SusieQOH

I cleaned out my sewing cabinet drawer and found this. I have no clue what it is.
TIA

stitch678

What an interesting find! All l can offer is that it appears like something like cording or yarn is meant to wrap around where teeth are, and the pointy end may be used to thread something through a channel of some type, but too large to be for inserting elastic. I wonder if it could be for mending nets? ( fishing, or sports nets).

sewbizgirl

Looks like half of a plastic closure for bags of bulk candy, such as hard candy. There's another piece to it, a little "collar", that the point goes into and the teeth lock it when you slide it up this piece. The pointy thing ends up sticking out and was used to hang the bags of candy in the store.

So you fill your tall candy bag to about 2" from the top, then twist the top to close it. Then bend that twisted end around the squarish end of the closure. Then insert the pointed end into the collar piece and slide it up till it locks on the teeth. You can then hang the bag from the pointed end. To open, slide down the collar and remove the closure from the bag.

I haven't seen these in a long time. They commonly held plastic net bags too, like what you would see marbles selling in. I tried to find one in use for you on Google images, and there weren't any... just twist ties!

Shepherdess55

Hope this helps.

Quiltwoman44

Ha! that is it ! Interesting. wonder where the other part is?

SusieQOH

Haha!! Absolutely no idea and how did it get in my sewing room???
I was concerned that it may go with my Bernina somehow.

Thanks, everyone!

ibex94

I like the glorified twist tie option. Does it look like your machine bulb? Could it have been a protective jacket for the bulb? Looks like a christmas light bulb :-)

sewbizgirl

That’s it, shepardess!

The one piece alone is really just trash.

ibex94

I bet the tip of a venetian blind cord would do the slip over trick.

toogie

We have such smart people here on QB. I never would have guessed!