I Finally Bought a Thread Stand!

I love this new thread stand and was also very happy with the Cotton Quilting Thread from Missouri Star Quilt Company!

Hello! I hope you are having great week.  It's so hard to believe that we have begun a new year! Our Christmas holidays are flying by, but we are blessed to be spending some very nice time with family and friends. This was our first holiday season since my mom's passing in February, and while we dearly miss her, we are thankful to feel her loving presence in our family gatherings.  Here is a link to The Unfinished Quilt, which  is a tribute article I wrote in Mom's honor shortly after her death.

Everyone in our home seems to be happily enjoying our winter break; however, in just a few weeks, two of our older boys will be off to college again for their second semester of studies, and our youngest son will be completing his first year of high school. My, how time does fly!

All in all our family has had a productive and busy year. My husband happily watched football, baseball and basketball on T.V. in the evenings after a long day's work; the boys have been to Six Flags, the ocean, and to  Bible camp. One son is working on his piano skills while another is continuing guitar lessons. And we have had wonderful news from oldest son that he and our daughter-in-law are expecting grandson #2 in June!  I've  been able to work on several quilting projects and do some planning for future projects as well. One of the projects I finished in time for Christmas was a t-shirt quilt for my sweet grandson's new "Big Boy" bed. I'll post pictures in my  Quilt Album  soon! Grand Blessings are so wonderful!

I've also spent some time this past year finding ways to help make sewing days more productive by planning out projects for each day and working from a schedule. In addition, I've found ways to keep tools organized and within reach on the work table...what a time saver!

Speaking of tools, I have  been planning to find a thread stand for several months because I've switched  to larger spools of cotton thread; I  use a lot of thread in piecing quilts tops!  Another reason I had considered a thread stand is because  larger spools tend to flip off of the spool holder of my sewing machine...which is frustrating. 
 

Well, I found one that I absolutely love! Recently, while  browsing online, I discovered that thread stands were on sale at Jo-ann! I decided to buy one and have not been disappointed. This stand has a heavy metal base and metal thread holder. It will hold any size spool from regular to mega.  And,  having a thread stand  works wonderfully whenever I'm using a double needle attachment on the machine. One spool sits on the machine, and the other sits in the thread stand.  I checked Jo-ann's website today and the thread stands are still on sale! I've included the link below in case you want to check it out.

Click here for the link to Jo-ann.com.

 I also  found a wonderful  cotton thread that I will probably keep using.  Missouri Star Quilt Company is one of my favorite online stores for  fabric so I decided to try one of their brands of thread; I was very impressed with the quality  of the thread. I love the large spool (which works perfectly with my  new thread stand)  I ordered the thread in 50w, which means it is handy for quilt piecing. At the time of this post, the price is $15 for a 3000 yard cone...which is a great price. Click the link HERE for more information.  If you would like to read some useful facts about thread weight, then please click the image below to read one of my previous articles about choosing the right thread for piecing quilts.

I hope you have a very happy year of creating, crafting, and sewing! I would love to hear from you and about your creative adventures so please leave me a comment below.