klswift

Coats and Clarks does not make the 'notched' spools anymore. It is simply twisted under the plastic rim. If you do have an older version, you have a couple options. Put the 'notch' at the top and the thread will not get caught (if you have a horizontal holder, put the notch to the far side). You can also use a TINY bit of nail polish to fill in the notch - emphasize TINY.

Mousie

Maybe put some clear fingernail polish in the cracks? This elimates a place to hold the
thread but I can only imagine how aggravating it would be to keep catching your thread
on the spool!

janjanq

if I turn around the thread around comes off of the front of the spool. My manual says it has to come off the back of the spool.

bearisgray

If I am using a spool that I know I have problems with the thread catching on the end, I like to use a "slightly" larger cap so that the thread will skip over the spool end.

RosaSharon

Something interesting, a mystery. My JoAnn store carried C&C thread that doesn't have that notch. It has the removable cap. My Walmart store carries C&C thread with the notch. I wonder why, and what the difference is.

Evie

What are the "front" and "back" of the spool?

wildyard

When the notch is on both ends, I take a paring knife and cut another / towards the existing one keeping it shallow. When my cut meets up with the existing cut. A shallow \/ is the result. I smooth the edges of the V and the thread no longer catches in it. I usually leave one slash for storing the thread and I make sure it is always on the bottom when putting the thread on the spool holder.

sheilar

New spools of C&C thread don’t have that little slit anymore, and they also have cotton now 😀

TeresaA

I'm pretty sure the bulk bin spools (black, white, ecru, grey) from Joann's still have the notch. Yep, seal it with acrylic nail polish or cut it off.

I am a user of inexpensive threads and have gone to the Gutermann Mara 100 from Wawak. It is really inexpensive and is the same as the Gutermann Sew-all. Gutermann is now manufactured by American and Efird, a company that actually still has a US manufacturing plant!. Anyway it comes on a beautifully formed, cross-wound spool, which is easy to put on the spool-holder, but I use a thread holder out of habit.

As an aside, I have 30 year old quilts that I have sewn with polyester thread, machine washed and dried numerous times that have held up extremely well. The only issues with them are that the few batiks I used in them. The batik fabric is actually disintegrating where the wax clearly was (and yep these were Hoffman batiks).

Bobbielinks

Hummm, I almost always use C &C and piece on a Featherweight. I make sure the slot on the spool is down on the machine so the thread does not catch on it.