My daughter brought me about twenty spools of the big thread, and the adapter I made for my 1960 singer machine worked fine. Howere the new machine I brought don't have a spindel long enough to fit. I brought the plastic thread holder from Joanns, and of course was put off by its light weigth and inability to stand up when I'm winding bobbins. I thought about it and it was as simple as velcro dots for general use. Two grippers behind where my machines set, and two loops on the stand. Because the thread goes up through the bend it works for all three types of home machines made in the years 1955, 2000, and 2007. There are also the steel spool trees, use on industrial sewing machines, like the one sitting in my basement doing nothing, but it was too tall for my home machines. You can get them on line. From what I have seen in advertisment of machine for quilters, they are getting pretty high, and one of them might work.