If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
|
Posted by BEI Design on May 12, 2009, 4:02 pm
I know most of you know what I'm talking about. I have
three of the boxes with bobbin sized troughs like
http://www.sewforless.com/item/Clear_Plastic_Bobbin_Box_Holds_21_Bobbins/4734,
and the thread ends always end up tangled and a mess.
Has anyone here tried one of these:
http://www.shoppersrule.com/pc/SP-9508C/CSSWS/index.html ?
Sure looks like it would tame the tangles.
NAYY just seeking other's experience,
Beverly
|
|
Posted by Emily Bengston on May 12, 2009, 4:41 pm
On 5/12/09 3:02 PM, in article guckkt$23i$1@news.motzarella.org, "BEI
show/hide quoted text
> I know most of you know what I'm talking about. I have
> three of the boxes with bobbin sized troughs like
> http://www.sewforless.com/item/Clear_Plastic_Bobbin_Box_Holds_21_Bobbins/4734,
> and the thread ends always end up tangled and a mess.
>
> Has anyone here tried one of these:
> http://www.shoppersrule.com/pc/SP-9508C/CSSWS/index.html ?
> Sure looks like it would tame the tangles.
>
> NAYY just seeking other's experience,
>
> Beverly
>
>
>
I have to say I have not tried one of these, but it looks very similar to
the bobbin holders that attach to spools of thread. I use those a lot,
since they keep the thread ends from tangling.
The spools & bobbins are stored in the plastic thread boxes. Instead of the
spools standing up, they lay on the side, which takes more room, but I'd
rather have a couple extra ones, than have the bobbins separate, and the
ends always in a mess.
Besides, no time is wasted matching thread on spools & bobbins.
Emily
|
|
Posted by BEI Design on May 12, 2009, 5:14 pm
Emily Bengston wrote:
show/hide quoted text
> On 5/12/09 3:02 PM, in article
> guckkt$23i$1@news.motzarella.org, "BEI
> > I know most of you know what I'm talking about. I have
> > three of the boxes with bobbin sized troughs like
> >
http://www.sewforless.com/item/Clear_Plastic_Bobbin_Box_Holds_21_Bobbins/4734,
show/hide quoted text
> > and the thread ends always end up tangled and a mess.
> > Has anyone here tried one of these:
> > http://www.shoppersrule.com/pc/SP-9508C/CSSWS/index.html
> > ?
> > Sure looks like it would tame the tangles.
> > NAYY just seeking other's experience,
> > Beverly
> I have to say I have not tried one of these, but it looks
> very similar to
> the bobbin holders that attach to spools of thread. I
> use those a lot,
> since they keep the thread ends from tangling.
> The spools & bobbins are stored in the plastic thread
> boxes. Instead of the spools standing up, they lay on
> the side, which takes more room, but I'd rather have a
> couple extra ones, than have the bobbins separate, and
> the
> ends always in a mess.
> Besides, no time is wasted matching thread on spools &
> bobbins.
> Emily
I have a 3' X 3' section of the wall next to my sewing
machine covered with a sheet of plywood into which DH drove
long finishing nails at an angle to hold all my spools of
sewing thread. I always buy at least two (and more if they
are the small ones) of thread. I just went down and counted
them: space for 386 spools of thread, almost all of them
filled, and 77 bobbins. I do like to be able to start a
sewing or alteration project without having to make a run
for matching thread. ;-) I usually leave a few bobbins
empty, but there is no way I could keep one bobbin per set
of spools, even if I could afford that many more bobbins.
That's not counting the serger cones (132, mostly sets of
three). Or the embroidery threads (315 spools of Madeira,
100 mini-cones of Robison Anton) upstairs in the embroidery
room. Thank goodness embroidery is almost always done with
either white or black thread in the bobbin and I use the
"endless bobbin" with a mini-cone of bobbin thread feeding
it. I have two of the endless bobbins, I suppose I should
get a few more... just in case....
I'm reminded that my DSIL made me a fabulous holder for all
my embroidery stabilizers. It's a 4' X 8" pieces of wood,
into which he secured ten 12" long wooden dowels at an
angle. Nicely painted white. It's perfect for keeping
them in order and I can easily see when I need to get
additional supplies.
Beverly
|
|
Posted by Pogonip on May 12, 2009, 4:55 pm
BEI Design wrote:
show/hide quoted text
> I know most of you know what I'm talking about. I have
> three of the boxes with bobbin sized troughs like
> http://www.sewforless.com/item/Clear_Plastic_Bobbin_Box_Holds_21_Bobbins/4734,
> and the thread ends always end up tangled and a mess.
>
> Has anyone here tried one of these:
> http://www.shoppersrule.com/pc/SP-9508C/CSSWS/index.html ?
> Sure looks like it would tame the tangles.
>
> NAYY just seeking other's experience,
>
> Beverly
>
>
>
I saw that, too. Interesting. At the price, it's worth a try, isn't
it? I don't like the boxes like you have. I do have some of these:
http://www.henscratchquilting.com/maboho.html which work with my older
metal bobbins for the Class 66, Class 15 and bobbins for 221/301
machines. I prefer old metal bobbins for those machines.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
|
|
Posted by BEI Design on May 12, 2009, 5:26 pm
Pogonip wrote:
show/hide quoted text
> BEI Design wrote:
show/hide quoted text
> > Has anyone here tried one of these:
> > http://www.shoppersrule.com/pc/SP-9508C/CSSWS/index.html
show/hide quoted text
> I saw that, too. Interesting. At the price, it's worth
> a try, isn't it? I don't like the boxes like you have. I
> do have
> some of these:
> http://www.henscratchquilting.com/maboho.html which work
> with my older metal bobbins for the Class 66, Class 15
> and bobbins for
> 221/301 machines. I prefer old metal bobbins for those
> machines.
I have about half-and-half, metal and plastic. I like the
metal because they hold more thread, I like the plastic
because it's easier to see how much thread is left on the
show/hide quoted text
bobbin while it's in the machine. <shrug>
I guess I'll order a couple of the shoppersrule ones just to
see how well they work.
Beverly, trying to organize my very disordered life....
|
Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > last >>
|
|
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap
> three of the boxes with bobbin sized troughs like
> http://www.sewforless.com/item/Clear_Plastic_Bobbin_Box_Holds_21_Bobbins/4734,
> and the thread ends always end up tangled and a mess.
>
> Has anyone here tried one of these:
> http://www.shoppersrule.com/pc/SP-9508C/CSSWS/index.html ?
> Sure looks like it would tame the tangles.
>
> NAYY just seeking other's experience,
>
> Beverly
>
>
>