No one will ever accuse me of being a neat freak...but I do like things organized in my own way. When I started quilting, my dear sister gifted me with a cute metal thread holder that hangs on the wall. It was sufficient to hold my then inventory of thread which pretty much consisted of cotton spools in basic colours: white, black, ecru, blue, red and green.
As my knowledge of thread power grew and the wall holder steadily filled, sister appeared with two clear thread storage boxes...both of which I quickly crammed full. This one holds specialty threads like silk, holographic, and even some glow in the dark.
However...that thread obsession supply kept growing.
Hubby to the rescue again; this weekend he installed a larger version of his clever and simple thread holder. In all, it contains 250, 3-1/2" nails placed on a 30°angle. Smaller caps fit on the bottom rows with larger cones on the top. His cost was approximately $5. for the wood and $10. for nails. He snugged it up under a shelf which holds boxes of fabric and I was in heaven...until 5'2" me went to load the spools on and realized I could only reach the bottom row of nails. Oh oh...
He obligingly adjusted the holder down about 6" and I am happily moving into my expanded thread storage space.
We'll see how long it takes to fill this one. I am keeping the smaller, original board in case it needs to go back up sometime too!
Two cans house my treasured hand-quilting threads, extra-special to me as many of the spools came from my grandmother's supply.
Hubby came to the rescue with a wooden board in which he hammered long skinny nails on an angle. It wasn't pretty, but worked very well for many years.
Thanks for a great idea. My thread is everywhere!
ReplyDeleteThat's a serious addiction you have goin' on there! I had quite a nice cookie tin of hand appliqué threads at one time, and then had the unfortunate experience of having an excitable dog peeee all over 'em. Fortunately, I found them right away and was able to throw out all the 'damp' ones. Good thing yours are all up high. :)
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