stupid question but I fell into the embroidery hobby like falling into a swimming pool. You just start paddling and hope for the best. I've been learning as I go and you all have been a great help. Thanks so much Now if you can clear this up for me that would be great!

I only use prewound bobbins on my embroidery and they work terrific, but I buy the ones that are a little bit more - but $20 for 100 seems like a deal to me, never had a problem with this brand but others brands kinda suck........they are 'clear-glide' bobbins and I get them from www.thepersonaltouch.us

To be perfectly honest with you....I fellinto the embroidery hobby,the same way. I had always done a lot of sewing, and I never even KNEW about homeembroidery machines. When I first started, I had a lot of different colors of regular sewing thread, and very little in the way of embroidery thread (Now, I have TONS of embroidery thered. LOL!) BUT..I have even used regular sewing thread as the top thread, on some of my first designs. NOt that I would recommend it, but it (knock wood) never harmed my embroidery machine. Possibly because my first embroidery machine was both an embroidery and sewing machine, and it was built to use regular sewing thread, too. WOW!! That was long winded!! LOL!

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by memasanders 07 Jun 2009

Thanks dear Mine too sews regular and embroidery so I guess maybe if I had to I could use the regular thread.

Yes you can. I use both, prewound embroidery bobbin thread and prewound regular thread. It is all according to what I'm doing.

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by memasanders 07 Jun 2009

Thanks I'm still learning and by the way your girly things are great!

Prewound bobbin thread is certainly ok for embroidery, as long as you get the right bobbin for your machine. Some pre-wound is called 'magnetic', where it has a core and no sides. Some is in a cardboard bobbin, and some in plastic bobbins. I got a free sample that LOOKED like my Janome bobbin, but was a slightly smaller size, not 'around' but 'up and down' if you know what I mean. I had nothing but trouble, took the machine to my dealer, and he showed me the difference in the bobbin, a silly millimeter or something, but it made all the difference in the world. I bought some pre-wounds from my dealer, but generally I use the lingerie/bobbin thread and wind my own. I just prefer the lighter weight thread on the back, personal preference. And of course you know that for free standing lace, you can use the same thread in the bobbin as on top, so the lace is two-sided. Generally a machine can take a thicker thread in the bobbin than in the needle, and there are some designs out there for a kind of "reverse embroidery", where the bobbin thread is the 'top' of the embroidery design, and you can use a fuzzy nylon or something in the bobbin for a different effect. Good luck learning, keep asking questions, that's how we all learn! And I think a lot of us 'fell' into embroidery. I never sewed out a design until I digitized one, that's how I 'fell' into digitizing, hee hee hee. Super question, thanks!! Hugs, Marji

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by memasanders 07 Jun 2009

Thank you so much! I've been looking at the prewound bobbins thinking how easy it would be to just pop one in when I needed it but I can't bear the thought of tearing my little machine up.

Possibly this is how many of us started with our embroidery machines. To my knowledge you can use either the pre wound bobbins or wind your own from what you have. Happy sewing

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by memasanders 07 Jun 2009

Thanks so much!