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britchickny
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Angie
Port Orange Florida
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Posted - Nov 14 2008 :  2:57:07 PM  Show Profile
I have been acquiring wooden sewing spools, and other than putting them in old jars to display, I am looking for ideas for crafting.
Any suggestions?

ANGIE
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dkelewae
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Diana
Saint Peters MO
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2008 :  3:51:42 PM  Show Profile
Hope these help :)

http://www.kreinik.com/kshop/product.php?productid=16515&cat=658page=1

http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/spool-people/index.html These are adorable!

http://www.fabrics.net/joan603.asp




Diana
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Nancy Gartenman
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Nancy
West Seneca New York
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2008 :  4:06:52 PM  Show Profile
ANGIE,
If you look on my site, I have a few of the spool dolls. They are really cute. I didn't make them, but they are hand made. Also if you look at my site there is a basket of stuff, there are spools in there. You can wind real colorful material around them and put them in a basket. then spray a pretty scent on them. You can also string them along with other things to make a garland.
Nancy Jo


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Beverley
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Beverley
atlanta Michigan
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2008 :  7:58:40 PM  Show Profile
oh my gosh those ones with the carvings in them are just so beautiful!!!! My great grandfather actually made a corner table out of them. He used dowels to go through the middle of them and cut holes in the wood for the shelves and it had 3 shelves and the wooden spools going in between them. It is kinda hard to explain but it was kinda neat!!! Different

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britchickny
True Blue Farmgirl

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Angie
Port Orange Florida
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Posted - Nov 15 2008 :  07:18:33 AM  Show Profile
Well! You guys have certainly given me some great ideas! Thank-you so much! I promise I will post pictures when I started creating and decorating!
Nancy, that basket filled with all the pretties is lovely, but then you do have a way with creating nice vignettes for us all to enjoy!

ANGIE
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Bonne
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Bonne
Littleton CO
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Posted - Nov 15 2008 :  07:22:20 AM  Show Profile
I made spool knitters from a couple bigger ones of mine.
http://www.allfreecrafts.com/kids/corker.shtml

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britchickny
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Angie
Port Orange Florida
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Posted - Nov 15 2008 :  08:06:15 AM  Show Profile
Bonne, I think I had one of these when I was little, I had forgotten all about it! (You always have the best links to evrything!)

ANGIE
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Bonne
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Bonne
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Posted - Nov 15 2008 :  08:45:18 AM  Show Profile
LOL! Me too! I found a ceramic one on clearance at Hobby Lobby last year and it was a blast from the past for me, so I dug out the big spools that I had and pounded nails in them. hahaha

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soapmommy60543
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Ann
Oswego IL
USA
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Posted - Nov 15 2008 :  09:37:30 AM  Show Profile
One time I saw a simple coat rack made from them. It was a typical L-type shelf, with the spools nailed or doweled into the side of the L that hugs the wall. If you stain them the same color as the wood shelf, that would be cool. Or paint, too!

Ann in Oswego

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britchickny
True Blue Farmgirl

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Angie
Port Orange Florida
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Posted - Nov 15 2008 :  09:54:52 AM  Show Profile
Ooh, that's a cute idea Ann. I could use it to hang aprons and dolly dresses on in my pink room. (hmmm, gotta find more wall space )

ANGIE
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misspittypat
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lila
osceola mo
USA
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Posted - Nov 29 2008 :  4:43:55 PM  Show Profile
i purchased a large jar full at an auction for $1.50- I used some for curtain rod holders in my sewing room. I just nailed a nail in the window facing hot glued my spool on the nail and yipee cute curtain holders for pennies.

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Nancy Gartenman
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Nancy
West Seneca New York
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Posted - Nov 29 2008 :  4:54:17 PM  Show Profile
Lila, good idea, I can picture that.

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Sandra K. Licher
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Sandra
Horseshoe Bend Arkansas
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Posted - Nov 29 2008 :  5:32:01 PM  Show Profile
Great ideas! I used to to do that spool knitting when I was a kid too....I may have to get back to that!

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dutchy
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Posted - Nov 30 2008 :  12:20:24 AM  Show Profile
Yup, my mom (or one of my brothers) made me the spool knitters too, when I was an iddybiddy girl. I love to spool-knit, .,lol. Just never knew what to do with the end result, just had a LONG knitted worm in different colors. At least I can't remember what i did with them, hhhmmm, have to think real hard

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