Originally Posted by mommamac
once I saw a 'tab like' thing that was put into hole at top of spool - of course I wasn't sewing then so didn't pay attention to details & haven't seen it since. Hope someone has an answer for you because I'm going to use it too!
Clotildes and Nancy's Notions has them. I bought them and use them all the time. It keeps the bobbins together with the spool of thread. I tuck the threads under the little plastic thingy. (I think that's the 'technical' name for them!)