Bobbin Holders
 

Does anyone know of a bobbin holder that will hold bobbins for the Bernina 820? They are wider than regular bobbins. Thanks.

I have an 830 and I would love to know also!!!!!!

Here is the spine that tartan was talking about. http://images2.mybinding.com/www.myb...astic-comb.jpg

I have the answer to this one and found it by sheer luck ,my daughter gave me a small box of chocolates called FERRERO collection holds nine chocolates.....when you have eaten the delights in the container they then fit the bobbin of my 830 perfectly I now have two them one for bobbinfil bobbins the other for sewing thread . Cathy

I have the round wheel sort of rubber things...three of them, 2 for embroidery thread and one for sewing thread, the width doesn't matter, just holds a few less...I have one for each machine in a different color so I can keep track as they don't play well in the wrong machine.

The cerlox coils should work as they come in different sizes. Just get the right size.

You can buy the large bobbins in a little plastic tube with a screw off top with a ring on the end.
I think it's 5 per container.

Would empty prescription pill bottles work? Your pharmacy will sell you empty ones without labels on them. Granted, most I've seen are see through brown color, but they have lids and come in different sizes. Just a thought...

Anita

also can use clear vinyl tubing from Lowes or Home Depot - cut it to fit the width of the bobbin, then cut thru one side so it opens up to slip the bobbin in. When it's all cut correctly, each piece looks like a C, or an O with a slit in one side. Tubing comes in various sizes - buy one slightly smaller than the filled bobbin so it has pressure to stay closed.

Connecting Threads carries a Clover bobbin tree.....works for multiple size bobbins....I love mine

http://www.connectingthreads.com/Too...r__D81920.HTML

Plus, I bet your bobbins smell wonderful! :)

Sorry about the drawing. This is one I saw a few days ago. It can be adapted to anything. I would make each upright to hold no more than 5 , so not a great deal of pulling off. Size of dowel to fit bobbin. Could have different sizes o each block. Could find I'm sure othe uprights even nails .

bobbin holders
 

I use toe separators sold for holding your toes apart when you paint your toenails, buy them in the £1 shop(dollar tree for us) and store them in a shallow drawer so that I can see the colour of the threads

cathyre: and you get a bonus...chocolate and then storage. It's win/win!

This looks really cool, thank you!!!!!

Does the 830 use the M size bobbins? I've got one of the rubber doughnuts like I do for my regular (L) bobbins, but periodically one squeaks out of it. It definitely holds the smaller bobbins more securely.

K

That's how I bought mine but you can't see the color in the bobbins without opening up the tube.

I have a suggestion that works for me as I have many different size bobbins, I get an extra soda straw when I buy a drink and when I get home I place it on a dowel on my thread stand and put bobbins of each size on the straw, can see all of the colors and know what machine they go with as I have a thread stand for cotton, embroidery, polyester.ect.

Mine were clear with a red top, so I guess I am lucky that I can see mine.



If you are wanting to store your bobbins in a drawer, cut thin strips of wood, to create a trough for your bobbins to stand on edge, so you can see the colour of thread. BEcause I do not have a full row, I put a bobbin sits in flat and up tight to prevent the standing ones from falling over.

I'm assuming you mean 830, not 820. The 830 bobbins have metal on one side that the machine reads. These bobbins need to be stored so the metal isn't scratched and worn off. The donut shapped bobbin holders are made in a larger size to fit the 830 bobbins. The Fresno, ca Bernina dealer, Sierra Fiber Arts, carries them.
My 830 came with a plastic box that fits them. I think I'll cut disks of cotton batting to fit between them.

I purchased weekly pill containers fron the dollar store. The bobbins fit just fine and at $1 each you can have one for each color family.

Both machines use the same bobbin, so what difference does it make?

Terribly sorry to have made an error. Will you ever forgive me? I wasn't aware there was an 820. I thought it was 810 and 830 and now the 880.

Yes there is both an 820 and 830.

Go to the dollar store and look for the little sponge thingies that you put between your toes when you do a pedicure. They have wide slits in them for your toes and work wonderfully to hold bobbins and since they are sponge type plastic, they will "stretch" to accommodate different sizes. Each one holds five bobbins.

go to Harbor Freight get a magnetic parts holder that men use, and just toss em in

I buy the pony tail holders they make for little girls that are made of stretch terry loops. You get a gazillion for a dollar at dollar stores, put one around the bobbin to secure the thread ends, then I just put different thread types in different bowls, but you could make your own bags if you like.

I don't have a Bernina, but my Kenmore's metallic bobbins happily live in a magnetic bobbin holder. If the Bernina has computerized parts would slightly magnetized bobbins mess it up? If not, this might work for you.

Alison

You can also go to the sports department at Walmart and buy fishing tackle boxes which are divided into sections. I have 3 which are about 5 by5 and they hold many, many bobbin. I cut a dowel to string the bobbins on before I lay them into the compartments.

This is what I do too, but I write in permanent ink on the side of the rubber wheel what machine the bobbins fit; that way I don't have to find a different color of wheel each time as it is sometimes hard to do. I really like these, they are easy to use and store well.

Years ago before I had so many bobbins to deal with, I used an ice tray that had been in one of those small refrigerators. It was sort of a mini tray. Also have seen the idea of using a cut off drink straw to run thru the thread spool (just a little longer than the spool). Then the bobbin sets on top of the matching spool of thread.

Empty Altoid mint boxes. They work great. I keep a box for cotton filled bobbins, and one for polyester.

Mmmm. This may be weird but I use the little toe separator thingies from my pedicures to hold my big bobbins for my long arm quilter. They work great.

I use the empty container from test strips used by diabetics to carry several bobbins in my "to go" hand sewing basket. This way I have several different colors that will work on whatever I am currently working on. The little black containers have a great snap on lid.

Have you tried the m&m Mini containers they are to big for my singer and baby lock but they are larger.