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Originally Posted by Nikki and Co.

I totally agree......I'm impressed that you've done all the math for us.

:) I was a budget analyst in my previous life (before retiring) --- it comes natural....LOL

I only buy PW bobbin thread for embroidery but I also do my own as well for embroidery. I found that Madeira bobbin thread that I wind works great in machine embroidery without screw ups. Had a spool of Coats & Clarks bobbin thread and for some reason the machine hated it. Never again will I buy that brand.

I'm with you! I found a site for 'bulk' buying and they were really inexpensive.......huge selection of color! I haven't bought any in at least 3 yrs after the initial investment (which as I said was very reasonable). The shops sell what I bought for 2-3X what I paid. Do some searching if it is of interest to you! I like the idea of winding several before starting a project though-I will also try that!

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Originally Posted by amandasgramma

Bear with me, please, but I don't understand why anyone buys prewound bobbins. A simple calculation --- I checked on prices at the Connecting Threads website. Here's what I found:

Prewound - 82 yds ea for 12 bobbins = 984 yards at $9.99. This calculates at $.010 per yard

Spool of thread - 1200 yards at $2.49 = $.002 per yard

Cone of thread - 5000 yards at $9.99 = $.0019 per yard

So a cone of thread will net you 5 times the amount of bobbins compared to prewound.

OR -- another way....you can save $50.00 by buying a cone and winding the thread yourself.

Am I missing something??? More money to buy fabric!!!!!

dee

I have a BabyLock Quilter's Choice Professional machine on a frame to do my quilting. It is a ROYAL pain to wind bobbins on this setup. The regular bobbins for this machine will not wind on my Sidewinder or on any of my other machines.

So....I buy prewound bobbins for it. It's certainly worth my time and energy to spend the little extra for them.

same here I buy my embroidery thread pre wound but do my own machine bobbins on a sidewinder.

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Originally Posted by abdconsultant

Does anyone use bobbin thread for piecing?

I do.
I bought a Marathon 12,000 yd cone 50w and I use this for peicing top & bottom.
I've been using this for 9 months & I sew everyday!!
I still haven't made a dent in it. lol
I love it.

I also use pre-wound on my long arm.
I can go alot further with them.

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Originally Posted by Carron

The prewound bobbins do make a difference (good difference)in the quality of finished product of an embroidered item. Sometimes I use them in regular sewing and other time I will load the bobbins myself.

Same here. I have also used the balance of the pre-wound thread and regular bobbins (after your machine says change bobbins because you are low) - I have used up the rest of that thread in the top of machine sewing. I was a post-war baby and my mom taught me not to waste anything if at all possible, thread included. :-)

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Originally Posted by Marysewfun

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Originally Posted by Carron

Same here! I use every little bit of it. When I am embroidering I just watch it really close and let the bobbin run out then stop it immediately, change out bobbin, and back up the stitching to a stitch or two before the stitch it ran out on. I don't like to waster any thread.