Quote Originally Posted by starlover View Post
I've been taught to pull the bottom thread up to the top of the quit before you start the stitching. This keeps knots from forming on the back of your quilt. This youtube shows what I'm trying to explain at about the 2 : 05 minute mark. I also like to hide each of the thread tails inside the quilt, instead of snipping them off. This gives a little more security to the end of your quilting lines.
This is how I learned to do it too. It only takes a few practice tries to be able to pull the bobbin thread up and quilt a bit, then knot them and just make sure you don't go back over them, and then after you are done quilting you bury the ends with a hand sewing needle.