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.