Do you remember a blog I did quite awhile ago, where I proudly showed off my jars of floss and threads? This, for a long time, was the way I stored these items. Each time I started a new piece I would empty a jar, paw through it and dig out the colors/hues/tones that I wanted to use - then run off to the embroidery shop for more floss.
As I inch my way back into the play of punchneedle I decided that there was probably a better way, perhaps a more 'adult' 'organized' approach. With this in mind I went shopping and found this inexpensive rolling set of drawers. I liked it because the drawers were of a good size but flat rather than deep - much easier to see.
So the 'fun' began as I dumped, sorted, labeled baggies and put skein after skein into its carefully prepped new home. Of course organization is always preceded by disorganization and I certainly accomplished that.
At this point I have bag after bag, drawer after drawer all ready for my perusal. As a design is developed I can see at a glance what I have on hand and know what more I will need.
Will it be as much fun as dumping the floss all over the table and going through it - probably not - but certainly I feel quite righteous in my organization! *smile*
"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
It's been my experience that about every ten years I completely rearrange my thread storage. What I'm not sure of is whether the current system really is an improvement on the previous ones!
ReplyDeleteI love this...someone besides me who spends as much time organizing supplies and workspace as actually working! Clutter disables me, so I need a rhyme and reason to my supplies. Now to just get busy using them!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun you're having!!
ReplyDelete...and I bet you STILL won't have all the floss you need!! :-)
x C
OH! Rolling or stationary plastic drawer and tiny totes are a joke in my house. I tell Terry he never saw a tool he didn't want. He tells me just as many as the plastic drawers I love...I want more! I want more!!
ReplyDeleteMy floss is in drawers, but not organized within. :(
I love the sorting out just as much as the project sometimes. Trouble is, then I see things that spark off more ideas that there are hours in the day for!
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