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03-03-2010, 06:30 AM

#41

shrabar

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Patrica where in MO do you live I live in Cape Girardeau

03-03-2010, 05:27 PM

#42

martha jo

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My machines are all older so can' t imagine such a feature. Everytime I start though I am in the habit of holding both threads for a few stitches so don't know how much it would help. Anyway I love my older two Berninas, my Elna and my Brother 6500 and then my Gem Gold and my Featherweight. Can't justify another machine.

03-03-2010, 06:48 PM

#43

vickig626

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Location: Lansing, MI

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RatherB Quilting

OH MY GOSH! Sewing machines come with low bobbin indicators????? I NEED one of those! I cannot TELL you how many times the bobbin eating monster has attacked me! I hear it giggle with every seam I sew! It usually strikes within the first three inches of a border seam...which I don't notice till I reach the end!

Have this feature on my Babylock....would never buy another machine without it. It works on a laser sensor so if your bobbin area gets too full of lint, the sensor can't do its job so it's important to keep that area very clean.

03-04-2010, 01:52 AM

#44

peppermint31

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Location: Iowa, Preston

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Quote:

Originally Posted by shrabar

Patrica where in MO do you live I live in Cape Girardeau

I lived in Napoleon. It was a a very nice little town about 35 miles east of KC

03-04-2010, 08:03 AM

#45

shrabar

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ok thank you happy quilting...shrabnar

03-04-2010, 01:05 PM

#46

ProudGranny5

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Me...I wish for a machine with a larger bobbin. LOL
Thinking a bobbin size of around quarter size or bigger.

03-04-2010, 06:58 PM

#47

Tallulah

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Location: Central Louisiana

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Miss Mona

I start with a full bobbin in the bobbin. All the partial bobbins I use for my top thread. Several weeks ago I had dozens of partial bobbins and used them for piecing a quilt. The color doesn't matter when you make a scrappy quilt. When I think I am getting low on the bobbin, I remove it and then finish using it in the top. You would be surprised on how many empy bobbins I now have.

Good suggestion. This way, you don't feel bad about taking out a bobbin that is only partially filled and replacing it with a full one. Besides I hate looking at a bobbin with a small amount of thread on it, but not nearly as bad as I hate sewing along and not knowing the bobbin has run out!