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08-26-2013, 12:36 AM

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quiltingloulou

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I agree with all that has been said above. I don't throw anything much away, I use it to baste or other little jobs that don't take much tugging.

08-29-2013, 10:48 AM

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Shorebird

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Originally Posted by QuiltingHaven

Okay, I am 66 years old and just starting quilting 2 1/2 years ago. I inherited my grandmother's 1937 Singer which I use weekly. Along with that I got her sewing kit and my mother just past away in January and I got her machine and her sewing kit. Both of them have well over 60-70 wooden spools of thread. I do the tug test and if it holds, I use that thread. I think some of that thread is better than the thread today. It is 100% cotton and I think I have every shade imaginable. Oh, yes, I do buy modern thread but before I do, I check my stash from my mother and grandmother. Thank you, ladies!!!!!

I too use thread that was my Grandmother's......she passed away in 1986....and the thread is just as good now as it was when she bought it......stored carefully.........I too have purchased new thread that was so weak I had to throw it away........