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430 Reels of Cotton
The fantastic thing about working in an op shop is the randomness of things people donate. There's always a surprise. Yesterday, we were given over 400 reels of beautiful vintage cotton thread. Behind every donation is a story, and this fellow used to own an interior design shop. Now his shed is full of boxes of thread and who can guess what other lovely stuff!
It's not always obvious what to do with unusual donations, but we hate to say no. In this case, we need to find some crafty folk or we'll have cotton reels popping out of our seams for years! Now if you happen to be that crafty person, I know where you can find some great cotton and it's going cheap...
7 comments:
oh my goodness this looks so exciting. There is no such thing as to many threads.
Heaven!
Would you like me to drop in and take some off your hands to sell at our opshop in Eltham? We could come to some arrangement re payment, I'm sure! Just one thing though, 'vintage' threads if they are very old, are not tolerated well in newer sewing machines. I know this because my 50 year old Singer could use any old thread, but my new Janome just tangles it all up. A sewing machine pro. told me why my machine was suddenly acting up - she said the old threads go kind of furry and clog up the mechanisms.
Wow that's amazing!
Thanks Gina! I appreciate your advice, not being a sewer. I will be sure to pass this on to anyone who is interested in them.
My hope is to find a buyer for the lot, but I'll let you know if that doesn't happen. We could send some Eltham way! Where's your op shop?
The opshop where I work on Fridays is the Brotherhood of St Lawrence in the National Bank arcade, Arthur Street, Eltham.
Email me direct (via this blog) and let me know if you'd like me to come and collect a pile. I have been to the CPS a few times, so I know where it is.
I would be interested if they are 100% cotton
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