What do you do with your empty thread spools????
#131
Originally Posted by joyce888
I read the first 4 pages and didn't see a duplicate of what I do with them. I wind my binding up on them as I'm pressing it; then run a ribbon thru the hole and hang it around my neck as I'm sewing the binding on my quilt. It doesn't get tangled or in my way as I sew; I also only unwind a small bit at-a-time keeping the remainder secure with straight pin.
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#132
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I gave mine to my granddaughters and we glued scraps of lace and ribbon on them then they strung them on shoelaces - the younger gd wore hers as a necklace and the older gd also decorated a cigar box and used some of the decorated spools as feet for the box and a tiny decorated spool as a knob on top to lift the lid
#133
Grandson hauls them about the house in his dump truck! And what a find he thinks he has, in fact, he inspects my thread holder whenever he is here to make sure I any waiting. Now as for my old wooden spools, they are in a glass bear for decoration. This is a fun thread (play on words - lol) and I appreciate all the ideas coming forth.
#137
OK here is the use for 1, so pick your fav. Take the spool and insert the handle end of a seam ripper into the hole, this can now be used quite effectively to cut apart chain pieced parts by slipping the joining thread down over the business end of the seam ripper. Not my idea but one I found in a book somewhere. Works great as long as the seam ripper and the spool hole match up.:D
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