How to make your own cone thread holder
 

How to Make Your Own (really cheap!) Cone Thread Stand

I have not been able to find a sturdy stand locally to use with cone threads. The only ones I’ve seen are attached to the table of industrial sewing machines. Purchasing one in the U.S. and having it shipped down has not seem cost-effective. Enter my homemade solution:
1. Take the plastic spindle of a CD case (we buy a lot of blank CDs around here!). For this purpose, you need one with a tall spindle.

2. Just in itself it is rather flimsy, but if you stack some old, discarded CDs on it, you will be weighing it down. (You can also lift the plastic disk and place small BB pellets under the disk to weigh it down. But old CDs work fine for me.)

3. Place your cone on top, and forget about it tipping over!

4. To complete the holder, place a small safety pin on your spool holder, and run the thread through the eye. Then thread your machine as usual.

A nifty, cheap, practical solution.

cool-great idea

thanks for the cool idea.:thumbup:

Great idea. I love innovative people. Thank you for sharing. Yolanda Wood River

The only word that comes to mind is genius!
peace

Thanks will have to try it out. I have cone threads but haven't used and was going to buy the cone holder. Thanks for sharing.

OMG! You're a genius!!

clever idea. will have to try it.

I am a visual type person. Could you post a picture. Great idea.

Great idea. I bought that flimsy thing JoAnn's sells and it went right in the trash. Instead of a CD case, I just slip my cones in a coffee mug, then run the thread up through a safety pin.

MaryAnnMc
Than's a great idea too! I have seen it done.

This wasn't my idea I found it on Facebook
http://blog.ajpadilla.com/2010/09/11...-thread-stand/

I just put a medium-sized spool on and then the cone spool over it. Does the job in preventing the cone from falling off when sewing.

Very good use of RECYCLABLE goods.
J J

I used a wood paper towel holder I picked up for $1.50 at Goodwill. I had my DH put a eye screw in the top to run the thread through. The thread cone sits on the spindle for the paper towel.

My God what a wonderful idea where in the world did you get the idea , Bless you maybe you should write a book about using things around the house for use .

What a great idea. And, keep the top if it is one of the tall ones. It would keep your thread clean, and be a great little case for carrying all those quilting gadgets to the retreats that we all like to go to.

I'll be using this idea very soon.


amh
Saskatoon SK

Great idea!!! I need one!!

I always just stick the cone in a coffee mug or pint size canning jar...works.

A friend of mine gave me a huge, and I mean HUGE, cone of white thread. It is 8 1/4" tall and 7" wide. It weighs at least 5 pounds. She found it at Goodwill for $2 and thought of me. I don't think a couple of CDs are gonna weight that sucker down but I'm going to work with your idea and see what I can come up with. I want to use it!!!!

another way to use the big cones is to use a banana holder and place the cone on the base and hang the thread on the hook behind the machine then thread like you always do. works great.

Excellent idea, like they say, a pics worth a 1000 words

Thank you so much. I bought some cone thread on sale thinking I was being so smart. Then I got home and realized I couldn't use it without a holder. The prices I have seen on the ones that would work (and weren't for the industrial machines) were too expensive for me. I appreciate your sharing. Patti

Clever you. What a neat idea. You get the Golden Globe for being a bright spark. Congratulations.

Wow, that is one BIG cone. Maybe Maggie Lou's idea of the wooden paper towel holder would work. If it should still want to topple over nail another base to it but make it bigger all around. A late member of our little group had her DH put heavy hardwood bases on all our spool holders and the wood he used came from the original cupboards in my house which is somewhere around 100 years old. Never had any trouble after that.

yep. this is what I do too. works great - no wobbling!

meant to quote juniemoon. my post might make more sense now. her resolution works great - no wobbling!

I use plastic bottles from water, pepsi, etc depending on size of my cone thread. I cut the bottom about 3-4 inches. I than place my cone in it. I take the top portion and I slide it inside the bottom piece also making sure to send my thread up to the top. I just sit it behind my machine and thread the machine.

The large one to the left is from a 1 gallon water jug and the other is from a 12 oz coke bottle.

This was really smart using a CD holder. I use a coffee cup and then just bring the thread up and over my machine; no pins needed. I do this for embroidery and quilting/sewing. You could even glue something heavy to the underside of the cd holder and keep the spool part longer.

I'm kind of confused about something. You say you are from WV but talk about having a cone holder shipped down. So, is your location not in the US. I'm from WV living in VA and was confused when you were talking as if you arent' in the states.

awesome idea.. takes a genius to think of it =) thanks

Great ideas. Thanks for posting.

Safety pin where? PLEASE post a photo....

I KNEW I shouldn't have recycled that old case! This is what happens every time I clean house!

I aw a good idea Saturday at our annual quilters workshop day. the lady had taped a safety pin to the door that opens on the top of her pfaff. She then sat the cone of thread on the table and threaded it through the non closure part of the safety pin and went on to thread her machine. ape the pin, clousre side to the door and leave the door open. What a cheap and good solution

Clever! I think most people have the CD holders these days, so it would be easy for everyone to make their own.

Great idea!!

I have the flimsy thing from Joann's It falls over easily, so I slipped a handful of washers over the spindle. Hasn't fallen since.

Many good ideas in this thread. Thank you.

I really like the one sold by Superior Threads. It has lots of options for different size cones and spools

I got the one from Hancock Fabrics and it works great...cheap too...