zennia

Yes, I wear an apron while sewing. It saves both my clothes and threads all over the place. i keep them on a hook in my sewing room.

LAQUITA

I'd love to see a picture or pattern of your aprons please.

coopah

No, I don't wear an apron, but the idea that immediately came to idea was to make one out of a microfiber towel. They have them at the Dollar Tree and other places. There are free patterns online for towel aprons.

lindaschipper

With micro-fiber cloth for an apron you would eventually have to pick all the threads off of it before washing....wouldn't you??

Little Lulu

Sticky Roller - One of the best purchases that I have made was at a booth at the Paducah Quilt Show (thestickyroller.com). It picks up thread, and you just rinse it with a little Dawn dish soap and water then dry. It keeps really sticky. I use it to pick up thread on my floor before vacuuming. It comes in three sizes. Of course, I purchased all 3. It is Great, and I don't have thread catching my rollers in my vacuum. Yeah!

JENNR8R

I saw this tutorial for a man's shirt. I bet it would work well for a thread catcher if using a flannel shirt.

http://gabrielsgoodtidings.blogspot....-to-apron.html

christinelf

I don’t wear an apron, but I saw an idea here a while back I use. My newspaper comes in a narrow plastic bag; I use painters tape to tape half of the top edge to the right side of my sewing machine cabinet. As I clip threads, clip off corners, etc I push them over to the bag to collect them; when it starts to sag I put on another bag, and take the first bag to my cutting table to collect scraps there. A woman in my guild collects these scraps and stuffs doggie beds with them for the animal shelter. We quilters don’t want anything going to waste.

elnan

As a quilting friend once said as we were leaving a work session, "We come with strings attached." If I had a designated sewing apron, it would be a cobblers apron similar to a maternity smock, plenty of pockets. I have always admired the chatelines where you wear your tape measure, pins, needles, scissors, etc.

tuckyquilter

I wear aprons All the time, sewing or not. I like having pockets etc. But when sewing, love being able to transport things like my tape measure etc in a pocket while I carry something else. Usually my coffee!!
Aprons also help keep your clothing cleaner when cooking, cleaning or whatever.

madamekelly

I keep a piece of ugly fleece in my lap because no matter what I do they will be on the floor if I don’t. I just put ribbons on two corners to keep it there. Nothing fancy, just efficient.