Cone Thread
 

I was given some cone thread. I read on here that you could use a CD spindle if your machine didn't have a machine with a thread holder built in. I tried that, but I'm having problems with it being too tight. When I use my machines thread cutter my needle comes unthreaded. I'm tired of having to thread again and again. Are there any other tricks or should I just buy a cone thread holder?

sometimes when i'm having trouble i place the cone in a cup next to (or behind depends on how your machine guides are)
also i have threaded bobbins- then used the bobbins on the spool spindle & used them as if they are a regular spool of thread.

It's funny, that's what my 8 yo daughter suggested. lol I wasn't sure I could use a bobbin in the place for a regular spool of thread.

I've never used the cones but have heard that if you put the cone in a cup and then thread your machine as you would a spool it should work. I HAVE used bobbins many times for the spool just to use up the thread and to empty the bobbin.

i use a piece of pine board 3x 7x 1 drilled a hole. and used a dowel . and my big spools work like charm.

My machine Brother 1500 sometimes comes unthreaded when using the thread cutter. I by pass the top thread guide (the one with the three holes) or just use one hole and that solved the problem of the thread having too much tension for the cutter. Maybe you could skip a guide before the tension assembly. The best thread stand I have found is this one: http://www.superiorthreads.com/shop/...thread-holder/ Sometimes Nancy Notions has them on sale but it's so good I'd buy it at full price. This stand will allow thread to be vertical or horizontal.

If you wind the lower bobbin and the bobbin to be used on the spool spindle at the same time, you will always know just how much thread is on your bobbin while sewing. This is really a plus when you are quilting and you will never run out of bobbin thread while quilting! I've used this method many times and love it.

I've never put a cone of thread in cup. I never figured out the reasoning for that since they stand up by themselves. I have taped a safety pin with the eye end up and threaded my thread thru that. Now I have a thread stem from Clotilde. It's less than 4 bucks and doesn't take up any extra space.

http://www.clotilde.com/detail.html?...ia=thread+stem

I would just get a thread stand, WM sells them, LQS, Joanns, Hancocks, all sell them and they are not that expensive. I have a couple of them, got them at the Hancock 1/2 off with coupon sale. You can use any type of thread cone on them and they sit behind your machine out of the way. JMHO

Hi Everyone, I put my cone in a mason jar then I taped a closed safety pin to the back of my machine then I passed the thread through the small rounded hole and threaded my machine as normal. It works perfectly and I have no problems.

My husband made me a thread stand, took him a few minutes (under 10) and didn't cost us anything, because he used project scraps.

He took a piece of wood as a base, drilled a hole into it and put a thick dowel up, then put a round stopper to hold the cone on. We then used two hooks to thread the thread through. It works like a charm.

Cones are so much more affordable.

I put mine in a cup and bring the thread up over the machine from the back and don't have any problems.

If you still want a cone holder you can take a wooden paper towel holder and put spindles on the wooden base and the on the top of the dowel that would hold the paper screw in little eyelets to run the thread thru. Very cheap thread holder.

I have one of the heavy metal thread holders but the thread didn't lay right so the tension was wrong so I did what several others have already suggested...taped a safety pin to the end of my sewing machine. It works great and when I FMQ I almost never have to readjust the tension.

I agree with chips88 and these do work but I have two of those metal holders (heavy bottoms) I ordered from some catalog and they hold the cone thread up in the air as there is a thing at top to hold the thread that is going into the machine. I am sure they still make these things but don't get the plastic base ones or arms as they are not stable enough if you are sewing fast. But do be careful if that thread is old...if you can break a piece of thread easily it is not a good idea to use it for a quilt.

I test 4 of the ones that I have. They all break pretty easily. Is there anything else I can use them for, rather than throwing them away? I'd hate to use them for something and have problems with it.

Use it for basting, the only thing old thread is good for.

I use the cone on my machine without any problem, by placing it on the thread peg upside down

I use it for wallhangings, basting.. any thing that will be temporary or not have any stress.

I always wind mine off onto bobbins. That way I can use them either as the top thread or the bobbin thread.