Does the thread break easily when you pull on it? If not, it should be good to go. I saw an adorable window treatment. Using the entire spool and large wooden beads, string them together to make "ornaments". Sew the top of each "ornament" to a valence and hang it in your sewing room window. Also, the little bobbins would look great in a glass jar lamp that you can fill with memorabilia. I have one on my kitchen counter but it's filled with kitty shaped pasta.