Okay, long hours of getting organized. Again. I had to take my old jeans organizer down, because rats. Yes, they discovered it and started using it as a climbing wall. Wheee! Not so whee for me. Got that back up, because now I can close the door, and the magical climbing wall goes away for the night. This holds only the thread I’m using for the Tree Quilt. The Peace Quilt thread is in a large container of its own; the rest of my embroidery thread is in a 6 drawer cart. So, on with the organization:
Then it was time to sort through and organize all the vintage thread I’ve come across in thrift stores:
Then I tackled the small bag of perle 3 from Kestrel. That contained 170 skeins. I’m going to need a lot more containers before I tackle the big bag.
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Oh I like the jeans organizer. Very nice! It is so great to see all those skeins laid out in their color families and organized. Very satisfying.
Kestrel:
Yes, yes it is. I know what I’m going to do with the perle. I don’t know when, but I got the what. :D It will be another 60″ x 60″ art quilt, all couched, based on this:
Ooooh that is going to be SO gorgeous! :-) I’m so, so very happy you have that thread. Thank you!
I can see it in my head! It’s nice to have that settled, even though I can’t start it yet.