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12-07-2010, 03:51 PM

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Shelley

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It all depends on what I'm working on. I had one quilt that took about a bobbin per block, and I'm using the M size bobbins - the big ones, with Bottom Line (a thin thread)! Here's a link to that quilt:

http://wheatridgestudios.blogspot.co...t-is-done.html

Everything in the background of the white blocks was pebbled to raise the design in the middle.

12-07-2010, 03:54 PM

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grann of 6

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Originally Posted by Sadiemae

Just curious how many bobbins you use in a day. I don't think my bobbins are any smaller than others, and I have emptied 11 bobbins in the last two day. This is on a Viking Mega Quilter. How many do you use?

It depends on what I am working on, but I usually fill 3 bobbins before I ever start sewing so I don't have to stop to fill a bobbin. The basics white, ecru, grey, black, I try to have 4 or 5 filled and ready to go. I don't usually keep track of how many I actually use, but I know it's a lot.

12-07-2010, 04:16 PM

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tutty

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WOW !! Have I got a lot to catch up to you all !!!! WOW WOW WOW !!

12-07-2010, 04:31 PM

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IAmCatOwned

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If I'm piecing, no more than 2 bobbins. If I'm quilting, no more than 6. Longer than that and I get really bad shoulder pain!

12-07-2010, 05:35 PM

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Dingle

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Originally Posted by okiepastor

I go through at least a couple an hour piecing...sometimes eight a day or so, depends on what else I am doing....

Holy cow! That seems like some fast sewing. (Or I'm really slow) If I sew for 6-7 hours, I might use 2 bobbins. Yep, I'm slow :lol:

12-07-2010, 06:42 PM

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okiepastor

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Originally Posted by Dingle

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Originally Posted by okiepastor

I go through at least a couple an hour piecing...sometimes eight a day or so, depends on what else I am doing....

Holy cow! That seems like some fast sewing. (Or I'm really slow) If I sew for 6-7 hours, I might use 2 bobbins. Yep, I'm slow :lol:

I worked a short stint in a factory--was faster than most of the workers who had been there for years, but have been sewing---GULP--over 50 years now! My friends say my speed scares them!

12-07-2010, 06:59 PM

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littleone

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Originally Posted by amma

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Originally Posted by pookie ookie

I've never thought about it. Whenever I change a bobbin, I think, "Girl, you should design machines with ginormous bobbins. You'd be a billionaire."

I am still waiting for them to invent a bobbin-less machine... run the thread straight off the spool :D:D:D

Now that would be the best upgrade to any sewing machine.

12-08-2010, 04:38 AM

#28

fabricfairy

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I just love the larger sized bobbin on my 830 Bernina , i use on a good day of sewing 3 bobbins and if I am heavy in to embroidery may be 4/5 in a day.Just love my Bernina .