Opal Jane you are so clever!!!! I will surely try this one myself. And dear lady.....look at you.....congratulations on your weight loss!!! You must feel wonderful. Soon I will copy you on this achievement also. Great job!!! :-D

I use all size medicine bottles with a hole punched in top to carry along. Also at sewing table when sewing binding on hate to chase the thread.

Walmart, here I come! :-)

What a grand idea. I am going to pick one up on Friday, thanks.

Great idea. Thanks so much.

I will do that... I wasn't aware they offered a free subscription for ideas.

Thanks,

Great idea

Another idea that works for me is I thread a needle right onto the spool. I drop the spool into a ziploc bag and poke the needle through the side/end of the bag, pulling the thread out through the hole. Zip the bag closed. I then pull out as much thread as I need, leaving a "tail" of thread protruding out of the bag a few inches. Next time, I just thread the needle onto the tail and pull again.

Neat, cheap, tidy, keeps the thread from getting dusty/fluffy/dirty/whatever. The bag stops the thread from rolling away and folds up nice and tight so it doesn't take up much extra space when storing. And who doesn't have a ziploc type baggie of any sort in their home?

Tara

Great idea. Out of necessity comes invention.

Thanks so much for sharing such a great idea!!!