tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post4751215090966243836..comments2024-03-28T03:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Art With a Needle: Teaching an old thread new tricks 2Kathleen Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-71233613696984909722013-01-13T15:46:41.750-05:002013-01-13T15:46:41.750-05:00I use old thread for practice as well. Also I lov...I use old thread for practice as well. Also I love using it for hand basting. Something about using the wooden spools for handsewing just feels comfortable. Waste not, want not!Marshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17694387412536502256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-44744766607784205202013-01-13T11:19:16.465-05:002013-01-13T11:19:16.465-05:00I have a LOT of old thread - I seem to attract it....I have a LOT of old thread - I seem to attract it. If I'm basting, I'll use that old thread, usually polyester, since I'm just going to pull it out and throw it away anyway. I've come to prefer hand-basting over pin-basting since I pretty much can do it as fast, stick myself less, and it holds better. If an old thread is the right color for "real" work, I'll test it for strength and use it if it doesn't break easily.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04306275747304783618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-76452682248080201742013-01-13T09:16:49.599-05:002013-01-13T09:16:49.599-05:00I used up my mother's wooden spools when I was...I used up my mother's wooden spools when I was first taking up quilting. It never broke in my machine. I used them for practice. I used them for projects that I did for classes because I knew I wanted to learn the technique, not create anything I might use. I used them to embellish preemie quilts. They worked fine.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17957348238714491201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-50709552729355415732013-01-13T04:32:29.739-05:002013-01-13T04:32:29.739-05:00I had a student arrive for Free Motion Quilting Cl...I had a student arrive for Free Motion Quilting Class "bring lots of different threads" with one wooden reel so thinly covered that you could see the wood, and the actual thread mouldy.. "It was my granny's" she said.. I lent her some thread, but she honestly thought that the sixteen rounds would last all day. I'm a Thread Junkie (like good stuff, love variegateds, accumulate much)..Helen Howeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03378013328370139295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-51189002339775095942013-01-12T13:09:10.369-05:002013-01-12T13:09:10.369-05:00you express so well what I've felt about many ...you express so well what I've felt about many things people are snobby about, such as saying things about which people are snobby...lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-4978672059222489162013-01-12T09:10:56.339-05:002013-01-12T09:10:56.339-05:00I would have snatched that box of wooden spools as...I would have snatched that box of wooden spools as well! I have a small collection of thread on wooden spools that I display on an antique spool holder! <br />I have experienced bad/inferior thread on new spools. I really have no way of knowing how long the thread has been in a shop owners inventory, and since I like to sew with cotton, the chance of it being bad is one I take. I do stick to better thread brands, that seems to help. But if I have any worries, I just throw the thread away.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12471627015846601167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-63703367251594809382013-01-12T06:34:20.849-05:002013-01-12T06:34:20.849-05:00funny this is coming up now since Joann's put ...funny this is coming up now since Joann's put all their solids on sale in the flyer and ya know what?? I'm going to go buy some solid white - scald it and - gasp - dye it. Tired of having to special order pfd when I know darn well that I can get regular white solids to dye up. Also - want to say that the rhythm that spool threads creates always has drawn me in - like the rhythm of bolts of fabric or books on library shelves - you just want to run your fingers over them and say - ohhhhhhhhNina Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14316034317827146338noreply@blogger.com