IKEA Hack - Thread Spool Storage in Alex Unit

My wife has been accumulating quite a bit of thread for her long arm quilting machine, and asked for help organizing her hoard. A few feet of wooden doweling and two sheets of maple PG later, our latest IKEA hack was born…


3/16” dowels are for storing empty bobbins…

I came up with the idea of inverting spools for which she already had loaded bobbins and storing them in the base of the spool.

Happy Wife, Happy Life! :sunglasses:

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Wow…great idea and iteration on many levels. Gotta love practical stuff like this.

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Nicely done!!

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Oooh that’s great! Alex drawer units are the best.

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Agreed! I use three banks of the wide ones to store my GF materials.

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From someone with their own hoard… kudos!!

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What a brilliant idea!

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Awesome!! Anything that helps with thread storage is great!

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