Quilt-along 2021

[Edel]

I made a tutorial on leaders and enders, with photos. I hope it’s clear, let me know if it’s not.

@Whistlefish @Magpie

Leaders and enders for sewing, how and why

Our quiltalong has had a bit of discussion about leaders and enders, and I wanted to add some visuals. This is not an original ideas, I’m guessing it existed as long as sewing machines were invented. But Bonnie Hunter quiltville has written a book about it. The problem that this solves When starting a seam, especially little points like this, the machine will often eat the points and/or create a thread nest. [IMG_20210131_102008] The solution Cut lots of small squares(or any other shape!) …