Magic Bobbin Washers - do they work?

I tried to order these from the lady in Florida who markets (makes?) them. When I told her I had a Bernina machine, she said I didn't need them and steered me away from buying them. I bet they are just so cheap to make that it's better to package several together rather than catching all the flak from customers complaining about the price of postage and packaging for just one or two. They also look pretty easy to lose. I'm a gadget/gizmo person too. I was just in a quilt shop on Friday and as I walked past the notion wall I was thinking..."Got it, got it, have that one too, got it....etc." Rather embarassing.

Sharon Schamber endorses those washers, but they aren't for my machine with the drop in bobbin. I think they are supposed to reduce friction and static electricity and the backlash when machine quilting. I thought about trying them anyway. I wonder.....

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

And here I wondered why I would be washing my bobbins. . . . . Oh, Chocolate, where art thou. . . . .

That's what I was thinking!! Why on earth would I need to wash my bobbins and what would be magic about it??? Time for a nap!

I was wondering how the bobbins got so dirty that they needed a wash! lol.

Some machines don't need them (already have the same feature as part of the bobbin case), but I have an old Janome that uses metal bobbins, and a new Janome for embroidery (plastic bobbins) and I use them in both machines. Maybe I am deluding myself, but I think they help stop that knot of threads that can occur when you start stitching, and they seemed to help on some of the denser embroidery designs too.

FWIW - I like them.

I was just browsing through the brochures for my Janome

11000 and there is a picture of the exact old Janome Memory7 that I sew on. I now have the first and the last/latest computerised machines by Janome lol.

If anyone noticed, yes - it is only a couple of months since I posted about getting a "new-to-me" Janome 10001 embroidery machine. But the woman who sold me that machine has decided to get an industrial embroidery machine and she offered me the 11000 at a price that was too good to pass on. So my

10001 has found a new home with a friend who fell in love with it. She had already told me she wanted it when I upgraded, but I don't think she anticipated getting it quite so soon lol. We have told L that we do NOT want to upgrade again for a LONG time. I had just started getting the hang of the 10001 and now I have to start all over again on the 11000.

The gal who talked me out of them was the one who invented the teflon sheet that you put over your machine bed to reduce the drag when machine quilting. I don't think I've had a backlash in the bobbin more than once or twice ....ever! So I didn't insist on getting them.

The woman who markets them is Pat LaPierre.

A very nice lady who has come up to our guild in NH and taught a workshop. She also has had booths at Quilt Festival and one or two of the big shows here in NH.

You can check those bobbin washers out as well as her other stuff at

Kathy in NH

I buy all my bobbins so I do not think it would be useful for me.