Organize Your Sewing Bobbins

You know what that is? It's a bobbin full of thread clipped to the thread it goes with. Genius, no?

Here's how they work. See the little plastic doodad in the picture? That pops into the hole in your spool of thread. It's fits snugly (won't fall out) and still leaves the hole free for the spool to fit on the spool-holder on your machine. The bobbin snaps into the doodad and everything stays together. It's magic, I tell you!

Let's flash back to several years ago when my daughter was a baby. I loved sewing for her and I did most of my sewing at night, after she had gone to bed. At night - with artificial lights - the worst situation for trying to figure out which dang bobbin goes with which spool of thread. Then I found these little thingies called Handibobs. I bought a pack, loved them, bought some more, used them. I wanted some more, but the store stopped carrying them. I looked and looked and couldn't find them anywhere (and also couldn't remember what they were officially called or who made them, which didn't help). I gave up and just tried to make the most with what I had. I brought thread to classes I taught and people saw the bobbin clips and asked what they were and where they could get some. I always had to say I didn't know and that I thought they must have been discontinued. Until the last time I taught a class. I knuckled down and dug through the internet until I FOUND THEM.  And I ordered enough for every spool of thread I owned - plus a few extras.

I don't know why the major sewing stores (I'm looking at you Jo-Annes and Hancock!) don't carry these because they're amazing. And every sewist who sees them in use immediately understands how awesome they are. But they don't carry them - so I do. :-) Click here to find them in my shop!

Happy sewing!

Best,
Wendi