Hey All, haven't posted for a day or two and thought I would share a discovery that I made. I have very dark carpet and every time I start embroidering I carry little snippets of thread throughout the house, so of course I feel the need to vacumn everyday. I was at Lowe's the other day and looked around. What I found is one of the doormats that have the rough grassy texture. Works like a charm. I kind of wipe my feet each time I leave the room and it takes all the tread off of the bottom of my feet, shoes and or socks. What a time saver!

I agree with Pauline - vacuuming is for the birds! My Trevor does the vacuuming for me and he always complains about the threads! I always wear socks in the house and I'm forever leaving little trails of them lying around. By the way, I love those mats we have them outside. Love and blessings Chris

VACUMN.... Girl wash your mouth out with soap. :))

Thank you!

Thanks for the tip. I also leave thread all over my apartment and only vacuum every other day. Will not be doing that, however, until Monday, because I have a craft market on Sunday. Looking forward to it. Love and have a nice embroidering/sewing weekend. ***

Thanks ! People who do not sew, do not understand us)))

I love my Handy Vac!!

To borrow the words I got in an email from a dear friend " I will vacuum when they make one I can ride on". Sounds like others feel the same as I about vacuuming. Great idea about the mat! Thank you.

Great idea! My DH says that all the threads he accidentally ends up wearing is a way of telling all who see him, "I belong to a Quilter!" LOL! Ya gotta love 'em!

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by debswebster 27 Oct 2011

LOL

I have thread all over the house. My dog tracks my threads also. LOL

This wouldn't work on the dust bunnies but I use an old paint roller with masking tape turned ,"sticky side out". I have the whole thing attached to an old plastic broom handle. Actually it does work for dust bunnies but fills up pretty fast. I'm saving my dust bunnies until one of them is big enough to saddle and ride. I like the grass texture mat idea, this could stop a lot of my snippets from escaping the sewing room in the first place. I usually do a ROLL of the floor (with the paint roller, I just had a horrible visual for a moment) before I leave the room.

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by sewdeb 27 Oct 2011

ROFL! tooo funny! I, too had the same visual!

by debswebster 27 Oct 2011

Tehe :-() so funny !!

wow i might give this a try i to feel the need to pass the vacumn everyday.I sew in the basement so i do track thread everywhere lol hugs carolyn

Great tip!!! Thank you!

Thank you for the tip;
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Hugs,
Jacqueline †

Good tip. Have you entered this in EmbLibrary tip of the day?

I know what you mean, this drives me crazy but not enough to make me haul out the vacuum everyday (ugh hate
vacuuming). |I wear shoes all day so I do not spread the
thread and snippets (neat word) around but my DH comes into my sewing room to see me in sock feet and carries everything throughout the house. Maybe if I get a mat he can give his little paws a rub before he exits. Thanks for the tip.

Wow how I can use trhis I have dark green carpet right through my house , doesnt show a mark at all buttttttttt threads drive me nuts . Thank you

I never feel the need to vacuum, that must be terrible to have such feelings. :-)))

Sometimes the dust bunnies tell me they'd like a change of scenery though, so I carefully brush them up and set them on their travels in the Wheely Bin Express. LOLOLOL!!!!!!

Seriously though, your mat sounds like a good idea but I have one at the bottom of my stairs and it doesn't stop the dust bunnies from coming in. hahahaha!!!!

Hugs n roses, Meganne

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by muflotex 27 Oct 2011

roflol meganne love you humor xox Sue

by terriweistra 27 Oct 2011

I LOVE your sense of humour Meganne!! My whole house is tiled, I HATE vacuuming and my doggy has such fun chasing the dust bunnies around LOL :)

by jussyc 27 Oct 2011

LMAO Wheeley Bin Express :D

by leenova54 27 Oct 2011

Oh Megan, you are funny and I have to say I am the same way, lol. Right now there are dust bunnies under my bed that really need to see what my sweeper looks like! I have sworn for a full week that I am going to do it "today" but never seem to get to it!

by ansalu 27 Oct 2011

Meganne can you come and send me on a trip with the Wheely Bin Express too? Wanna also a change of scenery *lol*
Greetings, Bettina (who escaped on saturday in my regular red 4-wheels-car to the dutch fabric market ;o)

by justonlyme 28 Oct 2011

Meganne, I love your sense of humor. You need to share lots more. I've been enjoying it tonight.

Great tip!!! Thank you!

Thanks for your tip.