I found this excellent sewing tip and had to share it with you!
Try cutting pieces of 7⁄8-inch transparent plastic tubing just wide enough to fit over your bobbin thread, but in between the bobbin casing sides. You can get tubing (clear plastic hose) at the building supply or hardware stores. The tubing is inexpensive, is available by the foot or in 6-foot lengths which can be cut easily with scissors or a craft knife. Cut a slit for a flexible opening on each piece and wrap it around each of your bobbins to hold the thread securely in place.
I just recently had to clean up my bobbin-box disaster and wish I had seen this tip at the time!
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Great idea . Love to have the rack.
MUST HAVE one of these! Thanks for the great idea.
Both ideas are great. Thanks so much for sharing.
Excellent idea. Must get my husband to make one!
This is a wonderful sewing community...I've learned a lot and I've only known about it for a few days.
Even though I have been sewing for 46 years, I did not come up with the idea of having a sewing community, video taping tutorials, having 'groups' or a place for sewers to blog. I can't imagine all the time and effort that Susan, Colleen and others have put into this community to make it so special!!!
And it's provided to us free of charge So...to complain about the format or having to "click" to find the main idea of the day??? Wow.
I have used the tubing trick for years, it really does work. The only thing I do differently is mark the cut edge wiith a permanent marker so that you can easily see it and also that you don't wind your thread on top of it like I did once LOL!
I keep my thread in drawers and to keep the bobbin & thread together I cut a chenille stick in half, fold it in half and slide the bobbin on. Then insert both ends into the h*** at the top of the spool. Does not look as neat as the wall mounted, but keeps them together.
I love the thread and bobbin holder. What a great, great idea.
Ive got my bobbins in the plastic boxes which are sold...keeps bobbins from getting lost, not threads from going spastic! I'm going to get some of the tubing. Should be great for the decorative threads that wont roll easily. THANKS.
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