On my upright vacuum I am usually able to cut through the tangles at right angles to the beater bar in order to remove the threads without lots of unwinding. My vac. grabbed the frayed corner of a mud rug and hysterically unravelled about 24 yards of plastic weft be fore I could turn it off. That's when I discovered cutting along the bar with a utility knife. Necessity is the mother of invention.

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Yeah, that's a really analogous comparison.

No, mainly cause I hate having to clean up later. I also have 3 dogs who come in & sleep when I sew & one will pick up & eat most anything like that, so another good reason. I keep thread catchers, various kinds, wherever I sew, & try not to let anything fall on the floor. I use to save small plastic bags I got when shopping various places. Shoved one top edge under my sewing machine on the table, & as I clipped threads, there they went, & I would just empty into the waste basket every once in awhile. Now, there's free ones we can make, so that works too, though I have yet to stop quilting long enough to make me one, lol. I use to collect decorative tins, & some are small enough, minus a lid, to sit nearby & toss thread scraps in, so, no, I don't toss them on the floor, only to clean up later, lol....

If I am in my sewing room- yep, right to the floor. If I am in the kitchen, I toss them towards the trashcan, but then end up on the floor most of the time.

My husband HATES this, but I don't see why he cares- I vacuum my sewing room, and sweep the kitchen, not him. When he does woodworking he gets sawdust on the garage floor...how is that different? (Especially since he rarely does do a final sweep, he just uses the shop vac, which doesn't get it all...)

I don't throw mine on the floor and try hard not to let them fall there. The rug I have on the floor is a synthetic to which the threads cling strongly. My vacuum cleaners don't pick up all of them so I end up having to get down on hands and knees with large pieces of adhesive tape and roll them up. Taking extra care and a little bit of time to prevent them from ending up there is less time consuming and easier on my knees.

I toss them into a bag taped to the side of the sewing table ... and I save them for the birds in the spring. They use them to build and reinforce their nests. :-)

I do end up with thread on the floor quite often. I found that lint rollers work really well for picking up pesky threads.

The long arm quilter I hire uses like a 6x9 inch scrap piece of poly batting safety pinned to her blouse/apron...then she just takes the clipped thread and touches the batting and voila it sticks. No threads on her floor whatsoever!

I always forget about the poly bat thingee. I don't like threads or scraps or trims on my carpet so I have a basket right to my left next to the sewing machine and another basket near my cutting area for trims etc. I vacuum before I leave the room.

I like what another member said, "If I don't make a mess then I don't have to clean it up!" Now I need to apply that thought. Because I tend to get messy while doing a project, but since I'm blessed with a sewing room I can always shut the door while doing the project!

May The Lord Bless and Keep You Safe

i don't like to clean later, so i carefully collect when i clip

Well I aim for the waste basket but most end up on the floor.