I love old wooden thread spools and the clever crafter Jean of the blog The Quilted Cupcake came up with this fun way to make a heart shaped thread spool decoration. I wonder if there is an easy way to do this but so you can still take the spools off?
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A fond farewell from one of my favorite things onto full time art world making
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Maybe those round pieces of velcro would work to make the spools removable. Might need to reinforce the velcro adhesive first. I might have to try this myself.