How do you store used spools and bobbins?
10-16-2011, 01:32 PM
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I got a bunch of 3X4 zip lock baggies at the dollar store. I put the thread and bobbin (if there is one) in the baggie. Then I throw it in a tub. I have 3 plastic tubs, neutrals, hots & cools. I probably have over 100 spools stored this way and I don't have a problem finding what I want. Keeps the thread clean, untangled and out of the light.
10-16-2011, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Tammy
How do any of you store bobbins with spools? There has to be an easy way, but I just haven't been able to figure out anything.
The easiest andn cheapest method I know is to put a Q-tip in the spool hole and add the bobbin over the Q-tip.
The easiest andn cheapest method I know is to put a Q-tip in the spool hole and add the bobbin over the Q-tip.
10-16-2011, 01:45 PM
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Don't have enough bobbins to keep like that. I use up the bobbins on the next piecing project if I can.
Just bought a nifty parts container at Harbor Freight to keep my different machine bobbins in. Cheap too!
Just bought a nifty parts container at Harbor Freight to keep my different machine bobbins in. Cheap too!
10-17-2011, 04:05 AM
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Some of these ideas are GREAT.
I used my DD (when she was little I learned this) soft hair ties. You know the cloth covered rubber bands. I put it around the bobbin and the spool of thread. Keeps them together and pinches the bobbin thread so it doesn't come unwound. I put the spool on a wooden spool rack there is usually a enough clearance between the spools.
I used my DD (when she was little I learned this) soft hair ties. You know the cloth covered rubber bands. I put it around the bobbin and the spool of thread. Keeps them together and pinches the bobbin thread so it doesn't come unwound. I put the spool on a wooden spool rack there is usually a enough clearance between the spools.
10-17-2011, 04:12 AM
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Oh, I have been pondering this topic myself! What a lot of great ideas!!!! I have been tossing bobbin and spool into a tupperware container since they were just all over the place... I am going to try all these ideas out! Thanks a big bunch!
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