Here is some new floss to add to my floss color swatch book!
I ordered 62 skeins of floss from DMC:
60 of which are not in my swatch book and many are new to me colors. I made my swatch book with number lists from 1 to 5000. To add the new color swatches to my book, I punch a hole next to the corresponding number:
Then I take a swatch from the floss skein and loop it through the punch hole:
Then I wind the skein around a floss bobbin
and add it according to color to my collection!
Currently, DMC has over 600 thread colors, and they are adding new colors all the time. I like to keep my swatch book up to date and I also like to make a nice, big swatch so that it is easy to match threads!
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There is something so satisfying about adding new floss to my stash! I love to look at all the colors and just dream about different ways to use them.
Merry Christmas, Kim. Wishing you a great New Year ahead~
I love looking at them too :) Merry Christmas to you Darlene and best wishes for the new year ahead!
Hi Kim,
So nice you shared the way you organise your thread stash. I had a couple of doubts. They got resolved seeing your post. But one still remains. Once we wind the thread on the thread bobbin and store in the box, when we take it out after sometime, won't the thread have the mark at equal intervals? I had this problem.
Have a lovely Christmas and New Year. I am hoping to visit your country next year.
Hi Mallika - Thank you! I hope you had a lovely Christmas as well and happy New Year! That is exciting news that you will be visiting the USA :) ! I agree - winding floss around bobbins and then packing them tightly in an organizer does lead to marks and folds in the floss. I am very careful to wind my floss as loosely as possible which seems to help. I would like to find a better way but I really like storing the floss in these organizers! It is so efficient because they stack and I love being able to see all the colors.
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