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Sure, but if you are concerned about a mis-match because of using a different thread in the bobbin, use the existing bobbin to fill a new bobbin, trying to estimate when you have about half on the existing bobbin and half on the new bobbin. Use the two of them together one on top and one below and the thread weight will match.

Yes you can. I do it a lot of the time.

i have also done that with success

I also do it all the time. I never even considered that it might cause problems.

I've done that many times with no problems.

I don't see why there would be any problems.

Yes, I, too, have done that!

Done and dusted. Worked great.

Thanks, everyone.

Watson

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Originally Posted by cashs_mom (Post 7885967)

I've done that for years with no problems. That's one of the ways I use up bobbins. When I just need a bit of thread for a project, I'll pop a bobbin that's almost done on the thread spool and use it up.

When a bobbin runs out, it just runs out and stops sewing. When a spool runs out it make a huge thread nest and sometimes even jams up the machine.

When my spools are almost empty, I stop and put on a new spool. Then I wind the rest of that thread onto a bobbin and use up these short pieces while sewing scraps.

Using a bobbin as a spool would be fine; until it is almost empty. Then I would take it off and use the rest of that thread as bobbin thread.