When the bobbin is empty are you supposed to start over?

[notsewfast]

I am machine quilting my quilt sandwich. What I want to know is...when you are sewing a line down or across the quilt, as in cross hatching, and the bobbin thread runs out somewhere on that line, are you supposed to pull the thread out and sew the whole line over or just start from where you left off? What do you do?

[BobW]

I start where the thread ran out. I try to be very careful to line up correctly.

[bubba]

What Bob said....

[Hulamoon]

One soultion is to take some stitches out and tie a knot and pull the threads into the quilt. That's if you couldn't backstitch. I did that for applique a lot. Then start a little behind your knot. I hope that made sense

[JCY]

I never back stitch when doing SITD. I just start sewing over ~ 3 stitches & continue on when doing cross hatching. When doing FMQ, I might need to rip out 5 or 6 loose stitches. But I do the same thing -- start where I left off, going over ~3 of the last stitches. I've heard of people who bury threads in the quilt. I've never done that. If your machine has a bobbin warning, you'll learn how much more you can sew before the bobbin actually runs out. I don't like to waste thread, so I usually sew till the bobbin is empty.

[klgls]

I've even continued sewing quite a bit when the bobbin is out!

[Sylvia H]

One soultion is to take some stitches out and tie a knot and pull the threads into the quilt. That's if you couldn't backstitch. I did that for applique a lot. Then start a little behind your knot. I hope that made sense

I also do this. I think it avoids having loose threads at a later point in the quilt's life.

[Meghan Plamondon]

I am a beginner, so not too fussy. I just sew over a few of the last stitches, lined up as best I can, and keep on going. If anyone notices my mistakes, they are either a very good quilter, or can fix it themselves,lol.

[jjkaiser]

Bobbin warning? I want THAT machine!

[csarina]

I undo a few stitches, thread a needle with the thread and make a knot, then bury it in the wadding by going into the line of stitches where the needle came out. Then carefully put the needle of the sewing machine in the same place and start stitching again, when I have finished I go back and thread the loose thread from the resumed stitching in the same way and bury it into the wadding.