Pat Kuhlman Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 I am having a very hard time with my stitches not staying in. HELP HELP HELP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 is your bobbin in backwards? Thread should pull out clockwise. with the bobbin case in your palm and the bobbin faceing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 Linda, Clarify that. Is the bobbin itself spinning clockwise with the side of the bobbin facing you, and the bobbin case (with the little handle dealy) in your palm? Or is the thread coming off the upper right and the bobbin spinning counterclockwise. I think I may be using mine backwards too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 I'm a different Linda, Teresa, but....holding the case with the bobbin facing up, when you pull the thread the bobbin should spin clockwise. If you use the holey metal bobbins (holes on one side only) the solid side will be out. Pat, if this is not your problem, there are several ways to anchor stitches at the start and finish. For show quilts, usually the threads are knotted and buried in the batting--just like hand-quilting. Some do three tiny stitches in one spot to secure the start and again at the end. Some people do a tiny back-and-forth movement to secure at both ends. I was taught in a newbie class that you can also pull up the two threads and secure to one side with a pin, stitch to the end and again pull up the ending threads. Before you advance, go back and closely snip the threads and, using a needle-nose applicator, apply a tiny drop of Fray Check on the thread ends. I don't care for this method but the quilter I learned it from wins ribbons!! Hope some of this helps! Linda Rech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizziesgirl Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 Wouldn't you have problems with your stitches if your bobbin was in backwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Kuhlman Posted August 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 Thank you all. Bobbin was in right. I will try the different methods of anchoring at start and stop. maybe I wasn't doing that right will try again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigletaz Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 Check these past topics (they actually were just earlier this summer) "burying threads" and "more burying threads". Both talk about different methods for tying off and burying the ends. Lots of methods -- all seem great, you just need to find the one you're comfortable with. Good luck with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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