Interest, I used to begin and end threads that way, back in my days of predominately ,in the ditch quilting, crosshatching, straight line stuff. Now I do so many designs that swirl and curve and getting that tail under the line of stitching wasn't always feasable. Now I use a one wrap quilters knot, well buried in the batting to start the thread, and a colonial knot ( the knot you use in candlewicking) to end the thread, weaving that tail into the batting where I might catch it with the next thread a time or two.

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