What do you do with empty thread spools?
07-16-2009, 06:59 AM
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I have a huge pattern box full of the wooden ones I have saved all these years of quilting and sewing. Many children have played with those spools. LOL! I used them in the past to do some wooden toys and furniture legs, and dowel ends. If you cut the ends off, it is a great wheel for a pull toy. I also have used them for weights when I used to braid. But, for now, they are there for my niece who stacks them up and rolls a ball to knock them down, like bowling pins. :D
07-16-2009, 07:04 AM
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Thanks for all the ideas! I think for now I'm going to save them for a Guide/Scout group or a Kindergarten. I just need to organize my sewing closet better so I have a bag or box to collect them in.
This is what we used to do with the wooden ones when we were kids:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/mechtoys/tank.html
Jan
This is what we used to do with the wooden ones when we were kids:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/mechtoys/tank.html
Jan
07-20-2009, 06:06 AM
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Omak, my vet uses the med bottles for meds for her clints-our beloved pets. I started collecting mine and drop them off wheni,m either going there or have a stack. also some of them are recyclable (if that is available where you are)
07-20-2009, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueChicken
Originally Posted by Bevanger
I don't save all mine. I did save a couple, ran yarn thru the holes and hung it up on my door for my cat to play with.
07-20-2009, 06:20 AM
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yep, I used to toss them on the floor for the cat, until I stepped on one, now if he gets one it's tied to something just above the floor. I save the ones from the small cones to use as handles for stamps or stamp handles for homemade stamps to use when painting on fabric.
07-20-2009, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by sewmom
Omak, my vet uses the med bottles for meds for her clints-our beloved pets. I started collecting mine and drop them off wheni,m either going there or have a stack. also some of them are recyclable (if that is available where you are)
07-20-2009, 08:15 AM
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Most recycling takes more chemicals and energy than it took to produce the first product.
The exception, so far as I have seen, is aluminum ... I will ALWAYS seek to recycle aluminum ... but the other items are better used up and worn out than recycled.
The exception, so far as I have seen, is aluminum ... I will ALWAYS seek to recycle aluminum ... but the other items are better used up and worn out than recycled.
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