I have limited space, limited income, and asthma, so if my materials get dusty, I can't use them. And all those specialized gadgets are super-neat...but I can't afford to spend my money or space on single-purpose gadgets.

I use ziplock bags and Glad Press'n Seal cling wrap for keeping my thread neat and matching colored spools and bobbins together. I tear off 3" to 4" long strips of the wrap, tuck the matching bobbin in the corner, then wrap it lengthwise around the matching spools of thread. Then I stick all the thread in a gallon-sized bag.

This keeps all matching colors together, prevents the ends from unraveling and making messy, wasteful, cuticle-snagging snarls in the bags, and I can still see what colors/how many/what kind of thread I have. It works nicely for keeping my big cones of serger thread neat too!

Best of all- as long as I'm careful when I unwrap the spools, I can reuse the wrap again and again!