GrannieAnnie

Do any of you have trouble with thread sliding off the new Coats and Clarks thread spools as you sew? How do you overcome the problem?

The machine I'm using right now has a vertical thread holder. There's not enough shoulder on the new spools to keep the thread on the spool and not sliding down to the spool pin.

I'm trying to think of a way to convert the spool holder to one of the horizontal holders. Not terrible mechanically inclined so it may take me a while.

almond

Do you put the little white disk over the spool to hold it on? Also with Coats N Clark be sure the side of the spool that has the notch in it is facing down to the bottom of the spool holder.

Krisb

You can get a thread net. Goes over the spool in use to keep the thread from flying off the spool.

QuiltnNan

this is what i do

sewmary

I use the white disk holder-on-er thingy that came with machine and the spool stays put. There is probably some technical name for the thing!

Peckish

Lol my disks are orange, but I agree - use a disk. Here's what it looks like, before and after.

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omaluvs2quilt

I've never heard of a thread net before. Just did a search and I see...you can leave it on while sewing? Don't want to sound silly, but where should the thread come out?

grma33

check out superior threads new thread holder i just got it and love it
the directions on back did not show why you would use hole 2 so make sure you watch all three videos as there are different ways to thread for different spools
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1NZulO_FSw
Gale

Peckish

The net holds the thread close to the spool and it comes off the top. I'm not sure this would work for those spools that have the slit on the edge.

ThayerRags

I’m not sure everyone caught the part about “vertical thread holder”. On most sewing machines equipped with a vertical spool pin, the thread feeds off of the side of the spool. Also, I take “new Coats and Clarks thread spools” to mean the Coats XP line on new spools that no longer have the notch in the rim.

If you’re not using a felt pad under your spool, try one and see if it helps. They’re meant to limit the amount of “free-wheeling” that the spool can do when more thread is called for by the mechanism.

CD in Oklahoma