Wooden Spools
12-05-2010, 05:40 PM
#51
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I dont have a camera or know how to post pictures but when my daughter comes I will see if she can post pictures of my lamps. I also got some old wooden spools with silk thread on them when I bought an antique thread cabinet. One of the pluses was the old thread in the drawers. I just love them.
12-05-2010, 05:42 PM
#52
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I had my husband make me shelves, using my wooden spools
The first one I use in the bathroom for towel & washclothes, The other one we left the thread on them, the shelves are only
3 inches deep, so I use it to hold my thread, in my sewing room
It is really neat!
The first one I use in the bathroom for towel & washclothes, The other one we left the thread on them, the shelves are only
3 inches deep, so I use it to hold my thread, in my sewing room
It is really neat!
12-05-2010, 06:29 PM
#54
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Location: Midland, Michigan
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I inherited some from my great-aunt. i made a lamp from a large canning jar that was my Grandmother's. My DH bought a lamp kit from Lowes and I filled the jar with spools, some with thread and the empty ones I wrapped scraps of fabric around. Threw some old buttons in there too. For the shade, i wrapped fabric strips vertically. It turned out really cute and if I want to change the color scheme, I just replace the fabric. I posted a picture on another thread, "What do you do with empty thread spools" page 3- if you want to see it.
12-05-2010, 06:40 PM
#55
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I, too love wooden spools. Over 40 years ago, my grandmother
made Christmas ornaments with them. I think we saw a pattern
in McCalls needlework or some other magazine. She made toy
soldiers, angels, and clowns. I have continued to keep the
spools that I have....many empty, some slightly used, and
many full spools. Lots of them are large spools that we used
in our dress stores. I have no plans for them, but I enjoy
having them in case I want to make more ornaments.
Rose
made Christmas ornaments with them. I think we saw a pattern
in McCalls needlework or some other magazine. She made toy
soldiers, angels, and clowns. I have continued to keep the
spools that I have....many empty, some slightly used, and
many full spools. Lots of them are large spools that we used
in our dress stores. I have no plans for them, but I enjoy
having them in case I want to make more ornaments.
Rose
12-05-2010, 07:44 PM
#57
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Location: Long Island, N.Y.
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Originally Posted by jitkaau
I use the wooden spools for kumihimo. They are weighty enough to make the cords hang well. I weave them through an old circular stool that has a hole drilled through the middle.
12-05-2010, 08:29 PM
#59
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Location: McCalla, Alabama
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I don't know what I would do with many wooden spools today, but when I was a small child, I remember my mother and grandmother would give them to me to string on a shoe string or a ribbon to make necklaces. Great fun then, sweet memories, now.
12-06-2010, 01:11 AM
#60
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Location: Snohomish WA
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Originally Posted by ptquilts
DH turns them down on the lathe so they hold more thread. I don't let him do it to the real collectible ones though.
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