Comments on: Coats & Clark Thread Giveaway! http://www.ctpubblog.com/2009/09/01/coats-clark-thread-giveaway0/ Creative Collaboration at C&T Publishing Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:32:04 -0700 hourly 1 By: Erin http://www.ctpubblog.com/2009/09/01/coats-clark-thread-giveaway0/comment-page-3/#comment-4700 Erin Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:10:26 +0000 http://www.ctpubblog.com/?p=6458#comment-4700 I tried all day to think of something clever I had done with thread, except organizing it all by color :) I would love to win though! I am forever in search of just the right color - the fabrics I choose never seem to work with a simple black or white. Your post did make me wonder about how the thread has changed - I bought a new spool and pulled out an older spool of C&C and I do like the new XP! The new spool design is neat too! I tried all day to think of something clever I had done with thread, except organizing it all by color :) I would love to win though! I am forever in search of just the right color – the fabrics I choose never seem to work with a simple black or white. Your post did make me wonder about how the thread has changed – I bought a new spool and pulled out an older spool of C&C and I do like the new XP! The new spool design is neat too!

]]> By: Susan Craft http://www.ctpubblog.com/2009/09/01/coats-clark-thread-giveaway0/comment-page-3/#comment-4698 Susan Craft Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:22:42 +0000 http://www.ctpubblog.com/?p=6458#comment-4698 This would well used at my house. My Mom and I both sew. Mom is 83 and still sewing. This would well used at my house. My Mom and I both sew. Mom is 83 and still sewing.

]]> By: Barbara G http://www.ctpubblog.com/2009/09/01/coats-clark-thread-giveaway0/comment-page-3/#comment-4697 Barbara G Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:43:40 +0000 http://www.ctpubblog.com/?p=6458#comment-4697 I admit it - I have used thread to floss my teeth when I ran out of my usual floss. (Hangs head in embarrassment...) I admit it – I have used thread to floss my teeth when I ran out of my usual floss. (Hangs head in embarrassment…)

]]> By: Julie C http://www.ctpubblog.com/2009/09/01/coats-clark-thread-giveaway0/comment-page-3/#comment-4695 Julie C Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:57:48 +0000 http://www.ctpubblog.com/?p=6458#comment-4695 What a great giveaway...thank you! The most unusual way I used thread was during a science unit we were studying spiders. For a hands on activity I had my little spiders make their own web. Each child was given a brightly colored spool of thread that they used to spin their own web. The room was filled with their colorful creations! What a great giveaway…thank you!

The most unusual way I used thread was during a science unit we were studying spiders. For a hands on activity I had my little spiders make their own web. Each child was given a brightly colored spool of thread that they used to spin their own web. The room was filled with their colorful creations!

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.ctpubblog.com/2009/09/01/coats-clark-thread-giveaway0/comment-page-3/#comment-4668 Cynthia Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:49:10 +0000 http://www.ctpubblog.com/?p=6458#comment-4668 I'm starting to build my theard collection & this would be a great help. I’m starting to build my theard collection & this would be a great help.

]]> By: Krista http://www.ctpubblog.com/2009/09/01/coats-clark-thread-giveaway0/comment-page-3/#comment-4664 Krista Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:14:32 +0000 http://www.ctpubblog.com/?p=6458#comment-4664 I've used tread as a fishing line, tied to a magnet to get a metal item out of a tight spot I couldn't reach any other way. I’ve used tread as a fishing line, tied to a magnet to get a metal item out of a tight spot I couldn’t reach any other way.

]]> By: egater http://www.ctpubblog.com/2009/09/01/coats-clark-thread-giveaway0/comment-page-3/#comment-4662 egater Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:56:23 +0000 http://www.ctpubblog.com/?p=6458#comment-4662 I haven't tried they thread. Why? because our shops doesn't sell it :S But i love to try, I have read lot of good about it I haven’t tried they thread. Why? because our shops doesn’t sell it :S But i love to try, I have read lot of good about it

