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Old 01-05-2011, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by raptureready
I'd be happy with just a bobbin holder that would take a whole spool or cone.
Indeed! I've always thought that that there ought to be a way to set the spool on the back of the machine and run the thread through a little channel which had a thread tension and pick-up lane. With modern technology, why has this one feature remained the same?
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Old 01-05-2011, 03:11 PM
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I just got the HQ Sweet Sixteen sit-down quilting machine. It has a count of the number of stitches that keeps track overall but also can have a "trip" odometer that tracks for a single project. Pretty cool! I'm also amazed at the bobbin. I am about 1/3 way through quilting a queen sized quilt and still on the first bobbin. I think I'm in love.
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Old 01-05-2011, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by olebat
Originally Posted by raptureready
I'd be happy with just a bobbin holder that would take a whole spool or cone.
Indeed! I've always thought that that there ought to be a way to set the spool on the back of the machine and run the thread through a little channel which had a thread tension and pick-up lane. With modern technology, why has this one feature remained the same?
I agree. It seems if the top thread can come off a spool or cone, the bottom thread should be able to as well. Seems like a feature that draw lots of sewers to buy a new machine.
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Old 01-05-2011, 04:16 PM
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I think this is the things that all quilters and sewers would love!!!
Originally Posted by raptureready
I'd be happy with just a bobbin holder that would take a whole spool or cone.
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Old 01-05-2011, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Izaquilter
Originally Posted by raptureready
I'd be happy with just a bobbin holder that would take a whole spool or cone.
We need to get together! I was thinking the same exact thing not too long ago! Why can't there be an invention where the bobbin feeds off a spool of thread on the outside so you never need to fill a bobbin! That can be our million dollar invention!
That would be great!!! I hate filling bobbins.
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Considering the top thread has to go around the bobbin underneath, can you imagine how BIG the machine that took a cone in the bottom would be??? EYEROLL
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Old 01-05-2011, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by raptureready
I'd be happy with just a bobbin holder that would take a whole spool or cone.
Love to be the inventor of that product
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Old 01-05-2011, 04:56 PM
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My sewing machines count the stitches they have done ,
so you know how many hours you have been at the machine
also helps when you want to sell a machine you can prove how much it has sewn. Cathy
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Old 01-05-2011, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Izaquilter
Originally Posted by raptureready
I'd be happy with just a bobbin holder that would take a whole spool or cone.
We need to get together! I was thinking the same exact thing not too long ago! Why can't there be an invention where the bobbin feeds off a spool of thread on the outside so you never need to fill a bobbin! That can be our million dollar invention!
I have been working in the shoe industry for 30 years now;and every one of my coworkers have said the exact same thing!You really notice it when changing a bobbin cuts into your piece-work money.Cuz when you aren't sewing some piece of prduction -you aren't making any money!

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oh that would be wicked!
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I'd be happy with just a bobbin holder that would take a whole spool or cone.
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