Floss Keys/Bobbins

[crazycat]

prefer plastic i just got a load of floss from that stash haul but all the paper bobbins are so battered they all need replacing all 230 of them. i find the plastic ones sturdier as well as easier to keep clean

[Kute Kitty]

I've always so far just used the cardboard ones that came with my bobbin boxes - it makes sense that the plastic ones would be more hard-wearing but so far I've not had any problems with any of mine (having been storing my threads that way for a year).

[xstitch sue]

I've recently started changing over to the plastic ones, the cardboard ones seem to have got tatty very quickly after doing a few projects and i felt that the plastic ones may last longer

[Mabel Figworthy]

I prefer the plastic ones as they last better, but I did like the little slot for the number on the card ones you linked to -- very neat idea!

[kymbaker]

i've actually made my own bobbins, I have been a bit tight on money recently and couldn't justify paying out for bobbins so i made them. I used scrap paper and laminated it, then cut out the bobbins. It took me about 2 hours to make just over 300.

I can write the thread code on them with a pen designed to write on cd's. I have been using these ages and don't appear to be getting tatty

[Sarah Gixxer]

What a great idea, Kym - very resourceful!

I've only recently started using bobbins - since joining this forum I've got all my sewing out, which had been put away for about a year and before that I had just kept all my threads in their original skeins stuffed into a box. Now I've bought proper storage boxes with the free cardboard bobbins and am using them for the moment. I can see that they will properly get a bit tatty over time, but I may replace them eventually with the plastic ones. I'll see how it goes.

[Rose]

As with all the others I started with paper but as you use them they deteriorate with time. The plastic ones will last much longer, so the cost will even out over time.

[xstitch sue]

i recently bought 500 plastic bobbins from America for $21.94, they only took 4 days to be delivered, with the exchange rate it worked out that it cost me £12.59

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[TeamSnafu]

i have mine on the gold concepts long plastic sticks that they started a few years ago and have them in plastic folders and i have them sorted by numbers and only takes a self but all i do is open the note book it's in and there i go. easier then the boxes i thought but i guess it's anyones guess what to use. depends how much space you have to spare. since we both do stitching it didnt matter how much space we used.

Cindy and Frank

[coffee_freak]

i use the paper ones..i write the color number on and when i need to refill..i get a new bobbin..the plastic ones you fool w/ stickers..and it's more expensive..

[Raven]

i've actually made my own bobbins, I have been a bit tight on money recently and couldn't justify paying out for bobbins so i made them. I used scrap paper and laminated it, then cut out the bobbins. It took me about 2 hours to make just over 300.

I can write the thread code on them with a pen designed to write on cd's. I have been using these ages and don't appear to be getting tatty

What a great idea! I had not thought of laminating them to make them stronger. I will have to give that a try when I need more bobbins. Thank you for sharing this idea.

I have used the cardboard ones that came with my boxes, but they fell apart quickly so I started using plastic ones and so far so good.

Raven

[~threadbear~]

I use the cardboard ones and am currently trying to replace ones on some threads I bought off someone on ebay months ago, as they are a bit battered.
I like the cardboard though as the bits you catch the thread ends on seem closer to together from the looks of it and would be more of a snug fit, keeping hold of the thread better?

[nettie]

I have a mix of cardboard and plastic bobbins. As skeins on the cardboard ones are finished I am using plastic bobbins as the cardboard gets very tatty after a while.

[Dazbo666]

I tend to use plastic whenever possible.
I originally bought only DMC bobbins but more recently bought cheaper ones from Fleabay without any problems