how to make horizontal thread holder?
#11
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I use cone thread on my inexpensive Brother, and my Singer. One I have a cone stand on similar to that shown, the other I devised my own using a coffee cup, and threading thru the loops of one of those fancy paper clamps (the ones that pinch like a closepin?) and the clamp is clipped onto my open wire shelving... (clear as mud?)
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slightly off you could just put a few more pegs in and take the thread off the spool from your pegboard....i put a metal corner a on the book case next to my machine works good ....and tartan good idea ....quilters sure are inventive
#13
I actually tried that once ! But I have VERY curious cats ! They have no interest in my thread as long as it is just sitting there quietly on the peg board, but let them see it moving into my machine and they go crazy !
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I think I wiill buy one of the Superior thread holders. This having to always rethread the needle is driving me crazy!!!!!
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You can put your thread in a coffee cup behind your machine. To make your own holder, buy a wooden paper towel holder. Put a spindle on the bottom stand and an round eye ring at the top and there you have it. The good thing is that with this you can put several cone holders on it or regular thread too. I don't have that problem with my machine, it takes it no matter what.
To the person saying there is high quality serger thread. You are so right, it has to be strong to go that fast thru the loopers, needles etc. Just because you can save money doesn't mean its always cheaply made.
To the person saying there is high quality serger thread. You are so right, it has to be strong to go that fast thru the loopers, needles etc. Just because you can save money doesn't mean its always cheaply made.
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OK, I know there's all this talk about horizontal spool pins working better with cross wound thread. But you've got to try something very basic, and figure this out with your own intelligence. Put any spool of thread on the horizontal spool pin, and thread the machine. Put the spool cap on the end of the spool pin. Then pull the thread. How freely does it feed? Then put the same spool on the vertical spool pin, thread it up, and pull the thread. 90% of the time, as I'm servicing machines, I find the vertical spool pin just feeds so much nicer. I'm to the point, that if the machine doesn't have a vertical spool pin, I don't waste my time with the horizontal spool pin, I just set up the freee-standing vertical spool pin, and sew the machine off with that. Try the simple experiment, and use your own intelligence.
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A wide mouth pint jar works for me. I also have a thread stand that works as well. I like to use an old empty cne inside the new one in the jar so that when the thread comes off the bottom of the cone it doesn't bind against the bottom of the jar. Feeds as well as from the commercial holder.
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I use a thread holder like this one - http://www.connectingthreads.com/Too...FYpefgodSKIAuQ
Many good threads come on cones, and not all serger thread is weak, but some serger threads are weak and those are the ones that may cause problems if used for quilting or piecing.
Many good threads come on cones, and not all serger thread is weak, but some serger threads are weak and those are the ones that may cause problems if used for quilting or piecing.
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