Bobbin winders

When I got my Janome, it was a gift and as given to me, there included a box of a dozen metal bobbins, I didn't realise until recently that these were an extra the shop had thrown in, and didn't come with the machine. I really don't notice any difference between them and plastic bobbins.

Anne

I went to my Guild's Christmas party and gift exchange last night and there were 3 Side Winders as gifts. They got passed around several times (it was a Chinese exchange) and everyone loved them. I am hoping to get one for Christmas even though some of you think it is dumb. I will be sure to tell you if it is better then my machine and why.

Cheryl! Good to see you post. It has been awhile and we all miss you.

Since there has been so much discussion of bobbins, I have to confess that I found more metal bobbins in one of my boxes. I have no use for them, so if anyone would like them please email me. I have 5.

Now I know why I/we need one!

My guild does charity quilts, and one of our machines does not wind bobbins well at all and it's bobbins don't fit on the other machines winder.

I knew that I don't need one at home because I always wind a bunch of them when I start a project.

You must remember that I come from a family of sewers who: Only bought 3 needles at a time and if the last one broke all sewing stopped until the next time we went to town. And the machines we owned only had 1 bobbin, we didn't know that you could have more than 1, I was surprised when my Bernina came with 5+ bobbins and that they sold them in tubes of 10 or more. I bought 2 tubes.

I have learned so much from this group over the last 5-6-7 years that I have been reading it. This group is the reason I bought the Bernina, and the Featherweights, and rotary cutters and mats ! ! !

And I spent 4 days at quilt camp the week before Thanksgiving !

Thank you, Bonnie, in Middletown, VA

Howdy!

Insert jewelry hooks for instant earrings. Put a little bow on them & hang them on your sewing room holiday tree. Get a bag of those tiny spools of thread, multi-colors, from the dollar or other discount store (about 50 3/4" spools to a bag), grab some pretty cord, ribbon, string or selvedges you've been saving, and string up a pretty little garland of spools & bobbins. Attach to wreath w/ other leftover sewing stuff:

Sew them to the bottom of a curtain, string them together like jinglebells, glue them on a sign for your sewing room, tie them to the ends ofribbons for your holiday packages, attach them to hair bows,attach a magnet & put them on B-fly's refrigerator, wrap packages inold sewing pattern papers & top w/ a shiny bobbin, use a bobbin instead ofa large decorative button on your tiny wallets & iPod holders,attach them to a belt like conchos, add them to napkin rings. Embellish w/ beads & sparklies as desired. If my Janome was supposed to use metal bobbins she would have come w/ metal bobbins.

R/Sandy

I had some Janome metal bobbins from DSs Janome. Tried them in my bottom loading Janome but it didn't like them. I presume it was the extra weight.

Just wondering if that is what happened to your Janome you don't like.

Perhaps there is a difference.

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

Anne Rogers wrote:

Bonnie: So are you saying we are enablers?? ;) We are more than glad to help!

Where was the Retreat? Are you in VCQ? I just joined and I am enrolled for Celebration at Smith Mtn Lake in April. Will you be there?

PAT, very nosy > Now I know why I/we need one!

Save them and wind thread on them for your next portable hand applique project. A couple of bobbins are a lot less bulky than spools of thread. Debra in VA See my quilts at

I will try a plastic bobbin when I finish the current one, but it's wound with aurifil, so it could be a while! Actually my machine sews very nicely, it's a bit noisy, but it doesn't seem to come from the bobbin. The main problem I have with it is it's shape, it doesn't have any table out front the way Pfaffs, Berninas and others have, which means as soon as there is any bulk I have to have my hand at a funny angle and it hurts really quickly! There were a couple of other problems that servicing ironed out.

Cheers Anne

My 6500 came with a plastic extension table. However when I only had my old Janome I enquired about one at my Janome dealers and they were available. Quite expensive though - though most add-ons for anything are.

What I would really like though is the machine set level in the table - that would be wonderful.

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)

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