keeping emproidery thread neat.

[Shepherdess]

Zed was talking about the problem of keeping threads neat. I have these butterflies made for thread. They are great because the ate 2 slits so you can hold the beginning and the end. the box it the same on both sides. I think its meant for fishing tackle.

[Pandagirl]

Very cool idea Ann!

[MTRuth]

That's the kind I use - the problem is that most of them aren't on those type of cards at the moment. Also the bigger pearle cottons don't fit on one very easily.

[koffipot]

Zed inspired me to tidy up my tangled threads - Thanks zed!

I just cut up some old birthday cards etc. into a rough butterfly shape and cut in the slits. Cheap, cheerful and all very tidy now!

It does mean you can make the cards to a suitable size for your needs.

[zed]

I almost ordered some from ebay, but I thought I'd make my own. Some of them were lager rectangles for 3 threads, and some single squares. I cut notches out at first, but it was too much messing about, so then I just snipped them at angles like at the top and bottom of Ann's pic, and folded them back.

[luvswool and dyestuff]

I like to keep my embroidery threads in the paper tagged loops until I am ready to use them; however, they do end up tangled. I like the idea of Zed’s neat thread drawers where you can see everything at a glance. I have a set of smaller threads on those butterfly cards, which I purchased "used" on-line, but I don’t use them too often because they are the smaller threads. I prefer to use the larger 6-strand perle cottons.

[halay]

Here is one more way how to kee your embroidery threads neat www.livemaster.ru/topic/468423-organajzer-dlya-hraneniya-nitok-muline-i-ne-tolko?msec=15 Don't mind if you don't understand the language, the pictures are self explanatory. What you need is only cardboard which you cut out into shapes and transparent plastic filing bags and a filing folder. Hope you find this useful.

[MTRuth]

That's a good idea Nada. I actually made some of the clear envelopes to fit the little cards like Ann showed. I just stitched them on my sewing machine to get the pockets.

[koffipot]

Mine are all wound on to home made cards made from birthday, xmas cards etc. So far, so good. Then I threw them all into a big transparent bag!!!! At least the're all together.

[Deleted]

You guys are so organized.  Smile... 

I have are mine threads kept in many different ways.. All sizes of mesh bags with snaps and zippers. And several big bins I have bought at Jo Ann. Occasionally they get wrapped around a cardboard thingy.... These mesh bags I really like a lot. They comes in very big sizes and this photo of them the bags are about the medium size..