Left over thread

Keep it. :) You never know when you will need to sew on a button and need that exact color of thread. Or mend something...or.... ;)

Sharon

No such thing as left over thread in this house... Just thread I have yet to use!

Never done it myself, but I have seen people take a pile of thread scrap and "sprinkle" it onto a piece of tulle or organza, fluff it around, cover with another piece and stitch it together like a sandwich in a decorative manner, then use the result in a quilt or as an applique on a tote bag, pillow, etc.

I've also seen balls made of scraps of thread and yarn, colorful little things.

Me, I just toss mine. ;-)

I boggled at the original post for a while -- was this meant for a lace-making list? I just don't have the concept of "left-over thread".

Well, sometimes there's enough to do something else left in the needle when I finish hand sewing. Problem there is remembering what thread it is until it's wanted again. Usually I stick the needle into the base of the cone of basting thread and don't bother remembering what it is, but when it's 100/6 crochet cotton, I drop the needle into the spare compartment of the bobbin box I keep bobbins wound with cotton thread in. And my spool of 80/6 cotton thread has a miniature pin cushion made by stuffing a scrap of wool into the hole, so when I want to sew with it, the needle is right there.

Joy Beeson

Very short pieces (2 or 3 feet) I just thread on hand needles, and stick the hand needles into a dedicated pin cushion. This way I have needles in different colours all threaded for mending, sewing buttons, ect. It really saves time when I am in a hurry.

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