Cassandra Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Does anyone know how many yards of thread can be wound on to an " L " bobbin? I am trying to figure out if it is best to wind my own bobbins or to purchase pre-wound bobbins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 I think Doodlebug did this years ago and found that buying pre-wounds was the best way to go. You might do a search and find her "findings." I use them just because they work for me so well. My machine loves Glide bobbins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankiequilter Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 The number of yards of thread that will wind on a bobbin will depend on the weight of thread. You will be able to wind more finer thread on a bobbin than a heavier thread. Someone did a test to see how many bobbins would wind with a cone of thread, perhaps it was So Fine or Bottom Line. I do not recall the end result of the test as to whether there was a significant difference in the number wound vs. prewound with the same yardage, I love the turbo winder and use it to wind bobbins for my DM, but I use the magna glide bobbins in Millie because I like the results they give me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busy Quilting Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 I was the silly quilter who took the time to wind my own bobbins and find how much thread I could get onto them. On aluminium bobbins using the turbo winder I could get 86m of Bottomline, 53m of Glide 41m of Omni It took about 1min and 10 seconds to wind a bobbin. Prewound L bobbins Magna Glide Classics have 130yds Magna Glide Delights have 72 yards Bottomline Superbobs have 118yards Masterpiece have 80 yards I came to the conclusion if you take into account the time taken to wind your own then using prewounds was better economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeannieB Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Heres the link to what superior threads says: http://www.superiorthreads.com/education/bobbin-capacity/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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