I bought the Clotilde stand as well and recommend it. However, in addition to just putting the cone in a cup behind your machine, I have seen other blogs in which they taped a small safety pin along the top of the machine [near your machine spools] to add a thread guide to further decrease the chances of snagging while sewing. I haven't tried this myself because I saw the Clotilde
spool holder and since it wasn't that expensive, I just bought it.
Good luck-Judy