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I know this has been asked and answered a gazillion times, but I'm dense and
I never really paid attention. I got extremely frustrated this afternoon looking for a certain color of DMC thread (I never did find it) and I decided it's time to do something about my messy system. So what's the consensus on the best, easiest way to organize thread? This time I promise to be good and listen. Lucille |
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On Jan 29, 5:12�pm, "Lucille" [email protected] at comcast..net
wrote: So what's the consensus on the best, easiest way to organize thread? This time I promise to be good and listen. Lucille I use a Loran orgaizer with the cards made out in numerical order on the holes. Makes a good way to find quick. All you need to know is how to read numbers. Frances |
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On Jan 29, 6:12 pm, "Lucille" [email protected] at comcast..net
wrote: I know this has been asked and answered a gazillion times, but I'm dense and I never really paid attention. I got extremely frustrated this afternoon looking for a certain color of DMC thread (I never did find it) and I decided it's time to do something about my messy system. So what's the consensus on the best, easiest way to organize thread? This time I promise to be good and listen. Lucille I have my floss on bobbins, in floss boxes. I have all but 33 DMC colours, and they fit in 7 boxes, which sit neatly on a bookshelf. I like this system because it's easy to find what I need, and if I'm trying to choose colours, I can open all the boxes and spread them out on the floor to see what catches my eye. Hope that helps! Louisa |
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Lucille wrote:
So what's the consensus on the best, easiest way to organize thread? Depends on how well you know the numbers and/or if you have a DMC color card. Since I have DMC and Anchor and MEZ Sticktwist and even some old Susan Bates, I file by color. A hardware parts cabinet will hold a skein laid flat. If I don't instantly recognize the number, I consult the DMC color card to know what drawer to look in. I start with the general ROYGBIV system, and in colors where I have more than will fit neatly in a single drawer, I subdivide, e.g., red is split into violet-reds, red-reds, orange-reds, and pinks. Then drawers for browns, rusts (which I suppose could be filed under orange), black, grey, and white/ecru. The cabinet I bought has a large drawer on the bottom, which I use for my variegated flosses. If all I had was DMC, I might file by number, but my conglomeration of brands makes that too unwieldly. Using the hardware parts cabinet eliminates all those hours of bobbin-winding. -- Karen C - California Editor/Proofreader www.IntlProofingConsortium.com Finished 1/19/08 - Sesame Street group picture WIP: MLI The Teacher (gift to the library), Bethany Angel, Flowers of Hawaii (Jeanette Crews) for ME!!! Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel www.CFSfacts.org -- where we give you the facts and dispel the myths Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf |