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I started to ask this in a reply to another post but didn't want to hi-jack their post. How long do you keep thread. I have a couple bags of thread I got at an estate sale last year. I use some for small piecing like yo yos and hexies. One bag is nothing but polyester the other is a mix. Many on wooden spools. I've done a strength test on some and just not really sure how old the thread is. Most of it is Coats & Clark. Some of the spools still have cellophane around them apparently not used.
I use it tell it's gone or it starts to shred and brake.
Forever. If it's old, I just pull on it. If it breaks, I thow it out.
Penny
I'm with you, but I don't throw it out... i put it in a pretty glass bowl to decorate my sewing roomOriginally Posted by Pennyhal
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Wish there was a like button. Great suggestion.
I agree. I have some that is many years old and wouldn't hesitate to use it on crafts or mending, etc., but not necessarily for quilts.
Until its gone. Thread can be good for many years- and new thread can be garbage.
As long as it holds up to the tug- test I use it. When it is too weak for a tug it can still be used for hand basting hexies or other uses
hiding away in my stash where i'm warm, safe and happy
I have some pretty old and I'm still using it. If it would break easy or shred, I'd chunk it. I think in most cases, it's been stored indoors, and is good for a very long time. My neighbor retired years ago from a suit factory, and she has containers full of paper bobbins loaded with gray, brown, beige thread, and she gave me a bunch of it, I use it for hand sewing hexies, it's thin, but very strong, can't break it.
If a woman's work is never done....why start?
I have been the fortunately recipient of quite a bit of donated thread. I'm using it all....
Like the others have said - if it breaks easily - I don't use it.
If it is still strong, I will use it.
There are still some antique quilts holding together - so that thread seems to still be "good"
Although there are some that will discard or pass on some brands after they start using another brand - even though the thread is still usable.
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