do you toss your thread clippings on the floor?
10-20-2011, 03:16 PM
#71
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Originally Posted by thepolyparrot
I aim for the trash bag or the empty Kleenex box.
My carpet is full of threads, anyway. :?
My carpet is full of threads, anyway. :?
10-20-2011, 03:23 PM
#72
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Originally Posted by Rhaorth
I have noticed when I walk away from the sewing area, I am covered in thread clippings, and so is the floor... even though I have a receptacle for them...
Do you clip and toss and clean later, or do you have a place for the clippings and put them in their place?
Do the thread catchers that hang on the side of the table attached to a pin cushion help to corral the clippings?
What do you do with all those clippings over time? Toss or use in another way?
Do you clip and toss and clean later, or do you have a place for the clippings and put them in their place?
Do the thread catchers that hang on the side of the table attached to a pin cushion help to corral the clippings?
What do you do with all those clippings over time? Toss or use in another way?
10-20-2011, 03:38 PM
#73
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I don't toss my thread clippings on the floor. I have a trash can next to my sewing machine. I need to make a thread catcher for my serger. If I move the serger up close some of the trimming fall on the floor. I try to clean them up when I am finished for the day.
10-20-2011, 03:58 PM
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My mother was one who ALWAYS dropped her threads on the floor.....and I got the pleasure of sweeping and cleaning them up (NOT!). SO I have always made it my business to cut threads and put them in something.
I have a paper lunch bag that I folded the top down on and use blue masking tape to adhere to my table, while in class. At home I use a small plastic trash can with a liner that sits beside where I sew.
I have a paper lunch bag that I folded the top down on and use blue masking tape to adhere to my table, while in class. At home I use a small plastic trash can with a liner that sits beside where I sew.
10-20-2011, 04:14 PM
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I use a paper lunch bag taped onto my table for threads & it's 50/50 if the threads make it into the bag. Recently I caught myself throwing some threads over my left shoulder. Maybe I thought that would prevent making mistakes- I'm not sure...........but I can tell ya it doesn't help with the mistakes.
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