Here is a POST by Meg:

Hi Alma, Not sure if this is exactly the same as Megannes, but I went into Mitre 10 in Stirling and bought 1 mtr of 20mm clear plastic tubing. Slit it with a Stanley type knife only once the length of the tubing. I think you would cut it into lengths depending on where you wish to store it. I have found to slit this just the once the bobbins fit snugly. Cheers, Lyn

Here is a PROJECT post by teresanta:

I found another tip that I thought was useful today too... put a removable round sticker dot on your bobbin top to hold your thread "tail" in place so you don't have a bunch of tails running around. They suggested using the ones for reinforcing paper with the holes in the middle and running your tail through the hole. Hope you got the visual on that one.... I'd send you to the original link - but I don't remember where I read it...

I've seen this clear tubing at Bunnings too (on what looks like a huge black bobbin lol). Take your bobbin with you so you get the right size (diameter of tubing). Its sold by the metre but I dont remember how much it was. A single split down the tubing would mean you could pop bobbins inside. I think the "second split" would refer to cutting the tubing into lengths - say 10 bobbins per length, for easier storage in a chinese take-away container for example.

I dont have many bobbins so I only use a small container similar to a small fishing tackle box, which my local IGA happens to sell :) I have 3 different brands of sewing machines, which have different bobbins. (The containers are also available at Bunnings in lots of different sizes - the 18 compartment ones are great for all sorts of small storage and you can move the dividers around in some - ok off topic now, sorry heh Bunnings is so much more than a hardware shop for us crafters :) xXx

Alma. You just cut the tubing lenghtwise. That will enable you to wrap it around the bobbin. The tubing is made from plastic and soft. I just recently posted the result of how I had used it. Here is a link. Hope this helps a bit

Wow!!!! what a wealth of new knowledge I have today. I looked at all the links yesterday and then again this morning. I now have enough information to have a lot of fun trying the new ideas. I do have a 25-bobbins plastic box already in use for normal sewing threads for different machines and I have a round ring to hold many HVDII bobbins also for normal sewing.

However, my embroidery bobbins all have tiny fat elastic hair ties that fit the bobbins perfectly - most of them colour matched - but they are still in a state of 'tossed mess' in a box. Occasionally a thread will escape from one of them and find its way stuck to my fingers and unwind itself as I move away, or hang out of the box just to annoy me.

Last year was the Year of the Big Cull fabric-stash-wise..... it didn't work.
This year is the Year of the Big Tidy-up in my sewing room. See, I'm giving myself a year to do it. I think I'll start with the bobbins.

Thank you, everyone, for taking the time to share your information. You've all been a great help to me.
AlmaG.