This amazing chair was made from empty spools of thread!
As you remember, we're saving our empties in 2013 just to see how much thread we use, year-to-year. We're going to share our numbers here on the Selvage Blog at year-end, then I'll report to Diane Harris of Quiltmaker Magazine. She'll be writing about this in January.
Here are more ways to upcycle spools.
A garland by Crafty Staci (including a tutorial):
A nice heart arrangement by Jess from New York at Epheriell Designs.
A wreath from Amy's Rag Bag:
And finally, a garland with buttons and fabrics from Karen in Rhode Island at Sew Many Ways.
4 comments:
Our local quilt shop has been asking for empty spools to use for a craft project for children that they have been doing. I've managed to take them about a dozen this past month. Maybe I'm sewing too much?
Every time I dropped some off, I thought of you, Karen. I used to just toss them out, I won't anymore.
JoAnne, A dozen in one month? Show us what you're making with all that thread!! Now we're curious. Haha.
I have been busy sewing away and my mason jar is nearly full again this year!
Wow that chair if fit for a sewing queen!
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