]]> By: Patricia T. http://www.ctpubblog.com/2009/09/01/coats-clark-thread-giveaway0/comment-page-3/#comment-4659 Patricia T. Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:44:44 +0000 http://www.ctpubblog.com/?p=6458#comment-4659 I *love* Coats & Clark thread! Over 55 years ago I started my lifelong journey of sewing and creating... I used my mother's old sewing machine, scraps of fabric, and her Coats and Clark threads (jewels of delicious colors, on little wooden spools!)... to sew clothes for my dolls! As my skills and experience developed, I began to sew my own clothes... first play clothes (shorts and tops), and then the skirts and dresses that became my favorites to wear. By the time I was in high school, I made all my junior prom, prom, and special dance dresses, too. Coats and Clark was always there, as the "always reliable, always the best" thread to use for *all* my sewing. There were some "unconventional uses, growing up, too!! There was the "discovery", *long* before I ever heard about dental floss, of white Coats and Clark getting little bits of popcorn, etc., out from between teeth! There was the experiment with Coats and Clark thread and a doorknob, to "help" out a loose tooth! There were paper-mache-wrapped balloons hanging by Coats and Clark thread, drying. There was the science fair model of the solar system, complete with styrofoam balls (the planets!) hanging by Coats and Clark threads. There was the precious, *never to be forgotten* crochet lesson given to me by my Grandma, with red Coats and Clark thread!!! After I was married, but before my children were born, the Coats and Clark threads I used to sew all my clothes for teaching now came on the hard foam spools. (How *very* sad I was when my mother-in-law's dog got my precious bag of new Coats and Clark threads, and chewed them all up!! Apparently he thought these "doggy chew toys" were wonderful to chomp on! I don't think I ever forgave that dog!!... sigh...) After my children came, all sewing was for them... baby quilts to toddler clothes, to school dresses, to prom gowns!! What a delight it was, to teach them to sew!!... And, *now*, my grandchildren are learning!! ...And, always, Coats and Clark was the thread that was there, through it all!! As I said... I *love* Coats & Clark thread! Blessings!!! Pat I *love* Coats & Clark thread!
Over 55 years ago I started my lifelong journey of sewing and creating…
I used my mother’s old sewing machine, scraps of fabric, and her Coats and Clark threads (jewels of delicious colors, on little wooden spools!)… to sew clothes for my dolls! As my skills and experience developed, I began to sew my own clothes… first play clothes (shorts and tops), and then the skirts and dresses that became my favorites to wear. By the time I was in high school, I made all my junior prom, prom, and special dance dresses, too.
Coats and Clark was always there, as the “always reliable, always the best” thread to use for *all* my sewing.
There were some “unconventional uses, growing up, too!! There was the “discovery”, *long* before I ever heard about dental floss, of white Coats and Clark getting little bits of popcorn, etc., out from between teeth! There was the experiment with Coats and Clark thread and a doorknob, to “help” out a loose tooth! There were paper-mache-wrapped balloons hanging by Coats and Clark thread, drying. There was the science fair model of the solar system, complete with styrofoam balls (the planets!) hanging by Coats and Clark threads. There was the precious, *never to be forgotten* crochet lesson given to me by my Grandma, with red Coats and Clark thread!!!
After I was married, but before my children were born, the Coats and Clark threads I used to sew all my clothes for teaching now came on the hard foam spools. (How *very* sad I was when my mother-in-law’s dog got my precious bag of new Coats and Clark threads, and chewed them all up!! Apparently he thought these “doggy chew toys” were wonderful to chomp on! I don’t think I ever forgave that dog!!… sigh…)
After my children came, all sewing was for them… baby quilts to toddler clothes, to school dresses, to prom gowns!! What a delight it was, to teach them to sew!!… And, *now*, my grandchildren are learning!!
…And, always, Coats and Clark was the thread that was there, through it all!!
As I said…
I *love* Coats & Clark thread!
Blessings!!!
Pat

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]]> By: Shelley http://www.ctpubblog.com/2009/09/01/coats-clark-thread-giveaway0/comment-page-3/#comment-4647 Shelley Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:32:27 +0000 http://www.ctpubblog.com/?p=6458#comment-4647 I go through thread like water - I make fabric baskets, fabric belts with decorative stitching on them, box bags..on and on. I could really use this! I go through thread like water – I make fabric baskets, fabric belts with decorative stitching on them, box bags..on and on. I could really use this!

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