When do YOU call it quits??
12-21-2012, 05:55 PM
#42
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I fill 20 at a time. Once I'm set up I like to get a bobbin holder full. It's so nice when you are in the swing of sewing and you get to!!!
Maybe try keeping some pre-filled bobbins around. Sometimes if I know that I'm going to likely use a couple I'll fill two instead of just one, so it's there.
12-21-2012, 06:54 PM
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12-21-2012, 08:41 PM
#46
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I have done this so many times it's not funny. I bit the bullet and ordered 100 extra bobbins. Now each time cut out a new quilt top I prewind a dozen bobbins before I sew my first piece. It doesn't keep me from sewing a few pieces with no bobbin, but at least i'm ready with a filled one.
12-21-2012, 11:03 PM
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I bought one of the BIG spools of brown 100% cotton Coats & Clark thread. It's been breaking every couple minutes. After a half dozen re-threads, I decided it was the thread that had the problem, not me, and not my machine.
12-21-2012, 11:04 PM
#48
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I have done this so many times it's not funny. I bit the bullet and ordered 100 extra bobbins. Now each time cut out a new quilt top I prewind a dozen bobbins before I sew my first piece. It doesn't keep me from sewing a few pieces with no bobbin, but at least i'm ready with a filled one.
12-21-2012, 11:07 PM
#49
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I don't use my machine much at that time of night, but I do cut stuff, pin stuff, hand sew..................when my bones start complaining, I hit the recliner or chair and work on sewing-------------if I can't go back to sleep.
I need to be there now----------with a bit of hand work on a couple Christmas gifts.
I need to be there now----------with a bit of hand work on a couple Christmas gifts.
12-25-2012, 02:12 PM
#50
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Many times I will say I am going to quilt until a certain time or maybe for two hours, but quit immediately if it begins to feel like I am 'working'. Sometimes I am having such a good time I can quilt for a looonnngggg time and need to stop to eat or sleep.
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