Plastic thread spool crafts

*I'm extending the deadline for entries for the giveaway until the 7th! I'm mostly settled in our new home in Virginia. Boy, it's a lot different then living in Hawaii.... at least the weather is! But I love it! I've unpacked enough to function.... the rest can wait until I'm in the mood... I'm totally going to decorate for Christmas first! hee hee Since I've been absent for a while due to not having my household goods for nearly 2 months, I thought I'd kick off again with a winter giveaway…

Hi everyone. I think about Christmas all the time, especially tree decorating ideas. Garlands seem to be the theme for me lately! This week, I want to share another garland idea and it's a recycling project for everyone who sews! A spool of thread garland with lots of buttons...uses up lots of scrap fabric too!! I so wish I would have saved all the empty spools of thread that I've thrown out over the years!! Start saving your empty spools now. You can make a little swag with 4 or 5 spools…

There's nothing worse then sitting down to finish a sewing project only to find that you're spool is. almost. empty. I've m...

It's always fun to take a look back at the start of a new year, so I did some digging and found your favorite green crafting posts of 2016.

I am going to have a Christmas tree filled with handmade ornaments using Liberty of London fabrics this year. I shared my Framed Fabric Orn...

Lots of ideas to use empty plastic thread spools or cotton reels, craft projects, recycling and repurposing ideas

Find 11 awesome wooden spool craft projects from various blogs. From jewelry to Christmas ornaments, there is something for everyone in this list.

Making decorations from empty PLASTIC thread spools, fabric, and Decoupage.

The Internet is full of functional and crafty reuses of vintage wooden thread spools. Let's admit, these things are cool. We certainly don't want to throw them away because they are vintage. And they don't make them anymore. Now we have plastic thread spools. But what do we do with them? I hate throwing them away because they take up room in landfills and leave a horrible carbon footprint. To put it lightly, my 4x great grandchildren could come across a discarded thread spool in the remote…