Originally Posted by ptquilts
I actually recycle thread by taking old clothes apart, carefully, from one side of the seam and you can save the long piece of thread on the other side, wind it on a spool to reuse.
HAH - had you going there for a bit didn't I??!!
I can actually remember doing this way back in the olden days, must have been in the 50's, I lived with relatives who had gone thru the depression, nothing was wasted. I still try not to waste but no longer recycle thread, in fact I love buying expensive thread-LOL
I have made scrap quilts from scraps of the Christmas stockings our group made for the troops & much of the stocking fabric was donated. I did use new batting & backing though & the quilts were raffled & brought in approx $500 to be used to send things to the troops.