Dose anyone here collect old wooden spools of thread?

[abdconsultant]

I just bought some "Made in America": Spun Dee thread by American Thread, from what I understand its the old Coats & Clarke, 1970's Polyester. Great thread! Here's part of my lot. There is tons more. I thought I would make ornaments to give my quilting friends.

[Tashana]

Many people collect them. After you use the thread you can fill a big clear jar with them. They look quite nice like that.

[2blackcats]

WOW, what a find.

[Up North]

Wow that is awesome!! Love those spools! I hand quilt with some thread that was my great Aunts many many years ago and it is still strong thread. I think I had two boxes of it. With every stitch I think of her.

[Mom3]

Yes, I do. I just bought a little lamp made from a spool of thread & plant on putting that into a wicker basket filled with other wood spools of thread for decoration in my sewing area.

Shari

[Scissor Queen]

I saw a really cool wreath made from spools of thread on Pinterest. I don't remember if I pinned that one or not but it shouldn't be all that hard to make.

[sew_Tracy]

How neat! I don't collect them per se, but I have some spools of thread from when I was a little girl and my grandmother used to use and taught me with. Have a Talon color 330 hot pink color that I actually used recently and it's still in great shape, a Spun Dee 449.5, a Star mercerized from American Thread Co marked at 15 cents for the spool and a handful of JP Coats between 30 and 35 cents. They are probably worth not a lot, but they are worth millions to me!

[Iamquilter]

How neat! I don't collect them per se, but I have some spools of thread from when I was a little girl and my grandmother used to use and taught me with. Have a Talon color 330 hot pink color that I actually used recently and it's still in great shape, a Spun Dee 449.5, a Star mercerized from American Thread Co marked at 15 cents for the spool and a handful of JP Coats between 30 and 35 cents. They are probably worth not a lot, but they are worth millions to me!

I read someplace, don't remember where, but that wooden spools are worth a lot of money, so I put all my wooden spools in a box with a note not to get rid of them .

[ghostrider]

I read someplace, don't remember where, but that wooden spools are worth a lot of money, so I put all my wooden spools in a box with a note not to get rid of them .

They're only worth what someone is willing to pay for them. As true 'collectables' they're not worth much at all, however.

I have a couple hundred, not collected really. Some were my mother's and most were simply purchased new when I first started sewing. I still use the thread so they're all treated like any other spool of thread.

[jcrow]

I collect them. I have many from my young days and from my mom's sewing days. I have a small collection, but am trying to get a bigger collection going. It's a slow process. I find them here and there.