I place the cone of thread (serger or quilting/embroidery cones) in a tall glass or jar set behind and close to my machine...I run the thread up through the guide (I have a Futura, so this would be the guide above the spool holder...but if you have a spool holder up top..you can use a large paper clip to make a thread guide...loop it around the spool pin, tape it...have other end out and looped...and that's what you feed the thread through...thing is to have the thread unfurl straight up, not at an angle. There are cone holders you can get...or, in a pinch...a clothes hanger hung on a curtain above the cone of thread works...long ways to the machine...but it works.
Once you have a guide above the cone...do your bobbins as you usually do.
Originally Posted by
FabricHeaven
As a relative new quilter, I have followed this discussion with interest. My question is how do I wind a bobbin from a cone? I have just picked up sewing after a 30 year absence and am only familiar with winding bobbins from small spools of thread. Thanks very much.