Here is a nifty gift for the sewer that has everything. This thread tree hangs flat on a wall and can be hung up above a worktable or a sewing machine. It took my husband about 20 minutes to build and it will become a great gift for my friend Susan who does a lot of sewing in her drapery business. For drapes she uses big spools of thread, but for the hand sewing of hems and repairs she always has lots of little spools that she never quite knew how to keep handy.
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Keep spools of thread out of the way, but in plain view, by making this easy wall organizer. Cut a piece of plywood to the desired size and attach wall hangers on the top of it.
I love to sew and have quite a collection of threads. My previous boss retired after she discovered she had breast cancer.
I have my thread organized by color in antique thread drawers from an old dry goods store. Before this, however, I had them in clear plastic shoe box containers, also organized by color.
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I need a solution for organizing thread and keeping it untangled.
I like my threads dust free so I keep them in 2 plastic storage tubs with lids, lights in one and darks in another. I use 'Handi-Bobs' which is a little plastic thing that goes on top of the thread that also keeps the corresponding machine bobbin attached and there are places to wrap the tails around to keep it tidy. You can find small packages on the notions wall of fabric stores. I bought mine by catalog here:
My mother was a tailor (still doing some sewing at 93), so had/has hundreds of colours and types of thread. Her solution was to cut a piece of plywood about 3 ft. square and arrange rows of fairly long nails on it. Her threads were always tidy and colour coordinated. She then hung her "pictures" behind her machine area.
Her larger cone spools were kept on smaller flat boards with small regular used spools glued to it as bases for them since nails were not big enough to keep them from moving around and tangling. Since I do not have anywhere near the numbers she has, I keep mine stored in clear plastic 'boxes' from the dollar store but do try to keep them colour coordinated. :)
I've got mine organised into shoe boxes. I use a twist-tie from bin liners to attach the bobbin to the spool of thread, and try to organise the colours by shades with a card taped to the end of the box for quick selection.
How do you organize sewing thread?
By kewlvrp
If your threads are already on spools buy some pegboard, hang it and then get the pegboard hooks and slide your spools on to them. You can get them fairly short, about two inches or even up to 6 inches (I think).
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To keep your cross stitching, embroidery, or other craft thread from tangling up when not in use simply cut up a plastic milk jug into small squares, put notches on the sides, and wrap your thread around. It keeps your thread together and you reuse your milk jug.
