Happy discovery...an easy override for the low bobbin sensor!
 

Ok, for the first time, the low bobbin alert came onto the screen on my new machine. I was hoping it would allow me to continue to stitch out the remaining bobbin thread, but no---the machine kept stopping with every little bit of stitching, requiring a wait until the alert disappeared each time. I remembered someone on here who had a different machine from mine saying she'd put a bit of tape over the sensor when she wanted to finish off the bobbin thread, so I opened the door and took a peek in to see if anything was obviously the sensor. Well, I didn't see anything, so I continued sewing, and low and behold! I forgot to close the bobbin access door, and the open door overrides the low bobbin alert! Yay! I got to finish off the bobbin thread, and it turns out there was still a good bit on there---I did several more seams in my block.
Sooo....If your machine has a low bobbin alert which prevents you from continuing to sew, try leaving the bobbin access door open to finish out that thread.
Oh, btw, my machine is a Babylock Serenade.

That's good to know! I will feel pretty smart when someone at guild complains about this very thing and I have the answer! LOL. Thanks. Also did you know to outsmart the auto turn off on an iron? I found this out by accident too. I have an iron holder that is like a wedge. I had it turned around where the iron nose was pointing down instead of upward and the auto shut off didn't turn off the iron. It has worked on every iron I used that has the auto shut off.

BellaBoo, thanks so much! I have that iron holder, too, attached to the end of the ironing board, but I never put the iron in upside down. That'll come in handy when I'm running back and forth between piecing and pressing, piecing and pressing. Kewl.

Thank you, I will try that with my babylock espire

As for the bobbin sensor, it works exactly the same for those of us who have the Singer Quantum L-500. Gotta leave the bobbin door open or there's a lot of wasted thread!

That works on my Pfaff 1475CD also.

Darren

Thanks for the tip. I will use it on my new Seranade, too.

I have a Viking. When the low bobbin thread indicator came on, I would dismiss the message sew 3 stitches and it would come on again. i found out that if you don't dismiss the message, you can just keep sewing with the warning on the screen.

What Viking do you have? I get so frustrated at all the wasted thread. I don't mind it as much when I'm embroidering because even though my machine makes it easier to go back it's still a pain because I'm so new. When you are just sewing you want to keep on especially when you are close to the end. I have the Ruby.

I'm just the opposite of all of you - first, I never knew there was such a thing as a sensor and always thought there should be, and second, how I wish my machine had one. I can't tell you how many times I have been happily sewing along, only to realize my bobbin thread had run out ages ago!

On Pfaff machines with vertical bobbins - just leave the bobbin door open

We are all glad we have the sensor because it lets us know whats coming; or about to end. The thing is we'd like to be able to keep sewing until the end of the bobbin does happen. For some when the sensor goes off, the machine stops until you put a new bobbin in. There is normally alot of thread left on the bobbin when this happens.

None of my machines has a low bobbin sensor. If I run out I just clean the area, put in a full bobbin and off I go.

I have a Viking Sapphire and if I just continue to sew when the alert occurs I'm ok. If I press the "ok" button, then it only goes a few stitches. Consequently, I ignore it if I'm trying to complete something.

I have the Pfaff Quilt Expression and when the message shows up on the screen, I just ignore it and keep on sewing until the bobbin runs out, and since it has the drop in bobbin, you can see when that is going to happen.

Thanks Sandy l. I have a Pfaff Performance 5 which is almost just like the Expression and I'm going to try that. I'm wasting too much thread on these alerts.

I tried it on my Performance 5 and it worked great.

I don't think it would work, as my Janome indicates if case not closed. Will have to have a go as the amount of thread this sensor wastes is terrible.

I have adjusted the sensor so that my bobbins are almost empty when the alert comes on. It's an easy fix with screwdriver. My machines are Brother ULT's and Babylock Ellageo embroidery machines. I used to be changing while the bobbin was still half full.

My sister has a low bobbin sensor on her machine and if she uses a different style of bobbin than what came with the machine then the sensor doesn't work. It drove her crazy after a while too.

My Pfaff Performance 5.0 does the same thing as the Viking. If you dismiss the warning, you can only sew a few more stitches before it goes off again. I just keep on sewing, being mindful that I am getting near the end of the bobbin.

Makes me happy that I am still quilting on my Bernina 1530. Only technology I like on my baby is that I can set the needle down position when stopping.

My old Viking D1 has that ability but hasn't worked in quite a while. Forgot to mention it when I took it in for service this last time and obviously he didn't check...............but then since I didn't tell him why would he? Anyway I use empty Neb bobbins when working with small repair jobs as I have only so many of the green bobbins. Plus I can wind them on my quilting bobbin winder as it won't work for the green bobbins. Love my old D1 though for piecing so will continue just the same and keep an eye on the bobbin when it gets low.

In the older Berninas the sensor is in the bobbin door too. But with my new Bernina 580, when it says the bobbin is empty, it's empty! It is so much better than having to fool with the door and having to sit there and catch it when the bobbin is empty.

when my bobbin sensor detects low thread I can keep on sewing there is usually not very much left on the bobbin maybe can sew about 5 or 6 inches