AnnHenry Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 As a newbie, most of my thread is in spools instead of cones, and I didn't realize that I didn't have a spool holder until the quilt was ready to be quilted on the frame with thread I had only on a spool. A spool holder from the company was about $46.00 and of course, it would take a few days to get. So my clever husband crafted this with a piece of wire and a C clamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 That one looks almost as pretty as mine did....I took a cloth hanger, cut off a chunk and made a loop on one end and hooked over on the screw heads at the back of the machine....don't have it anymore, need to make a new one...but like yours so may borrow that idea as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoryJM Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Where does the spool go??? On the wire?? I did three quilts this weekend, all with spools and all from the rear cone holder. No problems....at least not yet:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Ann--great improvising! I say use whatever works!! Here is a homemade spool holder--a block of wood with a spindle glued in a drilled hole and a rubber cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbm Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Ann, Soooo funny! I was studying your photo, trying to figure out just where on a Millie it was mounted - then realized I recognized those big letters in the lower left corner of the first photo - where's a red-faced icon when ya need one? Very creative use of tools and wire - kudos to your DH for the innovative mounting solution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnHenry Posted October 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 Dory, here's a picture with the spool in place. I think I should get a prize for the "dorkiest looking" spool holder. Notice the "helpers" for threading I have placed on the machine in anticipation of teaching my (future) renters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoryJM Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 Thanks, Ann...I get it now. I bet if people e-mail in, there will be dorkier ones!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnHenry Posted October 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 Dory, I meant to mention in my previous post - - - I didn't know that I could just use the cone holder! I didn't even try it, I just had visions of the spool being pulled up and off the holder and flying through the air, but I guess that the spool wouldn't be pulled off unless the thread were fastened to the spool! So I tried a spool on my on-board bobbin winder cone, and it worked! Omigod! I didn't even need the dorky spool holder. It must be that not everyone knows that the spools will work on the cone holder. But it must also be that it doesn't always work, or else why would they make the spool holders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictoriaG Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 How thread is on the cone or spool does determine how it should come off to the machine. I mean if the thread is on the spool in a crosshatch then it should come off vertically (sitting on a cone holder.) And likewise, if the thread is on a spool and laid side to side (not crosshatched) then it should come off from the side to the machine. If you do not take the thread off the cone/spool correctly it can affect the tension on your machine. That is why on several domestic machines you will find a vertical and horizontal choice for the thread. Hope this explanation makes sense. So Ann your last picture shows the thread coming off correctly. I love to see ingenuity at work. vg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 AnnHenry - My DH does not have the engineering skills that your DH has so I just use the store-bought spool holder. But what I want to know is. what kind of thread is that yellow thread on the spool? It looks so thick. Is that 12 wt? And if so, how does it run on your Optimum? You must use at least a MR4 needle. I love to accent some of my quilts with that heavier thread. I have never had the nerve to try it on my longarm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnHenry Posted October 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 It's Signature Citrus. I am currently using a 3.5 needle, and I don't know why, because I was told to use a 4.0 ! ! Thanks Victoria, for the information about the thread winding. Both Signature and King Tut are wound side by side, and the instructions say that the spool has to move clockwise as the thread comes off the spool, so my dorky spool holder works. Come to think of it, everything on the machine seems to run clockwise: the bobbin as it winds, the thread as it comes out of the bobbin . . . Linda, I have a Gammill Classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2846469180100754630DvRSxV Here is one himself makes and sells, and it can be expanded to hold 'fatter"spools if needed.. check the webshots or u2u me.. thanks RitaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnHenry Posted October 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 Mighty fine spool holder! What does he charge for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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