Friday, July 24, 2009

Organizing my Floss


A few months ago, a group of us were talking about how to best organize our floss. Many suggested the floss cards or floss away bags. My friend Barb mentioned she purchased a hanging floss system from a fabulous Cross Stitch shop in Portland OR, called Acorns & Threads . Really? I am sooo interested!! The next time I saw her she had brought her system with her; I was sold. I immediately ordered mine, and this is the what it looks like. Plastic storage slides with hooks on each end, to hang in a standard size file tote. (I purchased my storage tote at Target.) The way it works is you have clips ("keepers") & you take your floss, thread it through the hole, and it hooks right into the hanger. Then you can see your floss! You can see what colors you own, and makes it SOO easy for floss toss. When you want to use a specific color, just slightly twist, and the clip/keeper comes right off. Gather the colors you need, and you can put them on a ring. I have my Gentle Arts threads already organized. It took an entire afternoon, but it was worth it. I have already saved money by checking to see if I had a color I needed and not buying a duplicate; also to see what colors I didnt have. I must say, I am thrilled!! If you are interested, please call the shop-- they do MAIL ORDER!!!!!

I cant wait to organize the rest, but as you all know, I need to get my VILLAGE done!!!! Gosh, the background is gonna take forever!!!! I better get on it, it has to be done this month!!!!

7 comments:

  1. How cool is that?! WOW...pretty doggone cool! And now I won't be able to get it out of my head.... :)

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  2. Wow! That is one cool storage idea! I'm going to have to think on this one. My floss is stored very haphazardly! lol!

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  3. Wow, that is so neat, Shannon! Here I am a shopowner and have never seen that system! It is so efficient, thanks for sharing with us!!

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  4. Wow, that is really cool!! I love that idea. Okay, part of me just wants to run my hands over the threads, but it is a cool storage idea, too! ;) I suppose that's the drawback to floss away bags--makes it harder to fondle the floss. LOL

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  5. That is such a cool system!!! I'm going to have to check it out. I organized all my DMC threads, but was unsure as to what to do with the GAST, Weeks, etc. I had stored them in Floss-Away Bags but I don't think they like not breathing in the bags. Then I thought I'd just hang them from rings in the open, but wasn't sold on that idea! This looks absolutely perfect. Thanks for posting this!

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  6. Very interesting! I need a new system!

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