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Mazda 02-20-2011 07:25 AM

It must be going around. Ran out of bobbin myself!

debbieumphress 02-20-2011 07:27 AM

I use the large cone threads and have a holder that sits on the back of my machine and it goes and goes. I can't wait until there is an endless bobbin. My friends also sew with a bobbin on top and bottom so she knows before she starts. Been there done that. One good thing is I keep three of those bobbin holders full of full bobbins, so I grab one and off I go again.

quilter68 02-20-2011 07:27 AM

Julie R,

Thanks for my first laugh of the day.

Quilter 68 (who is 69 and almost 70)

BETTY62 02-20-2011 07:33 AM

If you could invent an attatchment that would do that, you would get rich quick!

abc123retired 02-20-2011 07:44 AM


Originally Posted by irishrose
I did that last night, too. On the Elna, I can tell by a slight difference in sound, but on my vintage Singer. I can't. Course, she is a little noisier than the bigger machine.

Yes, it sounds different and always lets me know within 3-4 inches if I'm out of bobbin thread.

pigasus718 02-20-2011 07:50 AM

Bobbin thread?? What bobbin thread?? There's suppose to be thread in the bobbin?? :mrgreen:
I wish I had a dollar for everytime that's happened. I could buy more fabric!!!

Ann S. 02-20-2011 07:50 AM

Believe it or not, my Pfaff out of the 90's actually has a low bobbin light. Not on my Husqvarna, Kenmore or Singer. Even the see-through bobbin cover on my Husqvarna doesn't prevent the bobbin from running out of thread. Go figure..

Baba71 02-20-2011 07:52 AM

Been there, done that!!!!!!

steelecg 02-20-2011 08:16 AM

Been there and done that - just last night in fact

GloBug 02-20-2011 08:51 AM


Originally Posted by chamby
Well ladies this morning I was working hard on the king size rag quilt that my son hired me to complete for a friends birthday. I was sewing very nicely on a long row thinking I was doing well. Well to my surprise when I reached the end to snip the thread. There was no bobbin thread. I had been sewing almost the entire row without the bobbin thread without noticing. All pins were gone and rows not sewn together. What a bummer. I had to re-pin almost the entire row and start over. I sure wish I had a red light or something to warn me of the empty bobbin. So I just stopped went to Hancock for sewing machine oil and thread. Then back home to clean machine and fill the bobbin to begin again.


I guess I'm lucky I have a baby lock thats tells when the bobbin is low and shuts the michine down until you put a fresh one in.No longer running with-out bobbin for miles.
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