Bobbin winder
 

Do you usually use the bobbin winder on your sewing machine to wind your bobbins
or do you usually use a separate bobbin winder?

I use the one on my machine.

i use the one on my machine. i don't have to use it very often though, because i use prewounds.

I have old machines and if it has a bobbin winder, that's what I use.

I do too use my sewing machine. I have looked at the bobbin winders and they are too much for what you already have already built into your sewing machine.

I use the one on my sewing machine. I have a separate bobbin winder for the longarm.

I use the one on my machine, and will usually fill lots of bobbins at a time so I have them when I need them.

I use the one on my machine, though I do have one of those separate bobbin winders. I thought I needed one when I first started quilting, but it wound my bobbins backwards. It was able to do them correctly when I reversed the instructions. But my sewing machine is right there....no need to drag out anything else.

I really don't like to wind bobbins, and I don't know why. It certainly only takes a few minutes to wind two or three. I seem to put it off as long as possible.

Dina

the one on the machines. I just do a dozen or so at a time.

I got a deluxe bobbin winder for Christmas. The only reason I want one is that I have about 30 vintage machines that take quite a few different bobbins and it's super quick to fill up a bunch of different ones at once using cone thread. I also have a Kenmore that is prone to the bobbin winder breaking. It's a part that's no longer available, so I don't use it on that particular machine. I spent about 30 mins. filling a ton of bobbins with neutral color thread and I should be good to go for a while. Other than my specific reasons I wouldn't have bought a bobbin winder if I just had a few machines.

I use the side winder, to wind almost all my bobbins. Just works great. If it broke I would go buy another one.

same here.

Side winder for me. I love it. I knw some folks say its flimsy, and it is, but it does the job.

I use the one on my machine... Its one of the first things I do when I sit down for a session ... I wind my bobbins.

I use a seperate one.

I use the sidewinder with my Singer and Burnette, but my Viking bobbins don't fit on it, so I use my machine for those.

Thanks for your input ladies.
I bought a side winder this past week on sale and hopefully I will put it to good use.
Hope it doesn't sit there unused while I use the one on my machine.

I switched to pre wounds. I use FilTec Glide Delights magna bobbins and Superior pre wound. If I need an exact color I will wind my own usually with the machine I'm using to sew with it. I rarely have bobbin thread issues when using the prewounds. One machine I can't use prewounds so I have to wind them using that machine.

On my Janome and Viking I use the machine, but for my Singers and the Europro I use the Sidewinder. For me it is just easier.

I tried pre-wound bobbins and the thread was so bad! At first it was breaking in the machine and I thought it was the machine. So took it out and the thread would break so easily in my hands. I believe there was 1- bobbins and all the thread was like that. It was so bad, I couldn't even use it to baste. They were given to me, so couldn't return it. I did ask where it was purchased and it turned out to be from a vendor at a quilt show. So I now just buy a cone of thread and wind 10 at a time. (Surprising how fast I go thru those.)

I use the bobbin winding function on my machines. For sewing on my DSM this is what I use.

I also have a special bobbin winder for my HQ 16 which will fit other than just the M sized bobbins. This one has a foot pedal that I added.

I almost always use my bobbin winder. I laughed at my husband when he suggested what a useful gadget it would be.
however I finally bought one Im one of those people who really investigates purchases of gadgets they usually wind up collecting dust. however this one paid off I no longer have to stop it seems like every 5 min to make a bobbin I also keep bobbins made up ahead of bobbins I use all the time like white black and off white. I even depend on the one at my mil sewing house too hardly anyone touches it but me lol. and yet again I get the honor of saying yes honey you were right lol.
Carla m

I bought a separate bobbin winder but not too happy with it. Winds my bobbins the wrong way although the instructions say it winds all types of bobbins.

I am with deedum .....my sister got me a side winder at the time i said what the -----do i want this for ....but now years later if it broke i would be the first in line to get another ...

I use the one on my machine.

Just wind several at once.

I use the sidewinder for bobbins on my Kenmore. Its bobbin winder died and it was cheaper to buy the sidewinder than to fix the Kenmore. The sidewinder looks cheap and flimsy, but it works well.

I use the bobbin winders on my machines. Because, as a lefty, I have trouble threading my Featherweight, each time I clean and oil it, I wind 8 to 10 bobbins. I don't want to unthread the needle to wind bobbins on the Featherweight so I wind them when I have to unthread the needle anyway. Since I use the Featherweight only for piecing, bobbins with neutral color thread work (white, cream, tan, & black).

I use a "Sidewinder" to thread my bobbins. I love it.

I use the bobbin winder on my machine, a Janome, and it works great. If I'm just starting a project, I will wind several bobbins at once.

I bought a sidewinder and it isn't worth the time it takes to use it. I would never recommend it to anyone for anything at anytime for any reason. Mine will probably go in a donation box.

I have the sidewinder, but I have trouble using it. Either the thread breaks or it winds too fast and I waste thread.YT was no help.

I had the separate bobbin winder and I gave it away. Found it was more trouble to get it out and set it up than to just use the bobbin winder on my machine. My machine does a great job of winding bobbins evenly. Another word of caution, if you are considering buying a winder, not all bobbins will fit on it.

I have several vintage machines, so I use the separate bobbin winder instead of trying to remember how to use the winders which are different on every machine. For my newer Babylock the one on the machine is easy peasy!

I use the one on the machine, although I've had a SideWinder for about 10 years.

I use a separate bobbin winder

My machine has a separate bobbin winder motor, so I can wind and sew at the same time. But before I had this one, I always used the one on the machine.

I kind find a much better use for the money I would spend on a separate winder!

Sorry, should have said could find a better usefor the money.

I have one of the winders and have gone back to using the machine, they seem to do a better job,

A dear friend gave me a bobbin winder for Christmas last year. If I didn't get one as a gift, I would never have gone out and purchased one for myself. But now that I have it, I find it very useful. I use it to pre-wind bobbins before I begin a new quilt project. I guess it's one of those items that you don't know how much you really need it unless you get one.