Originally Posted by willferg
This drives me nuts, too. I wish they made bobbins to hold an equal amount of thread as a spool, so both would run out at the same time!
Laurie
I have an old treadle machine (my grandmother's) that actually uses a spool of thread in the bobbin!! I made baby clothes on that machine for both my girls...most beautiful straight stitch ever! Sadly, the spools nowadays don't fit the bobbin case...it takes the old short wooden spools.