Are you a HOARDER or a WASTER?
#72
I used to think thread was thread and saved it too especially huge lots I would find at yard sales etc. I ended up throwing most of it away when I learned how to test it to see if it was still good. Never thought of thread as going bad but when I tested my new thread against the old thread the proof was right there. So that is my answer to your question.
#73
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I used small wooden spools as knobs on the cabinets I store my fabric in. I wound turquoise and orange thread onto them to brighten them up, held down with a dab of Elmer's. I get lots of compliments on them.
I unwind bobbins that come with machines. I don't know what's going on under there and I don't want to try to use thread that is rusty or weak or in a million short lengths - life is too short to struggle with stuff like that when I have a whole shelf in my cabinet full of good thread! I do try to salvage the bobbins themselves, though, as long as they're not too trashed.
I unwind bobbins that come with machines. I don't know what's going on under there and I don't want to try to use thread that is rusty or weak or in a million short lengths - life is too short to struggle with stuff like that when I have a whole shelf in my cabinet full of good thread! I do try to salvage the bobbins themselves, though, as long as they're not too trashed.
#74
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My mother saved everything. If she needed another color of thread on one of the few bobbins she had, she folder a piece of paper and wound the unneeded bobbin thread on the folded paper or piece of cardboard and later would use that thread for basting. I rarely baste these days, but I will grab a bobbin with thread that I probably won't use and use it as a tiny spool when I'm basting something.
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When I get a machine with a bunch of multi thread vintage metal bobbins, I clean the thread off then soak them in water with a pinch of citric acid added to get the rust off then polish them with a piece of aluminum foil crumpled up into a strand that will clean the center of the bobbin. If the bobbin is deformed I pitch. Usually the older bobbins will clean up just fine.
#77
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My thread is sorted by color and stored in plastic shoe boxes. When I finish using a color, I store the bobbin in the same shoe box. If I have a small sewing project, I find the bobbin is ready to go and I'm a happy camper.
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