Posts tagged bobbin
Thursday Tip with Hali - How to wind a bobbin

If you’ve been sewing for a long time, you’ve probably never thought twice about how to wind a bobbin. But did you know that if you wind it at high speed the thread can actually stretch out and affect your stitch quality?!

All purpose polyester thread has a bit of stretch which allows it to withstand some pressure when putting that garment on. If you wind your bobbin at high speed the thread is pulled faster and stretches, causing it to wind unevenly. When you sew, the bobbin thread has a chance to relax in the seam making it look wavy or have small loops on the underside which can be confused as a tension problem when really it’s a bobbin winding problem.

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Thursday Tip with Hali - Bobbin Storage

Just a fun tidbit for you today! I had no idea people were so creative when it came to bobbin storage. I’ve had the same little bobbin box I got when I first started garment sewing a few years ago but now I’m thinking I might need to try some of these ideas! I found so many unique ideas for how to store bobbins. They can be so pesky sometimes, always dropping on the floor, constantly unravelling but as a very necessary part of sewing you just gotta deal and figure out what works for you and your space.

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