Pre-wound bobbins
#21
Originally Posted by Candace
Originally Posted by QultingaddictUK
I am confused to how and when you would use prewound bobbins because in most of my quilting projects I find, for tension reasons, that I need to have the same type of thread top and bottom. Are they just for embroidery?
#22
I LOVE the pre-wound bobbins for quilting - I use a size L in my Singer 15's, Lady Kenmore 89, Kenmore 1802 and Kenmore 1803.
The shiny thread looks beautiful on the backs of the quilts I've used it on and a bobbin lasts a long time (a little over half an hour of steady FMQ)
I buy a gross of them for about $30 and I think I figured that with shipping, they were costing about 25¢ each. I use 6-12 bobbins per quilt. (I normally use more bobbins than that, so I think the bobbins hold quite a bit more thread than those I wind on the machine.
I'd like to find something similar with matte thread - maybe even in colors like natural, light grey and black. A very fine thread like this shiny stuff, only looks like cotton?
Anyone got a source for pre-wounds like that?
The shiny thread looks beautiful on the backs of the quilts I've used it on and a bobbin lasts a long time (a little over half an hour of steady FMQ)
I buy a gross of them for about $30 and I think I figured that with shipping, they were costing about 25¢ each. I use 6-12 bobbins per quilt. (I normally use more bobbins than that, so I think the bobbins hold quite a bit more thread than those I wind on the machine.
I'd like to find something similar with matte thread - maybe even in colors like natural, light grey and black. A very fine thread like this shiny stuff, only looks like cotton?
Anyone got a source for pre-wounds like that?
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
size "M" is for longarms...size "L" is for regular machines. HOWEVER, not all machines can take them. Berninas, Husqvarna/Vikings, and Pfaff usually can not use any of the prewound bobbins.
Signature makes a nice cotton one, and Superior threads has the Alex Anderson Masterpiece threads...LOVE them both.
I have been using the Signature ones for about 10 years now. They fit my vintage singer, my Janome Jem platinum, and my Elna with no issues!
Signature makes a nice cotton one, and Superior threads has the Alex Anderson Masterpiece threads...LOVE them both.
I have been using the Signature ones for about 10 years now. They fit my vintage singer, my Janome Jem platinum, and my Elna with no issues!
I use the NEBS plastic pre-wound bobbins in both my Husqvqrna/Viking D-1 and SE always have and I have never had a problem. Also use them in my Brother with out a problem.
#24
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Originally Posted by May in Jersey
Originally Posted by AudreyB
I use them in my Pfaff 7570 all the time. No problems. I was told that in this machine I should take the cardboard ends off, so that is what I do. Works great.
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
size "M" is for longarms...size "L" is for regular machines. HOWEVER, not all machines can take them. Berninas, Husqvarna/Vikings, and Pfaff usually can not use any of the prewound bobbins.
Signature makes a nice cotton one, and Superior threads has the Alex Anderson Masterpiece threads...LOVE them both.
I have been using the Signature ones for about 10 years now. They fit my vintage singer, my Janome Jem platinum, and my Elna with no issues!
Signature makes a nice cotton one, and Superior threads has the Alex Anderson Masterpiece threads...LOVE them both.
I have been using the Signature ones for about 10 years now. They fit my vintage singer, my Janome Jem platinum, and my Elna with no issues!
#26
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Originally Posted by magpiefeather
I have a ton of bobbins already wound. I also have a sidewinder, a gift I love, and I can't see getting prewounds but I guess my machine can't use them anyway.(Bernina virtuosa 153 QE). I can see the sense of using them for embroidery though.
I must be doing something wrong with my sidewinder. The tension isn't consistant. Is it the type of thread I use or the operator?
Thanks for your advice.
#27
Originally Posted by lclang
Originally Posted by May in Jersey
Originally Posted by AudreyB
I use them in my Pfaff 7570 all the time. No problems. I was told that in this machine I should take the cardboard ends off, so that is what I do. Works great.
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