Ok--'fess up everyone---how many bobbins do you have for your embroidery machine?

Bobbins are expensive. I do use some pre wound and my machine does tolerate most, but at the first sign of trouble stitching i will change the bobbin. This usually works. I tried to find the photo of my disaster of trying to rewind a cardboard bobbin, but could not, however you can rewind the plastic pre wound ones, which gives you many extra bobbins.

Like Shirleen, I have hundreds of bobbins. Mostly pre wound and the ones I wind if I do FSL. I have many!!

Hugs, Bonnie

For the emb. machine....I keep about 40 prewound...When I use a pack of 20 I buy another pack of 20. Regular machine 25.... need more because I keep having to change colors. I only use white for emb. so far.
MJDG

well - not for sure how many I have, and I might not tell anyway...lol, but I found 2 new packages of 20 each in my sewing room when I was cleaning it up some. Now, if I could find the gross of hot fix crystals that I bought...now, where did they go?

I have just over 100 for regular sewing and now have 9 for emb. I only use white for emb. as I haven't tried fsl yet (prob. won't for a while yet).

Not knowing better I bought some online. Wow when I got the boxes I had 720. Well I do not have to wind bobbins for a while.

For my embroidery machine I think I have 3. I use pre wound bobbins

I have a lot for the emb. machine. When I am doing FSL, I like to pre-wind about 5 or 6, so I don't have to stop during my project. I wind up with several with small amounts on them, but when I am sewing the pieces together, (like a bowl or doily), I just wind the thread onto the bobbins for the sewing machine & use them up that way. I guess we all have our own little ways of doing things, LOL. Tammy

I'm gonna get me more for both machines, never have enough bobbins!

If I ever thought I knew the answer , I would open up another drawer or box and find even more !
Did have to purchase some for my little Pfaff 260 I found at a yardsale ! It sews like a dream !

I was thinking about that, this weekend! I have about 25 bobbins, but more thread colors. I could do with another 25, although they would probably fill fairly quickly and then I would want more. Bettina uses one? AMAZING!

wow!!! I thought I was being self-indulgent when I bought a pack of 20 to top up the ten, give or take a few, that I already had. I think Viking bobbins are expensive but I can get cheapies on the internet and I can rewind the empty prewound bobbins - all of which work well in my machine. Then I bought a pack of coloured ones recently - haha I just remembered them so thanks for bringing up this subject and now I'll have to find those coloured ones.
My bobbins have those tiny fat stretchy hair ties which I colour-coordinate with the thread colours. I'm a lot more organised with the bobbins now I have a side-winder and bobbins that will fit on it.
AlmaG.

I have not nearly enough!

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by joann13100 07 Dec 2011

Particularly when you need just one more to finish a project!

A BUNCH! I have most of my gross of prewounds left. I have probably 100+ others that are wound with matching thread for FSL, satin stitching, etc. I reuse my prewounds when empty for the matching colors to my thread - but ran out of empties and had to go to the store to buy some until I could empty more prewounds!

That's is what I was doing over the weekend a bobbin for every color. Glad I just bought some more bobbins.

I'm like Bettina, I have one. I don't do FSL and haven't gotten into using the same color on the back as the front.
Diane

I have 1 (!!!) that works good for the sewing machine (some more inside the bow still winded from my aunt who bequeathed me the machine but not my colors) and about 10-15 for my both embroiderymachines. I must be a poor girl *lol*
Have just white and black (silhouettes) bobbinthread for embroidery cause I don't do FSL. For my lamps the white in the sewingmachine fits in most of the cases cause the squared fabric I use is always white in combination with a second color ;o)
Greetings, Bettina

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by airyfairy 07 Dec 2011

So pleased to hear this Bettina - I thought I was 'cheap' with only about 10 :)

Lots and lots of them., All kind of ones that are wound with different colors and lots of prewound white ones. Hugs, mary

I upgraded my bernina from the 430 to the 730 last year. Guess what? The bobbins are not the same size. I have now hundreds of bobbins for the 430 and only 12 for the 730. Annoying!

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by maobfh 07 Dec 2011

I'm right there with you! While I'm way behind the times, in regards to the machines - I upgraded a few years ago to the 185 (Artista) and none of my Nova (Bernina ooooold machine from 70's) bobbins would fit. I still sew with the Nova, when the artista is doing a design, but I sure wish that pile of bobbins could be used on the artista!

by katydid 07 Dec 2011

Yes , and if you go to the 830 it is another size bobbin. I love my 730 and if I ever up grage to a new Bernina, I plan to keep my 730.

Prewound just under 2 gross. 24 for my EP4, 50 for my Vikings, and about a dozen for every oldie I hang on to.

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by bethelb 07 Dec 2011

Oh I am a hanger on toer too. Have the feet sets of several machines that have long gone to the grave.

Lots, but never enough!

I have only about 10 as I now use prewound, which is almost clear, so do not need matching thread.

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by airyfairy 06 Dec 2011

Forgot to add that I have many more for regular sewing.

Never counted them but bunches. Could use a few more.

I use the same ones and every night before i go to bed i rewind the ones i use so each day i start fresh with my little circle full lol hugs carolyn

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by bethelb 07 Dec 2011

Love this !!!

by loosie 07 Dec 2011

You have alot more than I do! But I'm just getting started. LOL!
This looks great!

by designcrazy 07 Dec 2011

Hey, that's a neat bobbin holder, gotta get me one of those!!!

For my Bernina
180.......60
440.......56
830........40
Just a few need more...

Let's see - I do FSL alot - I like a bobbin for every color of thread that I have - I am going to try to order bobbins when I get some money - so I will not count that 50 yet. OK - about 275 - give or take a couple. Then I have a about 25 pre-wound, too.

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by joann13100 07 Dec 2011

I'm with you---I like a bobbin for every color on FSL. I've been doing some multi-color FSL designs lately, and going thru the bobbins fast.

by designcrazy 07 Dec 2011

Have you gals ever ordered thread from smartneedle.com ? it comes with a filled bobbin inside each spool of thread, I love it!

by shirlener88 07 Dec 2011

Oh yes, I wind my own bobbins for my regular embrodery - but I do that as I go - I also have about 75 for my Mother's machine, too.

by joann13100 07 Dec 2011

I haven't tried smartneedle.com, but sounds like it's worth a look!
(After I run out of the bobbins I just bought......)

I have about 50 sewing machine bobbins and around 300 prewounds for my embroidery machines.

I have about 20 for regular sewing, which I do little of on the embroidery machine, and for color embroidery. I have probably another 40 that are pre-wound bobbins for embroidery. I have different machine that I do my regular sewing on. That machine I have about 30 bobbins.

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by ramona 06 Dec 2011

I meant to add that my embroidery is usually with just white or black pre-wound bobbins.

by joann13100 06 Dec 2011

I've been doing a lot of FSL, so the bobbin pretty much has to match the top thread. That must be my problem, too much FSL!!

by ramona 07 Dec 2011

That's certainly a good problem to have :-). Embroider on!