[QUOTE=manicmike;7286662]I'm with Rodney. I've always thrown old thread out if it were weak (old cotton) but realised a few months ago that people will actually *pay* for old spools of thread to use them as decor! I must have thrown hundreds of dollars worth into the bin over the years.[/QUOTE
I did worse than this when I first started buying vintage machines. I would often just throw away the bobbins that came with machines, after all new metal ones from Sew Classic were cheap. I could kick myself now for all the perfectly good bobbins that went in the trash.
Now I hoard my vintage bobbins, but thread not so much. I remove thread from old bobbins and throw it away but I keep the old wood spools with thread on it. I will toss old cheap spools of thread (remember the K Mart 4 for $1.00 spools?), but if it's good thread I keep it.
Cari
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