Mopsey and the Giant Safety Pin

The title of this article sounds like it belongs to a work of fiction, but it's really Mopsey using a big safety pin to organize her thread cards.  Clever!

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© Copyright July 4, 2025 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

A Thread Storage Idea

FrancieNeedlepoints on Instagram has a thread storage system that works well for her.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8h6LMavI6g/

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© Copyright June 22, 2024 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Organizational Ideas from CHB

Carolyn Hedge Baird just posted two organizational ideas on her Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10225537384045497&set=a.1574898296402

For those without a Facebook page, one of Carolyn's students stores her beading thread spools in Bobbin Ring Savers which are meant to store sewing machine bobbins.  Carolyn says she then pops her bobbin saver in a sandwich bag for transport.

https://sewingmachine.com/products/bobbin-ring-saver-purple

Carolyn herself uses a pair of magnetic cable ties to hold her beading mat or a chart to her canvas.  You'll need two, one for each end of whatever you want to hold onto the canvas.  You'll need to have magnetic cable ties long enough to position your bead mat or whatever as far from the edge of your canvas as you normally want it.

https://www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Organizers-Whiteboard-Noticeboard-https://www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Organizers-Whiteboard-Noticeboard-Organization/dp/B091FFSH5L/ref=sr_1_4?crid=J24WGT6SYZ7O&keywords=magnetic+cable+ties+reusable&qid=1704120858&s=hi&sprefix=magnetic+cable+ties+reusable%2Ctools%2C123&sr=1-4

Shop around for both items as prices vary wildly.  

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Contemplating Thread Storage and Organization UPDATED

Horse County Chic is thinking about ways to organize her thread stash, with economy and practicality first in her mind.
http://horsecountrychic.blogspot.com/2020/01/needlepoint-thread-storage-and.html

UPDATE:  More on threads, boxes and project bags.
http://horsecountrychic.blogspot.com/2020/02/needlepoint-stash-organization-update.html

UPDATE #2:  The final organization!
http://horsecountrychic.blogspot.com/2020/03/needlepoint-organization-project-is.html

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© Copyright January 12, 2020 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Do You Use Thread Organizers?

Cross stitchers use lots and lots of different colors in many of their pieces, so floss organization is always an issue for them. A lot of people use what are called floss sticks or floss organizers.  Like these which are the length of office folders and meant to hang in a desk drawer on hanging file bars until needed.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/571371780/embroidery-threadfloss-organizer-bars?ref=shop_home_active_1

These are the drawer frames.  They come in two sizes, letter sized and legal sized.  Of course you don't have to use the floss organizer bars this way.
https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/767881/Smead-Hanging-Folder-Frames-Letter-Size/

Herrschners sells a shorter variety with a magnet for your needles.  The folks at Needlepoint Nation say that these have 20 holes, not 22 as the blurb says.
https://www.herrschners.com/product/floss+sticks%2C+set+of+2.do?sortby=newArrivals&refType&from=Search

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© Copyright January 22, 2018 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.