I have been there. It seems like it should be impossible to do. You are right. That machine makes a horrible noise.

It seems I always run out of bobbin thread when I'm sewing on borders - and I don't notice until I'm just at the end of a long strip....

That what i was thinking !!

I always run out of bobbin thread and keep merrily sewing my nice long chain of squares only to find at the end it ran out after the first square! I wish the bobbin would beep when it's running out, or the top thread would beep too. Maybe all those really expensive ones do that.

Sorry about your predicament my dear, might be time to upgrade to a new modern embroidery machine which does give a bobbin run out message - more expense but the cheapest part of machine embroidery is the machine itself, software and designs etc cost more, but then so do fabrics for patchwork :roll: Drop a few hints for Mother's Day this weekend :lol:

I probably have about 300 spools of thread, but when someone wants me to hem pants or skirts, or mend something I never seem to have the right color. My new machine tells me when the bobbin is almost empty, but not the spool! That would be something they could intigrate with all the new technology that is out there.

thats to funny, I watch for that when I am sewing. God bless. Penny

Darn I hate it when that happens.