QuiltnLady1

For my spools that do not have a snap bottom, I bought some lightweight clear plastic at Joann's and cut strips the width of the spools, then I cut the strips so that they wrapped around the spool with about 1" overlap. (I did start with a paper pattern) The plastic sticks to itself and the thread stays neat.

I store the thread I use for piecing in a handy drawer, the specialty threads are in plastic boxes sorted by type (like metalic, poly, cotton, varigated, 30 wt and 12 wt).

featherweight

I have my large cones in a drawer. I keep my smaller cones in a Plano Tackle boxes that I purchased at Sportsman Whse. They hold 32 spools. I have 5 boxes that were purchased at WM in the toy dept. They are hot wheel car cases. They hold 48, but, I can't find them anymore. They are stacked on a shelf behind my sewing machine. As far as keeping them from unraveling, I just cut a notch in the bottom of the spool and hook the thread in it.