If it does start to give you problems there is an easy fix too :) Use a wire coat hanger, cut the bottom section of wire out about 10-12 inches bend it into a "L" shape and put loops at both ends, the leg of the L loop will fit over your vertical spindle and your cone will sit down on time of it, and your thread can run up and through the loop at the top and then down to your sewing machine letting pull from the 'top' :) [ATTACH=CONFIG]366053[/ATTACH]

What a cool invention! That looks like exactly what I'd need, for my Kenmore (when I get it back up and running)! Thanks! :thumbup:

thanks for the idea, I fight my cone holder it turns over have to go chase it , I can do this one.

I use " So Fine" on the large cones all the time too. I only every emptied 2 of them! I get it from Superior Threads - usually stock up at the quilt show in Hershey. The spool holder I have was only $7, and it sits next to the machine. If your method starts to give you a problem, the holders are not hard to find.

lol I am cheap...er "frugal" thus resourceful lol why spend $7-$10 on a holder when you can use something 'free' and make it yourself :D Happy to share lol when my sewing table is put back together and I'm not ashamed to take pictures again I'll post a picture of mine lol

Cheap . . . I mean "frugal" is GOOD! :thumbup: I've seen the cone holders and read about the cups, etc. but aside from being ch . . . frugal, I really don't want anything extra on my table; I have enough to knock over/off, already. :p

LQS told me a mason jar works too!

That does work! if you aren't clumsy...I spent 90 minutes cleaning up the glass and stopping the bleeding lol that's when I came up with the coat hanger trick lol if you do use one I would suggest sitting on a piece of the rubberized shelf liner so it doesn't slide easily.

Here's another idea if your machine isn't picky!

Save the empty container when you finish using up a larger purchase of C/DVD's. The spindle holds a large cone and the top becomes a trash bin.

RECYCLE is the name of the game.

Thanks for sharing your great idea!