Information in this chart has been gathered by questioning our subscribers and customers, who kindly provided their feedbacks about experience with various prewound bobbins. Thanks for everyone who contributed to build this list! If you feel it can be updated in some way - please email us with your experience.
Unless stated otherwise, the vast majority of embroidery machines seem to work best with plastic sided prewound bobbins. Just check the size you need, and start using prewounds. They can save you a lot of time and trouble.
To be 100% sure whether your machine takes Style L or 15/A bobbins, it may be a good idea to consult your owner’s manual.
Machine Brand | L Size Bobbins Diameter : 20 mm (13/16 inch ) Height : 7.5 mm (5/16 inch) | A Size Bobbins (Class 15) Diameter : 20 mm ( 13/16 inch ) Height : 10 mm (1/2 inch) |
Babylock | Alliance (BNAL) Endurance 2 (BND9-2) Enterprise BNT10 & BNT10L Embroidery Professional EMP6,BMP6, BMP8 & BMP9 (EMP6 Seems to have problems with all bobbins except of Coats) Ellageo (ESG2, ESG3) Ellure (ESL) Esante (ESE2) Espire (ESP) Jane (BL500A) Quilter's Choice Pro (BLQP) Endurance 6 Needle (BND9) | Aventura (BLMAV) Crafter's Choice (BLCC) Creative Pro (BL37), Creative Pro (BL40) Decorator's Choice (BLDC) Destiny (BLDY) Ellageo (BLL), Ellageo Plus (BLL2) Ellure (BLR), Ellure Plus (BLR3) Ellisimo (BLSO), Elisimo Gold (BLSOG) Ellegante (BLG), Ellegante 2 (BLG2), Ellegante 3 (BLG3) Esante (BLN) Espire (BLSR) Flourish (BLFMO) Grace (BL40A) Journey (BLJY) Intrigue (INT) Quilter's Choice (BLQC) Sofia (BL137A2), Sofia 2 (BL137A2) Spirit (BLPY) Symphony (BLSY) Unity (BLTY) |
Bernette | Deco 350 & 650 (by Brother) | |
Bernina | Artista 165, 170, 180, 185QEE, 200E, 630E, 640E Aurora 430QEE, 440QEE Deco 300, 500, 600, 930 | Deco 330, 340 Bernette 730E & 740E |
Brother | CS-8072 PC-2800, 3000, 6000, 6500, 7000, 7500, 8200, 8500D PE-100, 150, 150V, 170D, 200, 300S, 400D PR-600, 600II, 600C, 620, 620II, 650, 655, 1000, 1000E PR-100 PS-1000, 1250, 1700, 1800, 1900, 1950, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2500 ULT-2001, 2002D, 2003D | BB-370 BC-1000 BP-2100, 2800 CE-4000, 1100PRW , 5000PRW , 5500PRW , 7070PRW , 8080PRW , 8150 CP-6500, 7500 CS-100T, 5055PRW , 6000, 6000B, 6000i, 6000T, 8150 Designio- DZ3000, DZ820E DreamCreator- VM5100, VQ2400 Dream Machine - XV8500D DreamWeaver- VQ3000 DreamWeaver XE- VE2200VM6200D Duetta 4500D, Duetta 2 4750D ES-2000, EX-660 HE-1, 120, 240; HC - 1850; HS-2000, 2500 Innovis 40, 40e, 80, 85e, 900D, 950D, 1000, 1500D, 2500D, 2800D, 4000D, 5000, 6750D, NX570Q JX-2517 LB-6770PRW , 6800PRW, 6800THRD LS-30, 590,1217, 2125, 2125i, 6770 LX-2500, 2763, 3125, 3125E, 3850 NX-200, 250, 400, 400Q, 450, 450Q, 600, 650Q Pacesetter PS21, PS-3700 PC-210, 210PRW , 420, 420PRW PE-500, 700, 700II, 750D, 770, 780D Project Runway- 85e Quattro 6000D, Quattro 2 6700D, Quattro 3 QC-1000 SC- 9500 SE-270D, 350, 400, 425 Simplicity- SB170, SB3129, SB530T, SB700T, SB7050E, SB7500, SB7900E, SC3000, SC9500, SE270D, SE350, SE400, SE425, SM2700, SM8270, SQ9000, SQ9050, SQ9185 SM- 2700 SQ - 9000, 9050 VX-1435 XB-2510 XL-2230, 2600, 2600i, 2610, 2800, 3100, 3500, 3500T, 3510, 3750, 5130, 5232, 5340, 5500, 5600, 5700, 6452, 3510, 3500T, 6562, 7700 XM2701 XR- 40, 46C, 52C, 65T, 1300, 4040, 7700, 9000, 9500PRW |
Husqvarna | Viking Designer I, II, Diamond Quilt Designer II Designer1 ESS, Viking 1+, Orchid, Iris Viking Designer Ruby Viking Platinum 950E Viking Designer SE Rose Viking Scandinavia 100, 300, 400 (Rose) * Viking Designer does not work well with Sideless Bobbins! | |
Janome | MB-4 Elna 6003Q Elna SE2 | All new Elna Memory Craft 200E, 350E, 9900, 11000, 12000, 15000 5000, 9000, 9500, 9700, 300E, 350E, 10000, 10001, 11000 |
Juki | TL-98 | T-100, E80 |
Kenmore | All Models | |
Pfaff | Creative , 2144, 2134, 7570, Creative Vision 2170, 2140, 2124 - Best Work with Cardboard SIded Bobbins. | |
Quantum Futura | 100, 104, 117, 118, 132, 132Q, 140Q 2623, 2638, 2639, 2662, 3962 IZEK 7400 series | |
Simplicity | SE2 | |
Singer | 6400 Series 7312, 7322, 7350 Scholastic, Scholastic Plus XL1000, XL6000 9910, 9920, 9940 | |
White | 3300, 4400 | Rotary |
To be 100% sure whether your machine takes L or A style bobbins, it may be a good idea to call your dealer.
Or, take a ruler, and measure your "native" bobbin VERY CAREFULLY:
A size diameter should be 0.8 inches (20 millimeters), height should be 0.4 inches (10 millimeters).
L size diameter should be 0.8 inches (20 millimeters), height should be 0.3 inches (7.5 millimeters).
If it is neither - check if your machine came with spare bobbin case for L-size bobbins. Brother machines usually do.
Also, if you order bobbins from us, and see that something does not work like it should - within 60 days you may return them in original packaging, and get a store credit or refund. So you're absolutely safe to try.