What do you do with your empty thread spools????
#41
Preschools, churches, vacation bible schools, keep these types of things for future projects. Does your town have a teachers supply store? My store has all kinds of things like plastic strawberry baskets, corks, styrofoam trays, yarn, etc.
#42
Originally Posted by pnptrapp
Growing up we used them to make furniture for our doll houses! We also used them to make dolls, adn other things. right now I don't have any empties but will probably find a way to recycle them into toys for my two little boys!
#44
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Southeastern Indiana
Posts: 363
When I was much younger, I heard someone say they went to an estate auction and there was a bushel basket full of empty spools. They thought that was impossible to do. So I started saving them, and if I put all my boxes full all into a bushel basket, I would probably have a couple bushels full. Someone can laugh at me when my kids have my estate sale.
#45
My DH fastened them to a beautiful piece of maple at regular intervals, and hung it for a curtain rod in my sewing studio. I made curtains with cute little ties and hung the tie onto each spool - turned out cute :-)
#47
Originally Posted by AlwaysQuilting
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I throw them away. I don't have space to keep things like that.
#50
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Southeast Idaho
Posts: 3,208
Originally Posted by kyrose
There are several uses for spools. I have a cute shelf that the posts that hold the shelves are spools strung on heavy wire..... .
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