I make slightly different bobbin rolls. To the best of my knowledge, I
invented it for myself but you may use the idea. Start with:
- two pieces of fabric, as long as you want it (I generally make them 18-24"
long) and about 14-16" wide (you want at least 6", preferably 8" wider than
the batting)
- one piece of thin quilt batting or "craft fleece", as long as the fabric
(minus the seam allowance) and about 6" wide (a tad wider than your
bobbins+spangle are long)
- one piece of narrow (1/4-1/8" wide) ribbon about 24" long
- one piece of wide (ca. 1", but you can use 3/4" to 2") decorative ribbon
1. With right sides together, sew the fabric along both long and one short
side (you can also sew the ends of the other short side, but leave 6" open
at the center of one short side). Turn right side out.
2. Insert the batting so one end is flush with the far seam allowance and
the long sides are equidistant from the long sides of the fabric.
3. Top stitch all the way around the fabric: use this to close the open
short side and be sure to catch the batting in this seam; at the other short
side, (a) be sure to catch the other end of the batting in the topstitching,
and (b) also catch the mid-point of the narrow ribbon, placed mid-way
between the two long sides.
4. Top stitch through fabric and batting close to the edge along the long
sides of the batting to keep it from shifting about.
5. Take the wide ribbon and turn under one end. Sew this down (through
fabric and batting) close to one short side, mid-way between the two long
sides of the fabric. Sew through the ribbon and fabric and batting,
approximately every inch. You can make the ribbon *slightly* looser than
the fabric between each of these seams, so the bobbins won't bulge the
fabric as much. Make sure the distance between these seams is wide enough
for the bobbins you intend to store in it (I do it every 3/4" to 1"). When
you get to the other end of the wide ribbon, turn under the end and sew it
down.
The bobbin pairs slip through the ribbon in alternate directions--one pair
spangle-up, the next spangle-down. The unpadded flaps fold over the
spangles and thread, then you roll it, and secure with the ribbon. Since
there are no fabric pockets, you can see thread on the bobbins. Since they
alternate directions, you can pack the bobbins closer than if all the
spangles (or bottom bulges) are on the same side, and you don't have one end
of the roll bulging with spangles and the other end narrower with just
bobbin heads.
Let's try ASCII
----------------------------------
| |unpadded flap
|__________________________________|
| |padded
|[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]|~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|__________________________________|
| |
| |unpadded flap
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[] = the wide ribbon sewn down every 3/4 inch or so
~~~~~ = the narrow ribbon used to tie it shut
---- and | and ____ = topstitching around the outside and across the long
sides of the batting
Hope this makes sense,
Robin P.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com/
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