prewound bobbins
 

Hello.. I am just wondering if anyone here purchases prewound bobbins for their sewing machines. I never gave prewound bobbins a thought until my local quilt shop had them. Once I bought them I love them. They are wound with much more thread than I am able to wound on them myself.

My problem is that now my LQS has not be able to get them. I miss them. I have a Janome 6600 and I am wondering if anyone here knows where I can purchase some for my machine

Any thoughts?

I use pre wounds on my Juki 98, my Janome 4900 and 3160, and the larger ones on my Tin Lizzie long arm. Superior Thread company sells many varieties, cotton or poly, lots of colors.

You can also look on the internet. I just typed on "prewound bobbins" and a large number of hits came back. You just need to know what size bobbin your require.

Superior Threads, Connecting Threads and Nancy's Notions all carry prewound bobbins.

I buy Superior prewounds with paper sides. I take off the paper sides and just have naked thread. I use Glide pre wound when machine quilting.

I haven't used them myself, but had a friend who could not control the tension on her machine when using prewound bobbins. She stopped using them.

My Juki uses L bobbins and I got packs of prewound L Perspex bobbins in Joanne's in Kissimee last year, going back to Florida in a couple of weeks and intend to get more as they are wonderful and I can reuse the empty bobbins.

thanks everyone.. I did look at the suggested sites but not the correct bobbin size. I will keep looking :)

Try calling the companies on the phone. I'm sure they'll help you get the right ones! I know Nancy's Notions is always very helpful!

I have a hunch of these but don't know if I can use them. Seems like they're on cardboard bobbins?? Is this used in embroidery machine or sewing machines? I will look up the colors I have and try to post them soon...probably give them away for postage fees.

I use Fil Tec pre-wounds on my Janomes.
Part # 13305
15 class A
CLEAR GLUIDE

I buy black and white

Our WalMart carries them.

Bobbin Guide: https://vw-superiorthreads.storage.g...ility-list.pdf

If everyone would follow the suggested sites and do a little searching on the sties, great info can be found.

Superior Threads is such a great American company! Easy to order from and very customer oriented. Plus, they offer so much free information and advice about thread and bobbins on their website that it is my go-to site for any thing I need to research.

I always get mine from eBay and have never had a problem with them. Just be sure you're ordering the correct type/size bobbin.

This is what the sticker on my tube says. Only it says 13319 Light Grey

Where do you get yours?

I love them.I use them all the time in both my machines.
Never have a problem.

I buy mine from smartneedle.com. You get 144 for $38 it comes to about 26 cents each. They have 2 sizes and list which machine uses which size. I have a brother Dream Machine and have had no problems with the bobbins. The bobbins are not reusable but who cares they are way cheaper than winding my own.

My Janome uses size L prewounds and my Babylock and Brother use size 15. I don't use anything but prewounds unless I need a special color. All your sewing suppliers on line sell them, but I got mine from Amazon.

Rennie -- my Janomes all usethe Class 15 or A bobbin. The L's are just a little shorter -- the 1600p is the only Janome that uses the L. The Innovas use the M.

I use prewound bobbins most of the time for piecing </SPAN>-- I just make sure to get the 15/A's. I have heard of some Janome owners using the L's with the magic genie washers, but I have not tried it. I usually wind my own bobbins when machine quilting since I like the thread to match if it pulls up. </SPAN>

When I purchased my second Brother PE 770 embroidery machine, the shop tossed in a case of embroidery thread and pre-wound bobbins. I love them and use them on my sewing machines all the time.

Same problem here.

I use pre-wound NEB bobbins for my embroidery projects and then use the empty NEB bobbins for when I need just a little of one color for a project. Saves my good machine bobbins for larger projects. Plus I can use the NEB bobbins in both my Viking D1 and my Babylock Ellegante machines. Probably could use them in my new to me Brother XR3140 if I get the little insert pin that goes into the bobbin case to bring the bobbin up a little. Haven't tried the pre-wounds for the quilt machine as my bobbin winder works get for me plus winds my "L" bobbins too..........excluding the green Viking bobbins.

this source of prewound cotton class 15/A is new to me.
my first source is still rebuilding after a fire.

i get the Clear-Quilt.
the per-bobbin price is less than i have seen some dealers charge for empty brand-name bobbins.
the bobbins are re-usable, too.

http://www.allthreads.com/Prewound_B...FccYHwodYscFTg

I have been using per-wound bobbins for years. I find them great time savers. I order mine through Amazon.

Quilting Lady, you are right, I misspoke (typed). It was my older Ellageo that used the L bobbins. However, I also used the L prewounds in my old Janome 9000 with no problem. Then when I got a new Sofia, it used a 15 and my newer Esante uses the 15 and my Brother uses the 15, so - well, it is hard to keep up.!

=QuiltnLady1;7436972]Rennie -- my Janomes all usethe Class 15 or A bobbin. The L's are just a little shorter -- the 1600p is the only Janome that uses the L. The Innovas use the M.

I use prewound bobbins most of the time for piecing -- I just make sure to get the 15/A's. I have heard of some Janome owners using the L's with the magic genie washers, but I have not tried it. I usually wind my own bobbins when machine quilting since I like the thread to match if it pulls up. [/QUOTE]

I love prewound bobbins and use the Superior Thread ones. Great thread and so much on each bobbin!

I purchase them at Hobby Lobby when notions are 50% off. They work well in my Janome and Singer machines. But sometimes they are so full I have trouble finding the start of the thread.

The only prewound bobbins I've used are for embroidery. If there are some in the right weight for quilting that would be nice.

The Husquavarnaviking store located in Joanns sells the embroidery ones. I have had good luck with them