do you toss your thread clippings on the floor?

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10-21-2011, 04:43 PM

#211

sampson001

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhaorth

I have noticed when I walk away from the sewing area, I am covered in thread clippings, and so is the floor... even though I have a receptacle for them...

Do you clip and toss and clean later, or do you have a place for the clippings and put them in their place?

Do the thread catchers that hang on the side of the table attached to a pin cushion help to corral the clippings?

What do you do with all those clippings over time? Toss or use in another way?

Sometimes I tape a plastic bag to the sewing table and place threads and fabric into there and other times I just use the lid of the machine and place it on the floor near my feet and put the threats in there.

10-21-2011, 04:45 PM

#212

sampson001

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Deborahlees

What works well for a thread catcher is an empty kleenex box....keep on beside my sewing machine and on the table beside the sofa...Do mark it 'TRASH"....I also use a swifter on the floor at least once a day (hard wood floors) otherwise the thread gets caught up in my rolling wheels on my chair....

The tissue box is a good idea, not throught of that one, I seem to collect a lot of these but will now save and use for threads. I will mark my 'rubbish'

:)

10-21-2011, 04:48 PM

#213

Wonnie

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Works great!!....or I've used masking tape and the wide postal tape.

10-21-2011, 04:56 PM

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I use my left over batting cut in squares the thread stays on there then I throw it out.

10-21-2011, 05:01 PM

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Wonnie

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I TRY to put those devilish little threads and fabric bits into the trash can as I go along but it's as though they take on a life of their own once released from the sewing machine
and stick to my fingers when I try to release them, drop to my clothes and then dance their way to the floor where they stay 'till I'm through with the current project. Then I clean them all up and start all over again with the next project!

10-21-2011, 05:09 PM

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I try to put most in the trash can, not in the floor. I like a clean floor when I'm sewing. If my fabric hits the floor, I want it clean.

10-21-2011, 05:16 PM

#217

miriam

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I just throw them where ever and my chair wheels pick them up... of course the wheels don't work very good any more...

10-21-2011, 05:44 PM

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Taughtby Grandma

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I aim for the trash can, but the floor catches just as much. :lol:

10-21-2011, 05:47 PM

#219

BarbO

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Ditto, I aim for the trash, but it seems that some still end up on the floor. Thank goodness the new sewing room has a tile floor--not carpet anymore! :)