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I have a giant coffee cup that started life as a flower vase, featuring “Maxine” that sits to the right of my machine for clippings and threads. Works for me unless I am working with white thread in a black shirt. Nothing is ever perfect in my world, and I am OK with that.
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Originally Posted by ILoveToQuilt
(Post 7979848)
When people ask me what my clothing style is, I answer "dog hair and thread". LOL
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I am cracking up at this thread. I just finished a baby quilt and by the time I got to the binding the threads were driving me so crazy I was throwing them over my shoulder a la Eleanor Burns. Usually
I go out in the afternoon after sewing for a few hours, and guaranteed I always have "strings attached"! Could have worse problems!😸 |
The gray minkee I used for my daughters Christmas pillows was like trying to sew in a blizzard, a grey fuzzy blizzard. It was all over me. People at Safeway commented about the gray fluff in the back of my hair. I still have fuzz in my burgundy carpet.
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Someone referred to the threads as "quilter's bling" sorry can't remember who.
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Originally Posted by themadpatter
(Post 7980169)
LOL! You're going to have to explain this to me, because I am a seriously scandalous person when it comes to being presentable. During gardening season, if I'm working in the garden and need something from home depot, I just jump on my bike and go get it. Mud and all. I think it helps that I am short and buxom, so most of the dirt I accumulate is under the equator (my bustline) and therefore invisible to me, lol. I'm sure its the same with thread.
My friends know if I show up with threads hanging off me, they can count on me being in a great mood. They don't care about anything else. |
Originally Posted by Onebyone
(Post 7979805)
This brush will take thread and pet hair off anything. I was skeptical but it works.
http://shop.flylady.net/p/(RUB-BOGO) Now it's buy one get one free. |
So what are a few threads.....I have been known to go to church with threads attached....Oh well it shows that I am working....
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Lint roller usually works for me...plus a thread catcher sits near. I vacuum my sewing room after each top is completed (plus a couple times a week) to keep the threads from attaching while sandwiching. Most of my thread problem is not the beginning/end threads we snip away but the unraveling of fabric thread underneath top. If I am handling top a lot, this can get knarly... I clip the back a lot while sewing.
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I wear a bib apron. I like wearing comfy leggings when i sew, hence the reason for the apron. I also leave a scatter rug just outside my quiltroom door. Both are great thread collectors.
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