How it works
Most sewing storage is a box with dividers. The Sew Stack gives every bobbin, spool and presser foot its own place, and locks each tray to the next — here's how.
Bobbins stand on edge in ten parallel channels. Molded into the channel walls are small dimples, positioned to meet each bobbin's center hole. Press a bobbin in and it's captured on both sides: it can't roll, it can't unwind, and it stays put when the tray is turned over.
Small lips at the corners of every tray's base snap under the rim of the tray below. Press a tray on and you'll feel it lock. That's why the trays stack in any order, and why a stack lifts and travels as one piece instead of sliding apart.
The trays are molded from a soft-touch, flexible, latex-free material instead of brittle hard plastic. It grips bobbins and spools gently, quiets the clatter, and flexes rather than cracks if a stack gets dropped.
Dust and lint settle on open thread and bobbins, and whatever's on the thread gets pulled into your machine — the tension discs, the bobbin case, the feed dogs. The lid plugs into the top of any tray, so your stash — especially premium and specialty threads — stays clean between projects. The lid blocks light too, so thread doesn't fade from UV on a sunny sewing table. And it keeps curious cats out, which anyone who sews with a cat will appreciate.
Every Sew Stack piece is designed and made in the USA. Keeping production close means we can watch the fit from one production run to the next, and stand behind it.
By the numbers
| Footprint (all pieces) | 6.5" × 6.5" (165 mm) at the rim |
|---|---|
| Bobbin tray height | 1.27" (32.3 mm) |
| Thread spool tray height | About 3" (75 mm) |
| Machine feet tray / tool tray height | 2.58" (65.5 mm) |
| Lid thickness | 0.43" (10.8 mm) |
| How trays lock | Snap lock: lips at each corner snap under the rim below |
| Bobbin capacity | 40 per tray: 10 channels × 4 seats |
| Spool capacity | 16 per tray: 4 × 4 pegs on a 36.5 mm grid |
| Combo Kit, stacked with lid | About 4.3" (108 mm) tall |
Protected by US Patent US 10,252,878, “Container systems and methods for spools and bobbins.”
Look closer
The Combo Kit in 3D. Drag to rotate; zoom in on the dimples and the rim.
Because quilters asked. At every show, the same story: bobbins unwinding in a drawer, spools tipping over, presser feet lost in a bag. The Sew Stack is our answer.
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