Hello cuties. I am back. for those who know me i moved back Living in Orlando. Very busy lately. I have not embroidered for a long time I did bring the sewing machine but left the embroidery unit in DR soooo mad. I need to go back to DR to bring all my embroidery stuff.

Good to see you here again Mary. I am pleased that you have settled and that you are busy.

Mary so good to hear from you. I have threads that are that old and am using with no problems. They have been kept away from sun and protected/Lillian

Mary I am so glad to see you here again. I do not know about the threads. I have some I purchased six years ago and they are all fine. I would bring them to Orlando. I hope to see more of you once again.

no problem most of mine are that age lol

Wonderful to see you, your thread should be fine unless somehow it got wet. Hope you get to stitch soon.

HI Mary, I'm so pleased to see that you have moved back to Florida, where I bet the weather is perfect all the time and I know you will be near your family and that is a good thing.

I hope you can get your embroidery unit as soon as possible too and get sewing again.

I imagine you have a few grandchildren now and they will keep you busy and I remember your posts about how sad you were without anyone around.

I've got threads that I've had for over 5 years and they are all in drawers away from sunlight and dust and they work fine. I hope you can get all of yours back. Love Chris, Newcastle, Australia.

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by mary51 18 Jul 2016

Hello, yes I have five grandkids will post photo lates. I decided to move back tired of my loneliness.

I am with the other ladies. Have had my rayon threads since the mid to latter 90's and polyesters after that. All stitch and don't break and like 02kar I keep mine out of the sun and in plastic carrier type boxes. If you are making the journey back and forth or have someone to ship them for you I'd say it is worth it.

Welcome back to Cute. I too have wondered about how you were from time to time.

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by mary51 18 Jul 2016

I am back for good.

Welcome 'Home' Mary. Did you sell your home in Dominican Republic or will this be your vacation get-away? I know you loved it there. I have often wondered about you. Since your husbands passing four or five years ago, you had mentioned you were undecided to move back to the states. I hope you enjoy Orlando and embroidering again!

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by mary51 18 Jul 2016

The house is for sale. But I am not going back to live , Only on vacation

by toogie edited 18 Jul 2016

I am sure all your friends you have left, will welcome your visits. Good luck with your 'new life' or this new chapter in it.-Toogie
ps my threads are over 10 years old and still good.

I bought my first embroidery machine in 1992 and have still some thread ( rayon/viscose) I bought at the time and it is as nice it was then. I also have cotton embroidery thread I bought in the early 60s and still use that occasionally for thread painting.
When I bought my Designer1 in 1998 my husband gave me the Madeira 5-drawer unit, filled with 288 1000m cones. The favourites have been replaced time and again, but some colours are still in the original wrapper and all of them stitch out without problems.
So don't leave it, go get it and use it!

Welcome back to hot and sunny FL. I agree, try to save the threads. All my threads are 5-10 years old or older. They are stitching just fine. I also keep my thread, fabric and machines out of the sun to prevent discoloration, fading and deterioration. So go get all of your embroidery stuff and join us in having a stitching good time. Thanks goodness for AC!

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by mary51 18 Jul 2016

O yes thanks for AC it is very HOT. My threads are kept in a plastic container inside the closet.

I have thread much older than 8 years and have not had any issues, though I also keep protected from direct sunlight and mostly protected from dust, but still those dust bunnies seem to get everywhere. I also had some thread purchased online of what I believe were seconds so have many threads of questionable age and history or whether or not they were in direct sunlight or were stored in blazing hot factories. Over the years I have occasionally needed to reduce speed or deal with finicky behavior of a few of the spools but mostly not enough issues when I figure out just how cheap I was able to get those threads. Hope you are able to get all your creative supplies moved here to the states so you can stitch up your creations. I would bring all you are able and if you found that the threads became brittle or faded then try some of the tricks people have posted. Even if you had a few become brittle, chances are that it would not have effected all your threads, so would be worth taking a chance. Not sure of the price value for threads in the DR but would think trying to save it would likely be worth the trouble. Good Luck, Pam

Mary, I'm happy to see you back. Are you visiting, or are you moving? I would not toss my threads. I'd just try them and see what happens. If they look faded, just roll off and throw away the top layers and test that part, then if they still won't stitch- ditch 'em. :)

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by mary51 18 Jul 2016

Hello I moved back for good

Hi Mary nice to see you back at cute. As far as thread if it is protected from the sun and dust it should last a while. I say check with the manufacturer t see what they say.