What do you do with yours?
#23
I am generally able to use it up when I have something to sew by hand....sewing on buttons, closing up an area when I make something that I have to stuff, etc. Very little of my thread goes to waste.
Yesterday I was sewing & my bobbin & top thread ran out at the same time. Now that was a first ever for me!
Yesterday I was sewing & my bobbin & top thread ran out at the same time. Now that was a first ever for me!
#24
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I use it for piecing or hand sewing the binding.
My grandmother got a stepmother when she was 8 years old (in the 1880's). The lady was a professional seamstress. It became my grandmother's job to pull out the basting threads from the dresses in progress and wind the thread on a spool, so that it could be re-used.
My grandmother got a stepmother when she was 8 years old (in the 1880's). The lady was a professional seamstress. It became my grandmother's job to pull out the basting threads from the dresses in progress and wind the thread on a spool, so that it could be re-used.
#25
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I usually use them for piecing - my machine is drop-in bobbin with a clear lid and clear bobbins, so I can check it and sew right down to the last couple of inches.
But if I need a bobbin, I'll pull off several feet of thread and toss it. Life is too short and I'm too prone to hoarding anyway. I can't save every little scrap of everything! I already save every little fabric and batting scrap to make dog beds, saving every little scrap of thread is one step too far for me.
For awhile I had a thread ball going - I pulled a bunch of rotten but very colorful thread off of about 30 vintage bobbins and wound it all into a ball. I added to it for awhile before I decided I was just being a hoarder and tossed it. I can't say I miss it.
But if I need a bobbin, I'll pull off several feet of thread and toss it. Life is too short and I'm too prone to hoarding anyway. I can't save every little scrap of everything! I already save every little fabric and batting scrap to make dog beds, saving every little scrap of thread is one step too far for me.
For awhile I had a thread ball going - I pulled a bunch of rotten but very colorful thread off of about 30 vintage bobbins and wound it all into a ball. I added to it for awhile before I decided I was just being a hoarder and tossed it. I can't say I miss it.
#27
I have numerous bobbins, so if I stop and change to a full one I just put the partial in my bobbin holder and use it up piecing later. Generally when piecing the color doesn't matter- isn't going to show. I don't waste much thread. I might use 10+ different colors/ threads piecing a quilt top because I'm just using up partial bobbins.
Yep, this is what I also do.
#28
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I just looked it up, how lovely. Great, now another reason to keep my loose threads )
I forbid anyone from suggesting a use for my dryer lint, other than fire starter. lol
#29
I have numerous bobbins, so if I stop and change to a full one I just put the partial in my bobbin holder and use it up piecing later. Generally when piecing the color doesn't matter- isn't going to show. I don't waste much thread. I might use 10+ different colors/ threads piecing a quilt top because I'm just using up partial bobbins.
#30
Less than 2 feet I take off the bobbin and shamelessly throw it away. If more than 2 feet I use for piecing, unless I need the bobbin for color I am quilting with. Like fabrics, I have more thread than I will ever be able to use. No rotting thread here.
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