Originally Posted by maggiebooboo
My daughter laughs at me for this, but when I'm piecing a quilt top, I keep a ball jar by me and throw all of the thread clippings in it. When my granddaughter and I have an afternoon, we will make pinecone bird feeders with peanutbutter and roll them in the thread and birdseed. The birds to use the thread in their nests.
Now that is about the neatest thing I have ever heard. My DH and myself sit outside in our swing and watch the birds,when the weather is good,Drink a cup of coffee. It is our timeout from everything. Just swing,sip coffee and look at the birds. I am going to do as you do from now on. What a wonderful idea. We have pinecones everywhere so it would be easy to use them and the strings with peanut butter and seeds.
Thank you. BillsBonBon