How Do You Store Your Thread.

[JAZZMAN]

There might not be an answer to this really, but i now have quite a few different coloured bobbins of thread all in a tray rolling around and unravelling themselves. So i was wondering if anyone had come up with any cool ways of storing thread rather than just putting them in a draw or a box.If it sounds like a really silly thing to ask i would like to apologize , but there really must be a better way.

[bkm]

For my leather thread, I just have a 1 lb spool of Barbour linen that will last a while. I cut and dye about a cupful at a time, which I keep in a little box. I'll taper the ends, wax and thread the needles from that. I only hand-stitch so I am not using more than that in a month.

For machine sewing, which I do not do with leather, I have a rack like this:

For odd spools, bobbins, notions and other things, I keep them in a Sterilite drawer tower.

[Ferg]

Any spools of thread I have, most are 1/2 lb to 1 lb I store in plastic drawer cabinets about 30 inches high at the end of two of my machines.

Bobbins: I got tired of them being all over the place. You can find plastic boxes at JoAnn Fabrics for the small bobbins. Large Bobbins my Consew uses have plastic boxes. I took a piece of pine the thickness of the bobbin lying flat so that half of the width would fit in the boxes depth. I then drilled holes down the center of the piece of pine to the diameter of the bobbin making the holes so they had at least a half inch between them. I took those pieces with the holes and ripped them in half, right through the center of the holes. Cut the strips with half a hole to the length of the plastic boxes along with strips the same thickness and width of previous. The strips with no "Half Hole" I used for spacers between the rows of bobbins. The boxes will hold twelve bobbins.

When you fill the bobbins , take the loose end of thread, through one of the holes in the side of the bobbin and tie a single knot. This way you can see every color you have. I use a white "Paint" pen to mark the size of thread for each bobbin.

May sound like a lot of bother but it will save many hours chasing those cotton pickin bobbins.

ferg

[zuludog]

This method isn't very stylish, but it's simple, cheap, and does the job, at least in the medium term.

Get a piece of scrap wood; proper timber or chipboard. Knock in some nails partway, at appropriate spacings.

Pull off 10 to 12" thread, wax it, and rewind. That will be enough to stick the thread and prevent it from unwinding

Place the reels or bobbins over the protruding nail heads.

Lay the thing flat in a drawer, or fixed up above your work station.

You could make something very similar, but posher, with nicely stained or varnished wood, sanded or turned dowels or pegs, and so on; just up to you.