How do you store your Metro Thread?

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Permalink Reply by Faerynutt on February 22, 2010 at 12:31pm

HHMM wonder if it's possible to melt a round holes spaced correctly through the bottom of the drawers then insert & glue a 2" dowel into each hole. That would eliminate the peg board. Just a thought :)

I have a round soldering iron that probably would work, think hot glue may work to hold them in.

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Permalink Reply by Faerynutt on February 22, 2010 at 3:08pm

I tried my round soldering iron and a spindle stolen from one of my wooden thread racks and then I melted a hole in the bottom of the drawer had to kind of go in a circuliar motion once I got the hole through. I made sure it was a snug fit with the wooden peg and it worked! Didn't glue it as I had to replace the peg in my wooden rack.

I marked it by putting the spools of thread in the drawer and held it up enough that I could see the center of the spool and marked it with a sharpie. May not need to glue if you keep the fit snug. Now I have to go and get some dowels and cut into 2" lengths :)

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Permalink Reply by labeelady on February 22, 2010 at 3:40pm

I didn't get Metro thread, but I did get the 61 colors of Brother thread when it was on sale. I use some clear boxes especially made for cone threads. I can get 30 spools in each box, with one odd color left over (black) which I turn upside down and insert it between other spools. I've got them sorted by color number.

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Permalink Reply by GrandmaShari on February 22, 2010 at 7:50pm

That is a good idea. The reason I was thinking more on the peg board is I get different thread from different places and of course they are all different sizes. With a peg board you could put the pegs spread out in the way you need them and then as you add a color or two you could move the pegs around. Also some of the cones are too big to stand so they would need to lay down.

Faerynutt said:

I tried my round soldering iron and a spindle stolen from one of my wooden thread racks and then I melted a hole in the bottom of the drawer had to kind of go in a circuliar motion once I got the hole through. I made sure it was a snug fit with the wooden peg and it worked! Didn't glue it as I had to replace the peg in my wooden rack.

I marked it by putting the spools of thread in the drawer and held it up enough that I could see the center of the spool and marked it with a sharpie. May not need to glue if you keep the fit snug. Now I have to go and get some dowels and cut into 2" lengths :)

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Permalink Reply by Mary Moore on February 27, 2010 at 1:59pm

HI
Maybe I have too much time on my hands but when I frist got my thread I took a fine black marker and marked the number on the edge of the bottom of the spool, works great I put it in 2 places. I then tried the plastic drawer idea and didn't like it so I put all the spools on my wood rack but since as you said they don't fit I put one on with the bottom down & the next with the bottom up, not the most perfect solution because they rub when you take one off the dowel but I like it because I can see all my thread. Works great for me , you might try it, by the way I use the small spools and the standard thread rack with the short dowels. For some of my thread (other brands) that are taller I bought a dowel and cut it a little longer for the top row and used that for my taller spools

GrandmaShari said:

That is a good idea. The reason I was thinking more on the peg board is I get different thread from different places and of course they are all different sizes. With a peg board you could put the pegs spread out in the way you need them and then as you add a color or two you could move the pegs around. Also some of the cones are too big to stand so they would need to lay down.

Faerynutt said:

I tried my round soldering iron and a spindle stolen from one of my wooden thread racks and then I melted a hole in the bottom of the drawer had to kind of go in a circuliar motion once I got the hole through. I made sure it was a snug fit with the wooden peg and it worked! Didn't glue it as I had to replace the peg in my wooden rack.

I marked it by putting the spools of thread in the drawer and held it up enough that I could see the center of the spool and marked it with a sharpie. May not need to glue if you keep the fit snug. Now I have to go and get some dowels and cut into 2" lengths :)

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