Camping Betty

the streachy stuff they use to hold the cotton ball on your arm after you give blood works wonderful to cut into thin strips and put it on my bobbin keeps the thread from going every where
cheap cheap cheap

littlehud

What a great idea. So inventive. Where do you get it?

Scissor Queen

Another thing that works really well is the little girl pony holders. You can buy a whole bag of them for a buck at Family Dollar and color coordinate them with your thread colors.

Quilter7x

That's a great idea! I would imagine it works just as well on embroidery thread also since they seem to slink off the notch in the spool so easy.

watterstide

i cut 5/8" clear rubber tubing..

i think i showed sunkistmi, when she came for a visit.

justwannaquilt

This is what I do also. except I think I use 1/2 inch vinyl tubing. Cut little rings, then cut the ring so it will expand.

watterstide

yep, that is how i do it too..works just fine,and it is clear!

dkabasketlady

I use the hole reinforcements circles.

Camping Betty

it is my idea. I first tried it to hold my thinble on my finger went thur every kind and every size of thimble and all falls off

jimrdeb

I use one of those curly spines from an old cookbook.
It was a "tip" that I had read some where, works great!