Unexpected "notion" at Walgreens
02-08-2011, 03:05 PM
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I found a simple way to keep my spools of thread from unraveling and causing a mess. I normally keep my embroidery thread on a spool rack (see my avatar). But, I am traveling now, and they sure don't sit tight in a box. At Walgreens I found small polybands (for ponytails). They are clear bands that fight perfectly around the embroidery spools and work great. I got 100 large ones and 150 smaller ones for $5. You can barely see them on the spools so will look nice even at home on the rack.
02-08-2011, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Bonbonary
I found a simple way to keep my spools of thread from unraveling and causing a mess. I normally keep my embroidery thread on a spool rack (see my avatar). But, I am traveling now, and they sure don't sit tight in a box. At Walgreens I found small polybands (for ponytails). They are clear bands that fight perfectly around the embroidery spools and work great. I got 100 large ones and 150 smaller ones for $5. You can barely see them on the spools so will look nice even at home on the rack.
They can dry out on your thread!
At our $ store they had the cloth ponytail bands that make great bobbin bands!
02-08-2011, 07:06 PM
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I just bought a big bag of them at Dollar Tree and they are cloth also in cute colors. They make great gifts to quilters. I hate tangled threads. So glad you found them. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy your traveling.
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