Sew Much?
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21744)
Canada
November 12, 2017 7:47pm CST
I'm cleaning my sewing room (I have a wedding dress to alter).
My scrap storage bin has been emptied....all the pieces cut into usable pieces (an entire scrap quilt) sorted and packed away.
The it was time to tackle the shelves.
On one shelf I hav a container that holds my empty thread spools. Once a year I bag them and put them out with the recycling.
It seems I have a lot of empty spools.
Does this mean I spend a lot of time sewing?
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16 responses
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
13 Nov 17
wow that is a lot of empty spools, yes I think it does mean you spend a lot of time sewing.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Nov 17
That was the top requirement for our new home....a sewing room.
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@marguicha (222838)
• Chile
13 Nov 17
I guess that´s the meaning of the empty spools. That, and to think of scraps as a quilt project
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Nov 17
I have my scraps cut into squares...the smallest I save is 1.5" X 1.5". The size I use the most is cut 2.5" X 2.5".
@LadyDuck (471294)
• Switzerland
13 Nov 17
@Morleyhunt I also like to sew, it's a relaxing hobby.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
14 Nov 17
@LadyDuck yesterday I started a night gown for my granddaughter. Then a telephone call derailed me and it wasn't finished. It will be done this morning....but Sandra will be at school by then.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Nov 17
I enjoy sewing. When I sew for pleasure (anything that inspires me) I find it relaxing. I know I use a lot of thread, but when I see a years worth of empty spools it's a bit overwhelming.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
13 Nov 17
My goodness that is impressive! That is how I feel when I keep finding the little labels from skeins of yarn all over the place and I'm just like...do I really use this much yarn? Yes, yes I do. and I feel good about it haha!
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Nov 17
It shows just how much we've made. I counted the number of buttons I used one year...wow that was also impressive.
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
14 Nov 17
@Morleyhunt At least we are having fun!
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
13 Nov 17
wow, you spnt more time in sewing than I do but I reused the spools
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Nov 17
I'm looking for craft projects that use them, but so far nothing has inspired me,
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
14 Nov 17
@peachpurple I've goggle searched. Things I find on Pinterest drive me crazy. Too many of the links are not active and then when you do find something they want money.
None of the plastic spool ideas inspired me enough to get creative, or to make me want to pack them up for a cross country move. I'll be collecting more.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Nov 17
I wish I had the time or inclination to make something with them. Maybe next year.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
14 Nov 17
@YrNemo I shared the collection on Facebook asking who wanted them...no takers. They go out with the recycling this week.
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@YrNemo (20255)
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13 Nov 17
@Morleyhunt Little boys (and big boys) from schools would love to turn them into wheels for certain inventions! (I followed some TV programs ages ago. They used lots of those!)
@shaggin (72116)
• United States
13 Nov 17
That is wonderful we are unable to recycle them where I live!
@shaggin (72116)
• United States
13 Nov 17
@Morleyhunt The only plastics we can recycle here are one with a triange that has the number 1 or 2 in the triangle. Also they have to have a neck skinnier then the rest of the bottle so there really is not a lot accepted unfortunately.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Nov 17
I put them in the plastics recycling bin.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
14 Nov 17
Almost daily. Yesterday was a get little things done day....I changed out the broken zipper in my granddaughters spring coat....then added straps to her new snow pants....Then I dropped the hem in a new pair of pants for myself and rehemmed them...an inch longer....next I cut out a nightgown for my granddaughter. The sewing was interrupted by a phone call that derailed my plans for the week. More about that later this week.
@Marilynda1225 (82709)
• United States
13 Nov 17
You can tell I don't sew much anymore because I only have two spools of thread...a black and a white 
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
14 Nov 17
Those are two colours I buy the really big spool, I tend to mix and match my colours to get what I want. I told my husband once that I probably have $1,000.00 invested in thread.
@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
13 Nov 17
No.. definitely not. You took a lot of time to throw them out.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Nov 17
That's about a years worth. I keep hoping I can find some project that inspires me to use them.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
14 Nov 17
I have several sewing machines. My very favourite one needs to go to the sewing machine dr. I do hope that it can be fixed, but I fear that it might be worn out.
@Daelii (5619)
• United States
13 Nov 17
Btw ever think to craigslist / eBay it? People have those especially wood ones in demand for fairy houses...
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Nov 17
These aren't wooden. One day, when I have a bit more time, I'm hoping to make something using empty spools. I'll have a few more collected by next autumn.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Nov 17
Even without frog stitching (ripping out) I use a lot of thread.
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@JudyEv (339496)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Nov 17
I can't remember the last time I emptied a spool of thread.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Nov 17
I was winding bobbins last night and emptied 3 within about 5 minutes.
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