How do you know your bobbin is out of thread?
#41
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Originally Posted by tlrnhi
Just have to keep checking unless you want to go out and buy one of those nice machines that beeps when the bobbin is about to run out.
#42
Like mar32348, if I'm using one of my machines that doesn't give a warning,I mark my bobbin thread after the bobbin has wound a few times with a wash-out blue marker. The marking stays on but washes out easily. You can also hold the marker against the thread as it makes the first couple of winds.
#45
I know I have run out of thread when I take the fabric out of the machine and the seams fall apart. It is infuriating, but I forget to check the (transparent) bobbin. When I do realise the bobbin is looking a bit low I almost will the last run of thread to keep going to the end of the seam. I also talk to the machine and threaten it. DH looks at me and shakes his head sadly. The one thing missing on my Janome 4900 is an independent bobbin winder. I really ought to invest in a sidewinder.
#46
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Originally Posted by nantucketsue
I also talk to the machine and threaten it. DH looks at me and shakes his head sadly.
#47
Originally Posted by tkhooper
Well it's all in the title.
I was sewing this great big long seam with lots of pins in it. I was taking out the pins as I went because my machine doesn't like going over them. And then I get to the end and the thread is just loose.
I had run out of bobbin thread. Is there a way to avoid this?
I was sewing this great big long seam with lots of pins in it. I was taking out the pins as I went because my machine doesn't like going over them. And then I get to the end and the thread is just loose.
I had run out of bobbin thread. Is there a way to avoid this?
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