So there were a lot of wooden cotton reels, thread discoloured, some half used, some in good condition with still bright colours...
 |
| vintage wooden cotton reels |
 |
| vintage wooden cotton reels |
 |
| vintage wooden cotton reels |
 |
| vintage wooden cotton reels |
 |
| vintage wooden cotton reels |
 |
| vintage wooden cotton reels |
 |
| vintage wooden cotton reels |
 |
| vintage wooden cotton reels |
 |
| vintage wooden cotton reels |
This week I am finishing the retro fabrics quilt, doing the quilting now and I intend to try out Rita at Red Pepper Quilts binding technique. I'm sure you all know about her lovely blog, but if not, just click here. I hope you all have a great weekend, not too much Christmas shopping but maybe a little rest, with some Christmas carols and a glass of something warm and mulled with cinnamon maybe, try not to feel overwhelmed by all the things you have to do on your lists,
Kind regards,
Sue
16 comments:
put them in a shadow box frame, then you can see them everyday and they will keep clean!
Keep them, display them. After my grandmother died, we disposed of things like this. Not thinking that thread would be sold on plastic spools instead of on wood ones. Now I would love to have all those spools of thread back to do one of the displays like you have shown above. Enjoy them. They are a part of history now.
Cotton thread does rot after some rime. You can test by pulling out a length of thread and pulling sharply on both ends. If it snaps, it's too old to use. I think I'd use them decoratively rather than sewing something I wanted to use. Loved some of your design ideas for the spools.
I wouldn't use them. the ones i have are in a candy jar on display. i've been toying with making some Christmas wish list tree ornaments out of them but haven't given myself the ok to change their function.
What a treasure you have there! My parents were moving house a long time ago and my mum handed me an old sewing basket and asked for it to be put out with the rubbish. Luckily I looked inside and to my delight found old wooden cotton reels like your and lots of lovely old vintage buttons! I kept them of course. I have used some of the buttons on projects. I still have the reels too. I don't know what to do with them either, but I do know that I will certainly keep them. You are right, today's plastic reels do not have of the charm of the reels from yesteryear. Visiting from FIUF.
definitely treasure! I like them as a wreath you can hang in your sewing room.
That's such a good idea, I have other vintage sewing things in one and I love to see them on the wall in the sewing room.
Yes I quite agree, they are so part of my childhood, it was playing with the cotton reel box that started me sewing I think!
Thanks for that Joan, I tried the thread pulling and they did snap, so I won't use the thread. X
Another good idea, I have a big jar I could put them in. I thought of wrapping a strip of my favourite fabrics around the reels which have no thread on too.x
Oh, I bet your heart fluttered just like mine did when you saw what was inside the basket! One person' s junk is another's gold!! So glad you found them, someone told me recently that they used theirs to light the fire..... Ohhhh!
That's a good idea, I could wire them to a Christmas wreath ring. X
keep them! definitely a treasure, I would display them somehow in your sewing space
Yes, I have found a big jar now and just need some shelve space to display it.... hmmmm more tidying up needed!
I found a glass lamp base at Home Goods. I put old toilet paper rolls in the center to absorb some space and placed the old spools to the outside perimeter so that is all that is seen. It sits atop my sewing station.
That's such a good idea Michelle, I can just imagine it, I bet it looks wonderful, thanks for the tip,
Sue x
Post a Comment