I love the magazine and the variety that it has to offer all of us. I appreciate everyone sharing their ideas in the tips section. We can learn so much from each other. But I was really surprised at the Best Tip in issue #150 – using pony tail elastics to hold bobbin threads in place. I cannot imagine covering up each bobbin and having to remove those little things to find the correct color – even if they are color coordinated with the stored bobbin. I must have 10 different blue bobbins. One or two blue colored choices of ponytail elastic just would not do. I have a couple hundred spools of thread and probably 50 bobbins. I keep the threads by color in the boxes that checks come in and the bobbins go in the same boxes. I can tell at a glance if I have the right color and a bobbin to match or one that will work for that job. My bobbin tip: I try to use up bobbins with a little thread left when I am making piping or cording for a project where the first stitching line will not show in the final stitching. These bobbins can be used in the bobbin case and in place of a spool when I am stitching the piping. I may run out of thread often, but I am expecting it and each time I do I have freed a bobbin for another use.
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I was thinking the same thing when I read the Best Tip. I have a Bernina which came with a case to store bobbins. The case has transparent "french doors" so that I can clearly see what colors are in there. I use up my bobbins when making muslins.
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