Hugos' amazing tape
 

Has anyone tried this and is there a substitution I can DIY? It sounds great but it can be a little expensive.
Thanks.

what does it do? never heard of it.

I bought this tape at a quilt show and having used it I'm not sure there is a DIY alternative. The stuff has a good amount of stretch to it and sticks to itself so it can be used over and over again. The only thing that comes to mind that may be similar in idea is cling wrap (the clear plastic food wrap). But cling wrap is much thinner, much more fragile and is sometimes hard to find the edge to take it off. Hugo's tape is none of these things. As far as being expensive, I bought my roll over 3 years ago and have hardly put a dent in it. Because you can continue to reuse it for a long time you can reuse pieces of it on newer spools once the old one is used up. Granted most of my thread is on the cone type spools used in longraming that have a locking ring on the bottom of the cone. But I use it for all my specialty threads that don't have a locking ring and it keeps my thread neat, tidy and still rolled on the spool.

for those not familiar it is a tape made to wrap around spools of thread so they don't unravel, at least that is how it was marketed at the show. But there are lots of uses for it.
https://www.amazingtape.com/

I haven't seen this product, but it sounds like what I've been using for years.
Most fabric stores have clear vinyl on rolls, in maybe four different thicknesses.
I bought the smallest amount I could which was 8" by the width of the roll, I think it was the #2 weight.
From that width I cut strips the size of the thread, 2" or whatever.
pull it through my fingers a few times to warm it up, wrap it around the thread, and it sticks.

for a dollar or so I've been protecting my thread for at least 10 years or more.
It gets kind of stiffish if it has been on the thread for awhile, just run it through your fingers, back to new.

I go to Walmart & buy a yard or so of the medium weight clear plastic table covering. Then I just cut it into 1.5 and 2" strips. Use it for my embroidery threads Works great & have reused it for years.

oh sort of like cling wrap.

I use the tape used for scrapbooking. Works great and a lot cheaper. I can't remember the name other then it starts with a W

I use it all the time. You can cut the one inch strip in half. My roll is probably 3 years old and still going.

Nice to use for holding thread spool ends, wrapping paper, embroidery threads, etc. Love it!

I got some to wrap around the bottom of our sliding shower head so it would stop sliding! (Button that is supposed to hold head in place no longer works.) I like it because it is barely visible. I do think it stretches more than the purchased vinyl yardage, and it may be slightly easier to see the edge. I still have a lot of a roll left.

It is pretty great, use it all the time.

I use mine often and one use I have found is to wrap the cord and foot pedal to my machines!!!

I have had mine for probably 15 years or more- if it gets dusty on the thread spools you can rinse it, and its good agan. just don't cut it too short!

Sounds as if this is something I should check out.....have a JoAnn's coupon to use. Will try to find the #2 roll there.

I got some of that several years ago and was surprised to see that it appeared a whole lot like that really thin vinyl... like the stuff used for protecting fancy embroidered table cloths on dining room tables. When I couldn't find my roll of Hugo's I went to Walmart and got a quarter yard of the thinnest clear vinyl stuff they had. Cutting it in strips isn't as convenient as just using it off the spool but it works for me, and cost less than a buck.

If it is cut thin enough, it also works well to keep bobbin threads from getting tangled.

I use mine to keep my pantographs from unrolling. Quick, easy and reusable. I used to use rubber bands but over time they got brittle and broke and the rubber stuck to the roll.

I also use it on pantographs. Am now switching how I store them, and if it works, I won't need the tape. It's a good thing because I just ran out of tape and the lqs where I got it, is no longer in business.

I use it for spools and bobbins, but also wrap it around my plastic containers of pins, Pinmoors, Wonder clips and etc. so that if the container gets dropped, it doesn't spill open. I have also used it to wrap around my placemats and table runners for storage; just rolling them up around a cardboard paper towel roll and Hugo hugs them together. Have also used it to wrap around extension cords to hold them together. So many uses.

I've been quilting since the 80's and this is the first time I ever heard of this stuff. Where have I been all these years?

I used it for years now mostly for wrapping around thread spools that don't have a place to hold the end of the thread. I also use it for wrapping around stabilizers to keep them from unwinding. I read somewhere that a lady thought that it had lost its "cling." It can be rejuvenated much like you get a balloon to stick to stuff...by rubbing it against something. I just rub it across the top of my thigh with a pair of blue jeans one. But, I've only had to do that once in all these years.