What do you do with your empty thread spools????
06-22-2011, 05:21 AM
#51
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Originally Posted by QuiltingSister
My DH fastened them to a beautiful piece of maple at regular intervals, and hung it for a curtain rod in my sewing studio. I made curtains with cute little ties and hung the tie onto each spool - turned out cute :-)
06-22-2011, 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by QuiltingSister
My DH fastened them to a beautiful piece of maple at regular intervals, and hung it for a curtain rod in my sewing studio. I made curtains with cute little ties and hung the tie onto each spool - turned out cute :-)
Would love to see pictures of this. I've been throwing them away except for the wooden ones.
06-22-2011, 05:34 AM
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I make Christmas ornaments out of them. I wrap a long string of fabric around them and then take another string about 10 inches long, double it, feed the two ends through the hole, tie a knot at the end, and use the looped end as the hanger. Then I take a charm of a thimble, scissors,anything that has to do with sewing, and tack it on to the wound fabric as a deco-you know, the charms that are in the craft stores in the bead and jewelry findings dept. They turn out to be darling. Make a "quilt themed" Christmas tree next year and invite your quilting friends over for some cookies! I have even used these as favors at
a ladies luncheon. Everyone loved them!
a ladies luncheon. Everyone loved them!
06-22-2011, 05:35 AM
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I have many of the old wooden ones and some plastic ones. My uncle made end table legs out of them one time. Don't know if he put anything in the spool centers or just glued them together. He also made lots of doll furniture and stuff from clip/spring type clothes pins and some things from the other kind also. My spools are in a big glass jar on a shelf.
06-22-2011, 05:44 AM
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You can make little dolls, with fabric legs, arms and head, you could even use fabric for hair. The kind of dolls that sit on shelves. Also you can make a necklace wth fabric knotted inbetween for kids to play. They also make good playing blocks for kids. Glue a round wooden circle on top and then sit a small figurine on it. Decorate a picture frame.,etc.
06-22-2011, 05:50 AM
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Absolutely awesome on the shelf idea. Down here in Sth Am I was looking for a way to organize dishclothes etc under the sink and refused to pay the outrageous prices they charge for plastic shelves. We pay the 'real' cost of Chinese goods here I gather :( So now will save up ,get out my drill and solve an obnoxious problem. Thanks
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