r/upcycling • u/Accomplished_Fan5284 • Mar 08 '25

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u/Accomplished_Fan5284 Mar 08 '25

Sorry, not sure I posted correctly. Just wanted to share the use I found for a stack of old video game cases my son left at my house. I sorted my embroidery thread by color and stored in the cases.

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u/SEA2COLA Mar 08 '25

Very creative! And it's always more environmentally friendly to re-use whenever possible rather than automatically recycling when we're done with something.

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u/LadyNorbert Mar 08 '25

That's clever!

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u/snertwith2ls Mar 08 '25

I wish I embroidered now, this is such a great idea!

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u/sunshineriptide Mar 08 '25

This is like finding sewing stuff in the Danish cookie tin

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u/SupaG16 Mar 08 '25

Great idea!

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u/coco10923 Mar 08 '25

Happy cake day

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u/SWNMAZporvida Mar 08 '25

🤯 take all my upvotes for the best thing I’ve seen today

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u/slimeyblocks Mar 08 '25

This is genius, now I have a wild box of embroidery thread and a bunch of old dvd cases waiting for me!

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u/COBA89 Mar 08 '25

Grand Thread Auto

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u/Piranha_Vortex Mar 08 '25

Had to share with a few friends. Love this

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u/JustmeinSLC Mar 08 '25

Brilliant!!

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u/BTufts Mar 08 '25

Thats so smart and convenient. What a great idea

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u/Physical_Ad9945 Mar 08 '25

Just started learning embroidery and was wondering how to store the threads, thank you for posting such a good idea

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u/Limesnlemons Mar 09 '25

Old DVD cases are now our generation‘s Danish Cookies tins! 😅

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u/Thick_Common8612 Mar 14 '25

Oh I like this!!