These are a few of my thread racks. Can you imagine the mess if each spool had a loose tail?
Like most sewists, I love threads–never met a spool or color I didn’t like. My sewing room is stocked with every thread weight from 12 to 80, some 2 ply and some 3 ply. There are thread fibers from cotton to silk to rayon, poly, linen and monofilament. That’s a lot of thread.
And while no one would ever accuse me of being a neat freak, I do like my threads to be in order. With no loose tails. So what are we to do with those mini king spools and others without a slot to secure the loose ends?
My solution is an old Olfa art knife and a sharpie pen. (In a future post, I will share the wonder and uses of my newer, sharp Olfa art knife.) When I get new thread, I carefully make a cut in the spool, noting the direction that it unwinds. Then, to ease the strain on my “mature” eyes, I mark the slit with a sharpie pen.
It is so quick and easy to snap the thread tail into place and just as quick and easy to locate the cut because of the black mark.
If you have other solutions, please share. Inquiring minds want to know.
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