I just came across a post about an ingenious way to store bobbins, I'll add the link and picture below.....

What a great idea!

What a great idea. I buy bobbin containers that hold 25 bobbins from BigW here in Tamworth. Have
5 now, 2 for fsl. 2 for normal bobbin thread and one for my normal sewing machine. Helen

Great tip, I have a box of them at school that I was about to throw out. I'll salvage a couple of them.

Brilliant

Thanks for the great idea!

Magenne you learn something new every day.
Lena Mae

Wow! how clever....everything seems to have more than one use! Hugs Sally

Great idea! Thanks for posting.

Marvellous. It's good to see someones brain is still working at 100%. I Have some of these with my book binding machine, different sizes. Marg

Wonderful idea. Thanks for sharing. Judy

What a great idea, thanks for sharing.

I can just see it now - all the mom's will be raiding their kids book binder's tonight - Hehehe. Or Office Max will have a mad rush for them - hope they are all on sale. *4U

GREAT idea....Thank you Meg !

That's a super idea indeed Meg. Thank you much for sharing this with us.

Wow who would "of thunk it"?
super idea.

What a brilliant idea, plus simple and cheap too

OMG what a brain to come up with something like this lol carolyn

You should put this idea in the Emb Library "Tips" love chris

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by meganne 11 Dec 2010

Hi Chris, I'm afraid I can't claim credit for thinking it up. If you follow the link I posted you will see I found this on a forum and the person posting it said she had seen it in a magazine.

This is really a neat idea but I like the ring type holder so well that I won't be changing over. Besides I can tell at a glance how much thread is left on a bobbin. I'm thinking Shirlene uses these too.

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by clawton 10 Dec 2010

I use these also. I tend to use one color for Emb thread and another color for reg thread. I'm up to 4 of them.

It is a wonderful idea. I like it better than the little boxes! They wouldn't take as much space to store.

What a great idea!!! Thank you for sharing!!!Dawn

I have a quilting book with a binder like this. Wonder if i should take it apart? Nah, I'll keep looking for another source. I think I"ll get the clear vinyl tubing instead.
Bev

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by carmeng87 10 Dec 2010

How do you use the tubing?

by carmeng87 10 Dec 2010

How do you use the tubing?

by bevintex 10 Dec 2010

it was just posted a few days ago with picture instructions, can't find it now. Can anyone help?

by bevintex 10 Dec 2010

keep your bobbins from unwinding thread all over your sewing room, you can either buy those expensive bobbin keepers, or you can go to a hardware/home improvement store and buy a roll of 1/2" clear plastic tubing. Simply cut a little "slice" off of it, about 1/4", and then snip it open so it makes a "C". Simply slip it over the thread on the bobbin and your threads won't unravel

by meganne 11 Dec 2010

http://answers.cuteembroidery.com...

Go to the link above and scroll down the page until you get to my response. HNR, Meganne

My mother used to tell me it was a mighty poor object that just had one use. This just proves she was right as usual. Thanks for the tip.

Who'd a thunk it? hahaha

Great idea!!! thank you for sharing the tip and adding the picture!!

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I am always amazed how much I am learning at my old age reading cutes posts. Thanks Meganne

How clever! I'm going home tonight and try this.

Thats a neat idea, Meganne. When I first purchased my machine and ordered prewound bobbins, I bought a small clear plastic box from Walmart that was perfect to hold my bobbins. I could see them at a glance to be able to know how many I had left and, also, the box closed to help keep the thread from drying. The bobbins stack neatly and the box is not moved often, so I do not have a problem with tangled thread. But, it is nice to be able to use items we may already have on hand, such as the binder curls, to store things.
Angel

Your local print shop is a good source also.Great idea(Thinking outside the box)Visit your local Home Depot(hardware store) for other GREAT ideas.A Cattle feeder is my favorite hanging flower fence planter.

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by crafter2243 10 Dec 2010

Wow the ideas people come up with.

what a great ideal thanks for sharing.

too cool.

Sure would keep them from unrolling, I have those little bobbin clips and I have tails everywhere. IF you can see the color of your thread under these loops it would work a lot better! I wonder if they come in clear??????? Might take a trip to office supply or Kinkos.

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by meganne 10 Dec 2010

And I don't think these would cause me as much frustration as those Stupid Nancy Zeiman bobbin holders I bought. LOL!!!

WOW. Just how much 'stuff' do we say is of no use or just plain rubbish. I keep telling myself I must 'think outsaide of the box' and this bobbin holder is thinking outside the box with avengence.
Thank you very much for the link

Who would have thought of that? And I just cleaned my office and threw probably a dozen of those spiral bound reports away. Bet I don't do that again. I do think that you can purcase those spiral binders to make reports - That would be good to keep the bobbins that have just a little thread on them separate from your others. Thanks for sharing.

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by leenova54 10 Dec 2010

Maybe an office supply store or Kinkos might sell you one.

by meganne 10 Dec 2010

Or old books bound this way from Goodwill stores. A lot of the old Software manuals were bound like this.

by leenova54 10 Dec 2010

Great idea, look for old books.

very clever indeed. Thanks for sharing.

Great idea - who woulda thought?*

Looks easy enough to me ;D *2U

They say a picture is worth a thousand words......

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by lflanders 10 Dec 2010

Thanks Meganne, This looks like a great idea!

by mops 10 Dec 2010

Great idea, thanks for sharing.

by clawton 10 Dec 2010

Neat idea. Thanks

by shirlener88 10 Dec 2010

Clever!

by keeponsewing 10 Dec 2010

brilliant!

by bevgrift 10 Dec 2010

What a grand Idea!
Thank You
From Bev

by nanniesara 11 Dec 2010

Thanks this another great idea. Never know what we can turn into storage for our favorite craft.

by rmj8939 11 Dec 2010

This is so clever!! I just showed my husband and he said he had some in his office I could have to try it out.