Embroidex – 20 Spool Thread Stand for All Home Embroidery Machines Brother Babylock Janome Bernina Pfaff etc..

This is a sturdy product and works exactly as described. Despite many previous reviews to the contrary, mine arrived with explicit instructions on how to put the product together, along with a description about what each part is designed to do. The photos showing each part (with part numbers and part names) were small, black and white, and certainly not “high definition”, but they got the job done. I took my time, and everything went together perfectly. At the end of the instructions were descriptions on the purpose and use for each accessory. Each part and set of accessories was separated into plastic bags, and although the base had a small amount of loose sand in the bag, it was immaterial. The base itself is not leaking sand (which provides the weight to keep the stand from tipping over). The mast across the top will allow the threads to lay within each notch, and it would be better if the notches were not so wide, because the threads do tend to fall out. Among the dozens and dozens of accessories provided are six additional thread guides (2 of one kind; 4 of another), which help provide better tension and corral the thread better than the mast. I just completed a 15 thread embroidery, and was happy to have this thread stand to help organize all the colors. I will say that the footprint of the stand is quite large (16″ wide x 6″ deep; overall height of ~19″) and I was not able to place it directly behind my embroidery machine due to my table only being 14″ deep (embroidery machine takes up 12″). I was able to put the thread stand to the right of the machine and it worked fine. If you have a deeper sewing table, you’ll have a much better layout to place the stand behind your machine where it will be more functional. It will also come apart if you’d like to put it away. There is only one part attached with a screw (the extendable mast pole screws into the bottom thread stand. But the rest will come apart easily, and the 14″ pole can be telescoped down to about 5″. I plan to keep mine together, and just place it on a top shelf when I’m not using it. All together, this is a great multi-spool thread stand!