I use the very large pill bottles to put my sewing thread in along with the bobbin containing that same thread. Also, use the very large pill bottles to put my hand quilting thread in. I poke a hole in the top of the snap-on lid and put the thread through the hole. Useful when you drop your thread as this way it doesn't unwind. Also, I made a lap pillow and the top part of it also has elastic sewn down at intervals for holding thread. I sewed the elastic in such a way that it will hold my YLI Silk, or my small spools of 60/2 for applique. You can poke a hole in the snap lid of the small pill bottles, feed your thread through, and put the pill bottle under the elastic. Now you don't have to take the spool out from the bottle or elastic during your project. I, too, use the pill bottles for bent or broken pins and needles.