Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Organizing Embroidery Floss

My daughter likes to make friendship bracelets.
This is what her stash of embroidery floss looks looked like.
 I was wasting time on my new favorite website (pinterest.com),
and I saw a photo of embroidery floss wrapped around clothes pins.
I just happened to have two packs of
clothes pins from the dollar store (30 pins for $1)
I used two packs.  $2.00
Looks so much better, don't you think?
I guess I didn't totally waste my time.

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27 comments:

  1. simply brookes:August 3, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    yeah! love this post. guess who is going to be digging out her clothes pins (yes, i too have some on hand) and winding my way through an organized pile of string? me.

    thank you, h, for this grand idea.
    l. o. v. e. it

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  2. MarthaAugust 3, 2011 at 7:07 PM

    Mrs. Jones? You have the best ideas!!!
    xoxox,
    martha

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  3. FelicityAugust 25, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    Genius idea - am inspired to a little of my own sorting.

    x Felicity

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  4. UnknownSeptember 28, 2011 at 5:54 AM

    this is fabulous! What a great job! I downloaded wee illustrated bobbin type organizers for embroidery floss but it looked like far too much effort. Think I did about four colours and got bored lol

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  5. novaOctober 5, 2011 at 2:09 PM

    That is really smart! :)

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  6. Jann-willOctober 26, 2011 at 7:13 PM

    Oh that looks nice :-))

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  7. noodleBubbleJanuary 26, 2012 at 6:16 AM

    YES. ADDICTED to Pinterest and have pinned this to my 'fab ideads' board!


    noodleBubble x

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  8. drea_dearFebruary 1, 2012 at 11:10 AM

    This is making the rounds again on Pinterest, and I've shared it on my blog. Thanks for the idea!

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  9. Annica SvarvarFebruary 25, 2012 at 9:57 AM

    I'm also on Pinterest and I pinned this on my board stuff for school. I so look forward to have it this way, rather than spending a lot of time "de-tangling" the wanted color.Great idea, thank you for sharing!

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  10. AnjaMarch 30, 2012 at 1:39 AM

    What a great and colorful idea! Mine are stuffed in away in a box, a waist of all those beautiful colors. :-)
    I discoverd pinterest a while ago but just started my own pinboards.

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  11. AnonymousMarch 31, 2012 at 1:15 AM

    Just spent the last hour doing this to my threads... Yay for organisation! :D

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  12. DoriApril 18, 2012 at 6:29 PM

    Using clothes pins to organize floss is brilliant! So glad I stopped by. Thank you for sharing. Oh! I just spotted the corgi photos. : ) We have our third. Love them so!

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  13. Peace TroubadourApril 24, 2012 at 11:24 AM

    Verry beautiful!! Found this pic on pinterest and caught my eye.

    Greetings from the Netherlands! xx

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  14. Jennifer CleaverApril 28, 2012 at 12:29 AM

    So, so smart! I love the idea and I am definitely going to have to do this!

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  15. KnitellaMay 2, 2012 at 1:17 PM

    great idea! and it looks so pretty <3

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  16. AnonymousNovember 23, 2012 at 6:37 PM

    Do you remove the metal springs in the middle?

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  17. Mrs. JonesNovember 30, 2012 at 8:55 AM

    Anonymous: no, I don't remove them. I just wrap away.

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  18. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2013 at 10:53 PM

    What a clever idea! Love this!

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  19. Meghan DavisApril 26, 2013 at 8:10 AM

    I love this idea! Very clever!

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  20. Squeeze CuddlesMay 26, 2013 at 11:51 PM

    Heather you inspired me to organise my embroidery threads. Here's my blog post (including an image and link to your blog)

    http://squeezecuddleshandmade.blogspot.com.au

    Julia

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  21. elmAugust 16, 2013 at 12:06 PM

    LOVE this. So does my 10 year old. Now she has something to occupy herself instead of fighting with her 8 yr old sister. These girls have been up together since 6 am - too excited to get to go to a sleep-over tonight (with their future aunt!!). I think 5 hours of velcro time together has been toooo much. Thanks for the cute idea - busy her, happy me!!! :)

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  22. AnonymousAugust 31, 2013 at 6:21 PM

    Thought it would be a good idea to write the color number on the clothes pin for matching purposes.

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  23. CarolineJune 16, 2014 at 6:54 AM

    This was really helpful, thanks. It's very therapeutic wrapping the embroidery thread around and satisfying seeing it all neat. I have included it in my blog: https://carolineburton4.wordpress.com/2014/06/15/organising-my-craft-supplies/

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  24. neelum ahluwaliaJanuary 7, 2015 at 4:02 AM

    Very good useful idea. Thanks.

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  25. Coral DeeFebruary 29, 2016 at 5:02 PM

    I create jewelry. I think this will work for small pieces of chain left over. They are all bunched up in a jar right now

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  26. UnknownMarch 25, 2016 at 8:00 PM

    Buenísima idea todos están con nudo

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