Sheagatzi Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Okay, this is bothering me. When I pull up my threads, my bobbin thread is a stitch further than my top thread. When I do my knot, it either has to go in the bobbin hole or the top thread hole, but there will still be that little bit of discrepancy in the finished stitch. This really bothers me, because if I go in the 'top thread' hole, then my bobbin thread shows, if I go to my bobbin thread hole, the top thread looks a little out of alignment. Am I being too picky? How do YOU bury your threads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferBernard Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 When you tie your knot pull the knot towards the bobbin thread hole. Then you can bury in that hole and have the top thread show on the top! Does that make sense? And no you are not being too picky, you are paying attention to the details which make for excellent quilting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaSteller Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Wow. How big are your quilt stitches? I think you may be way over-thinking this. I finish my quilting line with a few very small stitches. I pull up the bobbin thread and, if I'm not going to simply snip them off (which I do most of the time), I take a self threading needle, pop the thread ends in, and simply bury the threads. I choose either hole, it really doesn't matter to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 I always knot and bury and I bury into the bobbin hole. Like Jennifer said tie the knot close to the bobbin hole and when you pop it through the middle of your sandwich you won't see where you stop and ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheagatzi Posted April 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 okay thanks. I am overthinking this, I know, but yesterday as I was burying a bunch (I had multiple thread breaks grrr) it started to get to me. My stitch is set at 10.5 on regulated. I don't bury if I've taken tiny stitches, just when I've run out of thread, or had thread breaks. I have one client who requests threads to be buried as well. When I put the top thread into the bobbin hole, it just looks like a bit longer than the other stitches, that's why I'm over thinking it. And perhaps I have become too picky. Who knew?? If only my house cleaning was that superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggienoella Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Thank you for asking this question. I thought I was doing something wrong when the threads didn't come up closer together although my stiches were small. I'll follow their suggestions as well. Joan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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