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Old 11-25-2012, 06:11 PM
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margecam52
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You only want to use a 60-100 wt in the bobbin, wether prewound or not. This is for embroidery only. You won't find a thread that thin in cotton, not near strong enough to be that thin.

There is no reason not to use a poly prewound in your embroidery, or even in your sewing machines. Try a break test... take 18" of a cotton sewing thread, and 18" of a 60-100 wt bobbin thread and break them...it will take as much or more strength to break the poly bobbin thread as it does cotton.


Originally Posted by LoisM View Post
I'm doing a bit of on-line browsing today and came across pre-wound bobbins in a variety of attractive color tones. They seem awfully convenient.

https://www.superiorthreads.com/shop...-set-2-pastel/
https://www.superiorthreads.com/shop...-set-1neutral/

I have a Janome 4800QE and have yet to see pre-wound plastic bobbins with 100% cotton thread. I'm kind of reluctant to use cardboard-sided bobbins and, besides, I really don't want to use poly thread in the bobbin if I'm using cotton thread on top. What has your experience been with pre-wound bobbins? Thanks everyone!! I'll be waiting to hear from you.
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