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    Old 12-21-2011, 12:31 PM
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    How do you folks organize your bobbins? Do you keep them with your spools? How do you know after time which bobbin matches which spool?
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    Old 12-21-2011, 01:14 PM
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    I do keep them together like if it's silk cotton if it is just regular sewing thread I just put them in a bobbin holder. I said I keep the special one's together I sometimes use a pipe cleaner put it thru the hole in the spool and the bobbin. I also have a small box I put bobbins in I will mark the bobbin using a small piece of paper with the kind of thread and just tape it on the bobbin I also use bobbin holder that fits on top of the spool if the spool is the right size it works.
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    Old 12-21-2011, 01:41 PM
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    Put thread and bobbin in small baggie
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    Old 12-21-2011, 03:09 PM
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    I use a thread rack. Put the bobbin on first, then put the spool of thread on top of the bobbin. It works great.
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    Old 12-21-2011, 03:20 PM
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    Sounds like everyone has their own method. If it's ordinary thread, mine goes in my Bernina bobbin rack. If it's a special thread, I put the spool on my wire thread rack and put the bobbin on a golf tee and push it into the spool. I have several of the golf tees that I hot glued the round magnet to the ball rest. When you have a hand sewing project, they are also handy for sticking in the spool and your sewing needle sticks to the magnet.
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    Old 12-21-2011, 06:46 PM
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    I keep my thread in a tackle box of sorts. I put little fuzzy hair scrunchies around the bobbin so they don't unwind, then put the bobbin in the same 'slot' as the thread in the tackle box.
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    Old 12-21-2011, 07:12 PM
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    I use something called bobbin buddy's. It's a plastic thing that fits on the spool and the bobbin is inside the plastic.
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    Old 12-22-2011, 06:24 AM
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    I, too, use the "bobbin buddies". I think I got them at Keepsake Quilting. The bobbins just snap right into the plastic piece, which fits into the hole in the top of the thread spool. They are really handy.
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    Old 12-22-2011, 06:57 AM
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    Great ideas ladies! I am off to google bobbin buddies and in the meantime I am going to use the baggie idea! I am still figuring out how to organize my quilting nook and this should help!
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    Old 12-22-2011, 08:25 AM
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    I kee my bobbins with my thread. See my post on my thread storage system:

    http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...m-t162426.html
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