JoyceRowell

May be you could cut the bottom off a soda bottle and use that. Not sure if it would work or not but it is a thought. I think I will try one.

romanojg

Get a couple of clean slurpy cups with lids and it would do the same thing, or some of he cheap cups with lids at the dollar store.

lclang

Try a soda bottle, a wide mouth pint jar, a thread net, a piece of a nylon stocking, all much cheaper than the advertised item. I get a "dish" of ice cream at Burger King for 50 cents and it has a domed plastic top over a plastic glass. I bet if you glued one of those to something heavy and poked a hole in the top that would work just as well. Lots of cheap suggestions to try before spending any money.

peaceandjoy

I've seen threads that come in a container like that. The container is part of the packaging. The only one I can find right now though is Hemmingworth. Amazon carries it: http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...l_3jxlsba6xo_e

shasta5718

Looks like a water bottle, you can cut off the bottom and set thread in, then just tape bottom until you need to put new thread in.

AZ Jane

That was my first thought until I got a good look at it. A 1 liter coke bottle with the bottle cut off.

damaquilts

well at least I know my thinking isn't crazy. The first thing I thought when I saw it was "soda bottle"

Boston1954

I am thinking that if you want something to keep a thread cone from getting dusty, you could probably make one from a soda bottle.

Sewslow

That's what I thought when I saw it. Think I'll try it and see if I have a saved plastic lid* that would fit on the bottom after it's cut off to insert the thread cone. *(I save lids to use as spoon rests, then toss them, either in the DW or the trash.)

bmstanl

It is a monofilament that they use for binding rug edges. That is the only way you can find it. It is called a clear thread canister. Look under Large thread covers. it is made by National. Hope this helps