My Q4 Goals:
Find the fabric for Llama Drama (Llama Song?) quilt
Start llama quilt
Make Dianna’s mug rug
Finish March sew along with Pat quilt top
Finish scrappy star quilt top
Do something with the 500,000 (rounded to the nearest 500,000 because it sure feels like that many) 1” (1.5”? I haven’t measured) HST’s
Plan 2026 block exchange blocks (4), test blocks, print patterns
Sew Xmas gift bag
BINGO CARDS:
I wound four bobbins. Also check out my $5 bobbin winder I got at a yard sale (brand new, still in box).
I got a more industrial feeling bobbin winder for Xmas a few years back, and it handles cones, but this one is light and portable. I still can’t believe I scoffed when a friend bought one 10+ years ago “your machine winds bobbins! That’s a silly purchase" until 2 yrs ago and a huge project…. So nice not having to rethread the machine every time!
While this Pic was taken days ago, I was up past midnight sewing last night (and had to use one of these)
Speaking of tools: Xmas list items. Do you have any favorite “must haves" or “most wants?” I’m creating a Xmas list to share with family. New quality (but not too heavy!) Scissors is on my list, just not sure what kind to suggest. Must have is obv a bobbin winder.
I love my bobbin winder! Those things are so convenient. You got quite the deal on it!
I don’t have a bobbin winder, but I do enjoy the convenience of prewound bobbins! They work well in my sewing machine, but not so much with my embroidery machine. Though, one of the nice features of my embroidery machine is that I can wind a bobbin while the machine is embroidering. I didn’t have this feature with my last machine and didn’t realize just what I was missing out on, it’s quite convenient!
I highly recommend the XL Stripology ruler. I’ve used mine with nearly every quilt that I’ve made since purchasing it.
Do you have a Bloc-Loc ruler? Based on the amount of tiny HSTs you’ve made, I’m assuming you already have some sort of helpful HST ruler or are just realy good at making HSTs.
Here is my 4th quarter goal list:
Here are my 4th Quarter Bingo cards:
Its 11:19 and i normally have a strict bedtime of 10. Im still quilting, and i have wound more than 3 bobbins already.
Its 1 AM. Way past my bedtime.
3 am. Im calling it a night and will hopefully finish tomorrow!
That is, if i wake up before 5 PM. Ha!
I do not have a boc loc ruler. My HST are the leftover pieces from snowballing corners. Thanks for the ideas 
I was today years old when I found out you can purchase pre-wound bobbins 
I’ve not seem them irl.
I don’t mind winding bobbins personally, but it’s not a hassle on my machine. I know it’s sometimes more fiddly on other machines. I usually keep bobbins on hand in many different colours and unless I’m working on something super specific, I can usually find a similar colour in my bobbin box. I like to use up bobbins of different colours when I’m piecing a quilt, often it doesn’t really matter whether you use white or cream or light grey when the fabric is a print in a light colour, for example.
I bought a bobbin winder on AliExpress and while I don’t use it all the time, I really appreciate not having to unthread my machine to wind bobbins. I usually wind about five at a time. Always white. I seem to piece most things in white
Sounds like the quilting bug has got you!
I used to buy thread to match everything I made. Over the years, I also mainly use neutral colors for everything. I wind white, black, grey, navy, cream and red. I have boxes of partial bobbins in all colors that I am trying to use up.
@gozer Get some sleep before you sew your fingers!
I am still in the “the thread has to match the fabric it is touching” 90% of the time thought process.
At least 50% of my sewing is garment sewing, and for clothes I do strongly believe in matching thread (or contrasting, but a conscious choice of thread). For quilting, stitching is usually less visible so matching-ish is good enough.
I have 11 bobbins with my machine which is a good amount - enough that there’s always a bobbin in a similar-ish colour when one runs out, but not so many that you’re drowning in half full bobbins. When I spend an afternoon piecing a quilt, I’ll usually empty several or all bobbins in a colour group.
I am totally the opposite! For quilting, I do like the quilting part to relate to the colors in the quilt. Unless I am topstitching on clothing, I don’t worry about the color of the thread as long as my tension is good.
Funny how there are so many styles of sewing that seem to all work for each of us! ha
Oh, and if there is a zipper on clothing, then I want it to match so my wonky sewing isn’t obvious! 
I never used to pay that much attention, but then you suddenly find out the inside seam / hem of a sleeve is visible when you wear it, and it’s a very distracting colour….
I don’t always match the colour exactly, right now I’m wearing a purple sweater I made a few years ago, the topstitching is a matching colour of purple but I think on the inside I used black or a dark blue.
