What do you do with yours?
08-29-2017, 04:27 AM
#11
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Thread costs too much money to waste. I chain piece whenever possible. I clear partially filled bobbins when I piece. I try to keep my bobbins clear. Sometimes, I fill several bobbins at a time when I FMQ so I don't have to stop to rewind and retrhread so often.
08-29-2017, 05:13 AM
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I rewind the thread to a bobbin to fit my sewing machine and use it to sew on the binding. I, also, topstitch the binding down with my sewing machine, so I get two rounds out of it. When I found I was running out of bobbins, I went to Ebay and ordered a box of 100 L bobbins for about $30. This has helped a lot. Sometimes I use the bobbins for piecing. I don't throw away thread unless it is a very small amount.
08-29-2017, 05:20 AM
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I am amazed at the amount of thread that is wasted when quilting. I used to save it all but it was around for so long that some of it was rotted. Now, I just throw out those small amounts. Shameful waste but I am trying to downsize and not hoard. My parents and grandparents were pack rats and they needed to be. Every scrap of every thing was precious. I used to save a lot of things but no more. As I age I keep thinking that, after I'm gone, my children shouldn't have to wade through so much 'stuff' so I am becoming a minimalist in every aspect of my life....I buy less, I keep less. Just last week I once again sorted through my closets and sent 2 bags to Goodwill.
08-29-2017, 05:22 AM
#16
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I have numerous bobbins, so if I stop and change to a full one I just put the partial in my bobbin holder and use it up piecing later. Generally when piecing the color doesn't matter- isn't going to show. I don't waste much thread. I might use 10+ different colors/ threads piecing a quilt top because I'm just using up partial bobbins.
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08-29-2017, 05:39 AM
#17
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My sister makes her own paper for the books she creates. So I put every little thread I cut off into a bag for her use. My Babylock machine tells me when the bobbin is running out, and get more use even after the beeping starts up till the very end then insert another full bobbin. If I am using one of my Brother machines, lucky for her she gets some longer pieces of thread.
08-29-2017, 06:16 AM
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I will use it to do the binding on the back. Then if some is still left, I use it in scrappy quilts. I have found that when using a multitude of fabric colors a multitude of thread colors really doesn't matter. Truly scrappy.
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