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Amen, I'm so happy to hear that someone else has a pair of scissors in every nook and cranny! My DH struggles with the prospect of two hundres snippers about the place!!

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I am new to your forum, but to the lady with the problem with threads everywhere, I keep a length of masking tape (the wider the better) rolled backwards, sticky side out, near my sewing machine and ironing board. It is simple to collect the threads on it and they stay put!

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Welcome to the forum. And I thank you for the tip.

If you get the weekly newsletter from Judie, you may have noticed that she included a project that seemed as if it was just for me. It was to make a fabric thread catcher/pin cushion combo. What she doesn't know is that I intend to make the pin cushion because of an incident earlier this week. It involves carpet on the floor under my sewing machine and the fact that I keep my pins in a small jar. It is not fun when that jar falls off the sewing cabinet and dumps pins all over the carpet. And it even hurts a little.

Great Project, Judie, and so timely. GrannyH


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Another tip - Use spray starch on your pieces, before sewing them together. You won't need to use pins to keep them together, the spray starch will do that for you.

No finger pricks, and best of all, no skewing with the pin, especially with small pieces.
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GOOD MORNING! KEEP A LINT ROLLER BESIDE YOUR SEWING MACHINE & ON YOUR CUTTING & WORK TABLES. HELPS KEEP THE USUAL LINT DUST DOWN TOO.

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I have been sewing a lot lately and got tired of stopping to wind bobbins. I did 6 bobbins last night and so that should last me for a while!


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Granny, have you tried using a lint roller to pick up threads? I have also used masking tape wrapped sticky side out around my hand to sweep up threads.

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A lint roller? What a great idea dewdrop38. Shall get me one this week.

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