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.
What a very neat idea!!!! I'll have to remember that one when I buy my house this year and have a garden. I want a place for birds to live!