embroidery thread unravels????
#11
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Carroll, Iowa
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Go to your local florist, even your grocery store if they have a florist inside and ask them to save you all the flower nets. They normally just throw them away and most are twice the length you need for the 1,100 yd spools. I cut mine in half and put them over each one of the spools. The larger spools I use a full one but I think I cut that down a couple of inches to fit. I have a drawer full of these nets and their plastic so they don't unravel in time as the ones made of thread. I have both and the threaded type get out of shape after time, the plastic ones don't seem to.
#13
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Texas
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I use the self grip medical tape, that kind they use when they take blood. It sticks to it's self and doesn't leave a residue when removed. I can even reuse it sometimes, IF I don't get it to tangled up. But, it's easy to use, not expensive and comes in different widths.
#15
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Upstate New York
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You can buy that cling wrap( for food)press n seal......on a roll...take an exacto knife and cut off an inch from the end, then use it to secure your thread..an inch of that lasts forever, an entire roll will outlive you!
#18
I also get the nets from the florist shop in my local grocery store. I have a bunch of these nets as you can cut them to the size you need. One net may give you enough for 4/5 spools. I usually cut them about 1-1 1/2 wide so I don't obstruct the thread color but it will hold the thread tail. It' quick and easy and free!
#19
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Southern Ontario, Canada
Posts: 525
I had the same problem so I use a small exacto knife and just put a small 'slit' on bottom of plastic spool. I then can just grab the end of the thread and pull it into the slit. Works great!
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