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07-25-2012, 01:57 PM

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Lucy90

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I bought a huge jar full of wooden spools and have it in my sewing room.

07-25-2012, 04:43 PM

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JudyLynne

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I had bought an old gum ball dispenser. I filled it full of wooden spools. I also had one that I filled with the "old timey" wooden clothes pins. It makes a great display in my sewing room.

07-25-2012, 05:37 PM

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maxnme01

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You have a treasure. Don't ever throw them out.

07-25-2012, 05:50 PM

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cfuzzy

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There was a display at our library of carved wooden spools. This site shows some neat carved spools. http://info.fabrics.net/decorative-r...wooden-spools/

07-25-2012, 07:06 PM

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KyKaren1949

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I LOVE the spool wreath on the Etsy site.

07-25-2012, 07:32 PM

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craftymatt2

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Thank you for all the great ideas, i love the wreath and the ornaments

07-25-2012, 07:53 PM

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Teddybear Lady

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I like your fabric wrapped spools.

07-25-2012, 08:49 PM

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GrannieAnnie

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ritacarl

Hi everyone. I have many wooden spools. When I cleaned out my mother's apartment and my aunts house, I found a lot of spools of thread that have wooden spools. I have been gradually using up the thread and now have a stach of wooden spools. Does anyone know what I can do with them. Seems a shame to throw them away.
Thanks
Rita

I will not use old thread. However, I have kept all the old spools, with the remaining thread in a couple of jars. Two spools with some thread, I dipped in polyurethane and used as "buttons" on a sewing tote I made for a friend-----------with a spool quilt block as the front pocket.

07-26-2012, 04:08 PM

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SnowQuilt

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I have a big glass jar I keep them in for decoration in my sewing room. Thats a good idea about putting the scraps of fabric around them.

07-27-2012, 06:19 PM

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Jackie Spencer

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I collected them for years. The smaller ones make great knobs on sewing room furniture. I have a very large one with a gold colored thread on it that my Moma used to sew things on my Daddy's Navy uniforms, when he was in WWII and the Korean War.