have a featherweight, but I use these snips from:http://www.mygoodscissors.com/ThreadNippers.htm, item # 6204. The company has excellent prices and service.
Cari |
Me, too, JMiller. Ummmmmmmmmmmm, dog bone? New one on me--or should I say "I learn something new every day.
And, I, too am of the scissors/snips crowd. Those thread cutters never did work for me--too awkward and I guess I am just too set in my own ways to try to make something that I am not accustomed to, work. The HV has automatic thread cutters that you push a button to make it work, and it cuts the thread so short that you are sure that it won't pick up for the next seam, but it does. I did get used to using that one. |
I didn't know there was a cutter on a FW.
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I use a scrap of fabric called starters and another when the seam in done called an ender. I cut the threads with a small pair is scissors. You save thread by using a starter and ender.
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I use thread bunnies too as much as possible, but sometimes it's not possible. For instance, stops and starts while quilting in the middle of a quilt.
Cari |
Originally Posted by Cari-in-Oly
(Post 6866841)
I use thread bunnies too as much as possible, but sometimes it's not possible. For instance, stops and starts while quilting in the middle of a quilt.
Cari CD in Oklahoma |
Originally Posted by ThayerRags
(Post 6866951)
What’s a “thread bunny”? My wife and I use leaders and enders.....
CD in Oklahoma Cari |
Thanks Cari.
CD in Oklahoma |
Same here - I'd rather have the walking foot on it than a threadcutter. My walking foot stays on one machine and I piece wiith another machine.
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Originally Posted by Cari-in-Oly
(Post 6863722)
A small ceramic sharpener-
https://lansky.com/index.php/products/mini-dog-bone/ I don't remember where I got mine, I've had it for years. Cari I use the thread cutter only when I've left the thread snips at the other side of the room, and yes the cutter never works very well. Even if you use it and it works as well as it can, you're still left with a dog-eared bit of thread,and if it comes out of the needle for any reason (like you haven't noticed the thread bar is quite low), you'll have to reach for the snips anyway so you can re-thread it. My latest 201 didn't come with one, and I haven't really missed it. Hmm... now I'm thinking blu-tack the snips case to the machine or tie them on the machine somewhere. Those ones listed second in pocoellie's URL are $1.50 at my local shop, and I buy them three at a time when I go to the shop: When demonstrating a machine, I'll use them and if the buyer hasn't seen them before, they always love them and I let them have the snips with the machine. Such a cheap but amazingly useful tool. |
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