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Old 04-22-2010, 05:08 PM
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Hey everyone, i have some serger thread that i want to try on my regular sewing machine, you know, the type of thread that's on those big cones. How can i get the big cone to work on my machine?
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Old 04-22-2010, 05:17 PM
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Doe you have a post for the larger size thread ? My machine has two holders .

Another thing I have seen is there is some kind of post that holds it behind the machine maybe Clotildes ???
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Old 04-22-2010, 05:28 PM
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hey sharon, no just a regular post, maybe i will have to wind it onto bobbins and use4 a bobbin on the top of my machine
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Barb, www.TheThreadExchange.com


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Old 04-22-2010, 06:38 PM
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The cones used on a serger need to have the thread pulled from the top. You can find at any store where you find sewing supplies a thread holder that will pull the thread from the top and direct it to your machine. I found this one:

http://www.clotilde.com/detail.html?prod_id=700
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Old 04-22-2010, 06:47 PM
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Oh Maride, thank you, now i get it lol i didnt know the thread got pulled from the top :) :) :)
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Glad I could help.
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Old 04-22-2010, 07:39 PM
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In a pinch you can tape a needle to the top of your machine with the eye pointing away from the machine. Place your cone under the needle, bring the thread through the eye and then thread your machine.
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I have some serger thread also. Is it ok to use it in a regular sewing machine? I thought I read somewhere on this board that it wasn't a good idea?
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I just set the cone on the table at the end of my sewing machine (close to my machine) and bring the thread up the end of the sewing machine and across the top and thread it the regular way. On the top of my machine I just bring the thread on one side of the post and that holds it from falling off. I never have had any problems with it comming off the top of the cone this way. I do this alot with big projects that take alot of thread.
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