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Originally Posted by Debbie C
please tell me how your grandmother's thread was stored? My MIL was a seamstress of wedding gowns for many, many years and when all her supplies came to me, the large spools of thread were rotted - they simply broke off in my hands. It destroyed me to have to discard so many large spools.
Originally Posted by fabric whisperer
i have threads from years and years ago ~ they have been stored properly, and are still soft and strong. You can feel when thread dries out, then it is weakened and will snap and give you all sorts of fits. But you can sometimes rejuvenate an old spool by sticking it in the freezer overnight.
My grandmother-in-law stored hers in a tin like a cookie tin. I think it just has to be kept out of direct sunlight. I could be wrong. Naw Jus kidding. I have threads that say $.15 on the ends!!! my grandmother lived thru the depression, she never threw anything out! So I have thread that she bought at Woolworth's in probably the 40's and 50's, and because of the way she stored it, I am still working on using it up :) |
I would hate to admit how long I have had some of my thread. Last year I finished a spool that was wooden. If thread goes bad in one year, what does that say about the projects we are using it in. I know that eventually it wears, but my DGD is wearing some of her mothers cloth.
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Originally Posted by snicktrain
Originally Posted by Debbie C
please tell me how your grandmother's thread was stored? My MIL was a seamstress of wedding gowns for many, many years and when all her supplies came to me, the large spools of thread were rotted - they simply broke off in my hands. It destroyed me to have to discard so many large spools.
Originally Posted by fabric whisperer
i have threads from years and years ago ~ they have been stored properly, and are still soft and strong. You can feel when thread dries out, then it is weakened and will snap and give you all sorts of fits. But you can sometimes rejuvenate an old spool by sticking it in the freezer overnight.
My grandmother-in-law stored hers in a tin like a cookie tin. I think it just has to be kept out of direct sunlight. I could be wrong. Naw Jus kidding. I have threads that say $.15 on the ends!!! my grandmother lived thru the depression, she never threw anything out! So I have thread that she bought at Woolworth's in probably the 40's and 50's, and because of the way she stored it, I am still working on using it up :) |
Can't believe that someone would say such a thing. Don't be being throwing out perfectly good thread! Take your chances.
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Sounds like they want you to spend money in their quilt shop.
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I agree with Babyo4fire. Quilts last a long long time - if the thread could only be used for a year or less, there would be no old quilts around or newer ones for that matter. I also wonder if she is getting a kick back. I have threads from 15 or more years ago and they are still good. Now I will say that the older threads probably leave more lint than the newer ones, due to changes in processing, but this doesn't mean they are not good. I have some on wooden spools, which I don't use. Have them in a glass covered shelf for display only. These are spools that have never been used. I have no idea how old they are.
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Originally Posted by ShirlinAZ
I heard that ONCE - from the shop owner's daughter who was teaching the class.
I have successfully used thread that was at least 30 years old. I never sew thread away unless it gives me trouble, and I've been sewing for 50 years. |
I do know that black thread deteriorates faster than other colors, but I would not throw any out. I think she was just trying to help out the LQS.
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I have thread older than me and I"m 54 and still will use it
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I have thread that's really old - was my great-grandmothers. Most of it is still fine. Pull on the thread and if it breaks easily then pitch it. Otherwise, I think it's good to go.
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