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Floss Organizing System ??
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" lzoltynospam@now 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" lzoltynospam@now 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 |
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"Karen C in California" wrote in message ... 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 My problem is that I have very limited space and the cabinets are just too big. I'm not wild about winding bobbins but I just may have to do that. Does anyone use the File-A-Floss system? It looks a bit more compact then some of the others. |
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I tried the Stitch Bow system and don't recommend it. The skeins fall
off the holders, it is hard to slide the holders in and out, and there is no way to corral the smaller pieces. I think anything that allows you to keep the skeins flat in drawers, or in a bag is a better bet. Both allow minimal messing about with threads prior to use, and give you somewhere to store those shorter pieces that we can't throw away. Bobbins take up less space and work as well, and shorter pieces can be wound on the same bobbin as the skein. There is the extra step of winding the thread onto the bobbin, but that can be a restful activity while you plan the next project.Be careful not to wind metallics onto the bobbins if you ever plan to use them for couching, however, because the kinks in the threads won't come out easily. Silk and floss can be moistened if it kinks, but not metallic. Whether you store by color or number depends mostly on whether you stitch charts using the exact colors, or do stitchery that needs a certain color but not necessarily a specific numbered color, (if that makes any sense). Pat in Illinois |
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On 1/29/08 7:39 PM, in article ,
"Lucille" lzoltynospam@now at comcast..net wrote: "Karen C in California" wrote in message ... 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 My problem is that I have very limited space and the cabinets are just too big. I'm not wild about winding bobbins but I just may have to do that. Does anyone use the File-A-Floss system? It looks a bit more compact then some of the others. I'll take a picture of mine tomorrow - it is floss away bags on rings by number.... C |
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"Pat in Illinois" wrote in message news:cYPnj.7471$yE1.5217@attbi_s21... I tried the Stitch Bow system and don't recommend it. The skeins fall off the holders, it is hard to slide the holders in and out, and there is no way to corral the smaller pieces. I think anything that allows you to keep the skeins flat in drawers, or in a bag is a better bet. Both allow minimal messing about with threads prior to use, and give you somewhere to store those shorter pieces that we can't throw away. Bobbins take up less space and work as well, and shorter pieces can be wound on the same bobbin as the skein. There is the extra step of winding the thread onto the bobbin, but that can be a restful activity while you plan the next project.Be careful not to wind metallics onto the bobbins if you ever plan to use them for couching, however, because the kinks in the threads won't come out easily. Silk and floss can be moistened if it kinks, but not metallic. Whether you store by color or number depends mostly on whether you stitch charts using the exact colors, or do stitchery that needs a certain color but not necessarily a specific numbered color, (if that makes any sense). Pat in Illinois I prefer keeping the skeins flat but I just can't find any boxes that have the proper space and can stack like the Darice Bobbin Boxes. I think I'm going to have to go that way. Not my preferred method, but probably the most efficient for me. Your explanation made perfect sense to me and it was very helpful. Thanks. |
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Lucille says...
So what's the consensus on the best, easiest way to organize thread? I stuff floss skeins in floss away bags, then hang my, not dmc's, version of color families on rings, sorted by number. When I need a color, I pull it out of the bag. -- another anne, add ingers to reply |
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