Wash Away Thread Bobbin Winding!

[Diane J.]

How do I slow down my bobbin winding (440QE) when I want wash away thread in it?

Want to practice some trapunto !

Thanks for any and all help!!!!!!!

[Diane J.]

Okay, certainly not the best suggestion you're going to get, but you brought back a fond memory . . .
When I first started quilting in the 90's, my MIL generously gave me her old sewing machine. It was a Singer behemoth, green metal, in a cabinet. The first thing to die was the bobbin-winding capacity, and it couldn't be fixed (again). Rather than have me hand-wind bobbins (there was no such thing as a Sidewinder in those days), husband got out his electric screwdriver. He put the bobbin on top of the screwdriver & held the thread in the other hand, feeding it gently & trying to distribute the thread evenly over the bobbin. He did that for several years, until we could afford a new machine. Such a patient, supportive husband! Thanks for the fond memory! Kathy B.

[Diane J.]

Does the 1/2 speed button work on the winder???

[Diane J.]

Hi there,

If you slide the sewing speed thingy (technical term ) to the left, it slows down the bobbin winding speed too.

Hope this helps!
Beth in AZ

[Diane J.]

Yeaaaaaaaa Beth!
The "speed thingy" moved to the left DOES slow down the bobbin winding!

Thanks so very very much!

Diane

[Diane J.]

Thanks Beth--another thing I didn't know about the machine.

[Judy M.]

I didn't know that, either--thanks!!! Judy in Torrance