This is a cloud of waste thread from the past month or so's worth of quilts:
And this is what I did with it this morning before school:
The spindle is a home-made one, using a piece of dowel sharpened in a pencil sharpener with a craft-store wooden wheel glued at the cup-hook end. The whole works cost me about $1.15 to make...and I have enough materials to make another just like it, maybe a low-whorl version.
What'll I use the spun thread for? Well, I've got a couple of ideas...
Happy stitching (or spinning)
Lisa
4 comments:
Well. I admit to a bagful of cut off metallic threads, some of which are maybe half an inch long.....
What an amazing idea! I can't wait to see what you make with thes!.
You're as bad as I am. I can't waste any little bit of left over quilt batting, and I'm making a puff quilt from stuff any other quilter would probably have tossed out long ago. If a tiny bit of thread is left on a bobbin or spool, I use it for basting, sewing on buttons, and so forth.
I save every little tiny piece of thread and fabric. I have a huge bucket of threads so let me know what you plan to do with yours. I have thought I might sandwich them between water soluble sheets and quilt them.
Your Blossom Lady is going to be beyond awesome!
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