For all of you pre- wound bobbin users...What do you do with all of the empty bobbins. I have many and use a lot for winding colored thread for FSL but the rest?

I have some and don't want to throw it away. Flower and XoXo

The pre wound i buy don't have sides they are just thread and i use it from the centre out and thrn you don't have it flopping about. But i prefer to use my sidewinder to wind threads to bobbin.

Good question. Let's see if someone comes up with a nice idea.

I use them on my Sidewinder bobbin winder. I have a Viking Designer I and was told not to reuse the prewound plastic bobbins either. However, the Viking bobbins didn't fit the Sidewinder, and the prewound did, so I use them and they work fine. Now I've heard that they have made a Sidewinder for the Viking bobbins.

I use the Type L, but do not save the prewound bobbins after the thread is gone. Maybe I should after I saw the price for the Viking bobbins for my machine. I was told not to reuse them.

Do you not have any problems...I was told not to reuse them.

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by elaine45 01 Nov 2008

They work just fine...in fact if I didn't know better I would thing they were the same ones that i had bought for my machine....

I wind all my own bobbins so I don't know wha to tell u elaine. someone will come up with something to do with them *

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by elaine45 31 Oct 2008

Thanks...

My pre-wond bobbins are plastic and are style A..I have a lot and a lot more to use...I can only use so many. They ae just like the ones that came with my Bernina DECO bernette 340 machine.

i only have 2 empty as i am still kinda new.. more time downloading than stitching.. lol!! I never thought of anything to do with them yet.. but i use the full little plastic ones.... then ladies at the store said to rewind them and use them.. but i don't think i will be doing that!! i'd rather buy some easier.... but good question for sure!! i look forward to hearing more answers for sure!!

Me too, I want to know what style of pre-wound bobbins you use. I have maybe 150-200 empty in a box right now. I use L-style.

I use cardboard side or sideless prewounds, so all I have left is the little center piece. Those I save for the GDs to use as beads to string neclaces with. What style bobbins do you use? If you don't want them send them my way. I always need more. hahahahahah

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by mops 31 Oct 2008

I use the same, cardboard sides and little plastic center pieces, which I first collected, then threw out as I thought them too brittle to let the GDs play with.

by maryjo 31 Oct 2008

Only the older girls. They string them on yarn to make neclaces for dress up.

I have been throwing them away. I was told not to reuse them?????????????

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by mariahail 31 Oct 2008

I am saving mine, maybe will figure out something to do with.***