Empty Spools
I was wondering why I was collecting all the old wooden spools that I find at auctions, and now I've found one good reason.
They are great for winding on this hand-dyed thread I bought from Laura Wasilowski when she was in town. I always wondered what people did with all that thread she sells. She has several different weights, #3 is good for hand embrodiery, #8 for bobbin work (which I don't like to do), and this is #12 which you can machine stitch with a top stitch or quilting needle.
I still couldn't figure it out until she told me to wind the #12 on an empty spool, and finally the light bulb went off! It's tricky to do though, without ending up with a whole mess of knots.
I've been trying to figure out how to quilt my kokeshi dolls because the background is lots of little pieces instead of one solid. So I've been experimenting with stitching a pattern over many pieces, something that's new for me. It's fun and I like the effect I'm getting with Laura's varigated threads.
posted by PaMdora at 7:07 AM
10 Comments:
What beautiful pictures of thread. My heart jumped when your blog page came up. Sometimes the simplest item can be a thing of beauty.
Nice stitching! I'm always looking for new ways to stitch all over to hold down those fused little pieces. Good idea and well done!
Love the quilting. Won't copy it.
Love the thread on the old wooden spools. Will copy it.
Pam, I learned this lesson the hard way, very hard way about the need to "spool" the thread. I had a tangled mess, but dang if I was going to throw it out, it was silk! I managed to use most of it.
Glad someone else does this with their old spools - see, I'm not crazy after all!!
What yummy threads! And they look great on the old spools. I have a old general store type thread display that is just full of spools of thread....too bad they are all rotten!
Those threads look great. I'm going to order some for the Jazz quilt. Oooooo...
you are too smart...will have to wind a few jillion of mine on those olds spools...maggie in sc
They are almost to beautiful to use, the colors are so vibrant! They look wonderful on the spools just as they are.
What absolutely gorgeous threads! They're a work of art just as they are. I love that one in the middle.
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