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MamaQuilter 10-20-2011 09:21 AM

Ditto :)

Originally Posted by bearisgray
I don't TOSS my thread clippings on the floor - but some of them manage to land there anyway! :?


Zhillslady 10-20-2011 09:21 AM

on the floor and I vacuum daily

Quilter7x 10-20-2011 09:22 AM


Originally Posted by Rose L
Heavens no! I have carpet in my sewing room and it's hard to get the threads up off of it. Plus they clog up the beater bar on my vacuum and I'm not thrilled about cleaning that later. I'm pretty anal about getting the scraps and threads into the wastebasket, it saves me time in the long run so I have more time to spend sewing.

:lol: Same here! I can't stand threads on the floor or on myself! My friend Beth has a son who cleans the floor in her sewing room. She will often send me a (text) picture of a pile of threads on her floor! :lol: And then she sends another of her son cleaning it up! He loves doing it, so I think she puts more on the floor than necessary just so he can clean it up.

BellaBoo 10-20-2011 09:23 AM

I put each thread clippings in catcher. I am a firm believer in if you don't make a mess there will be no mess to clean up.

icon17 10-20-2011 09:24 AM

Not on purpose! But still seems my space is coverd with the little devils. :lol:

gollytwo 10-20-2011 09:26 AM

I have a plastic hotel ice bucket that I line with a grocery plastic bag - when it's full it goes to the garbage and a new plastic bag is inserted

moonwork42029 10-20-2011 09:28 AM

I have a plastic grocery bag "blue taped" to the table so I can just put them in there as I clip them.

annthreecats 10-20-2011 09:29 AM

I have a small trash can on the floor that I have been training myself to use. I used to just put them on the table on the other side of the machine until I was done sewing, but they always ended up all over my project so I'm trying to fix my system. Old dog, new tricks.

quiltgal 10-20-2011 09:35 AM

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Well, I save them and make a art quilt out of just the thread with them. The picture that I wanted is not on this computer so will have to add another time, but this will give you an idea.

Just Like a Newspaper, Black and White and Red All Over,
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Granna of 5 10-20-2011 09:36 AM

I try to get them in the trash can, but they tend to wind up on the floor and my clothes. I bought one on those long handle sticky rollers to roll over the rug before vacuuming that help the rollers in the vacuum.


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