Prewound bobbins vs other
03-20-2011, 05:11 AM
#21
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I had a sewing machine problem once, and come to find out I had the wrong bobbin in the machine, so I shy from pre-wound bobbins! If it is not made for my machine, I don't buy just any type of bobbin; wound up that I needed repairs to fix the bobbin carriage - hmmmmmmmmmmm... costly!
03-20-2011, 05:21 AM
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So who makes this bobbin winder? The Sidewinder won't wind Viking bobbins.
Originally Posted by scowlkat
I buy the prewounds for embroidery bobbin thread. They are wound much tighter, more even and I find I go through fewer bobbin changes. For my regular piecing and machine quilting, I wind my own bobbins but I did purchase a bobbin winder (not that sidewinder thing) that feeds vertically and winds almost as tight as the commercial prewounds.
It all comes down to what you care to spend your time and money for I guess.
It all comes down to what you care to spend your time and money for I guess.
03-20-2011, 06:02 AM
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Dee,
You are so funny but I agree with you 100%. I like to use the same thread on the top and bottom. When you are making a quilt you use so much thread buying prewound bobbins would be cost prohibitive. Also, what do you do with the bobbins when they are empty? Add them to the landfill? Reuse? Then you are back to winding your own bobbins. It doesn't take that long to wind bobbins.
Marie
You are so funny but I agree with you 100%. I like to use the same thread on the top and bottom. When you are making a quilt you use so much thread buying prewound bobbins would be cost prohibitive. Also, what do you do with the bobbins when they are empty? Add them to the landfill? Reuse? Then you are back to winding your own bobbins. It doesn't take that long to wind bobbins.
Marie
03-20-2011, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by quiltingsavta
I also use the pre-wound for embroidery and then wind my own for other sewing. It's true, less bobbin changes and that's important when you are doing a big design that can take over an hour to do.
03-20-2011, 06:42 AM
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I use prewound bobbins for my Viking embroidery unless I am making the embroidery to be seen on both sides and then I use the embroidery thread. My LA came with a dozen prewound bobbins and it also winds a bobbin when/or when not quilting.
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