Join as I stitch on Full Coverage Cross Stitch projects. I rotate between different HAED (Heaven and Earth Designs), Long Dog Samplers, Artecy and other projects.
It makes me mad I never even thought of using the bobbins this way. The hours I've wasted weaving the whole thread, or better yet the pre-cut individual threads around the bobbins 😭 You have revolutionized yarn storage for me!
It looks as if the luggage tags weigh less than binder rings, and I think they would be easier for me to open, so that's a nice find that I have to check out. I also like the macrame loops. I would find it cumbersome to carry around a master set, though. I suppose you do that to completely eliminate extra skeins, but I have been a monogamous stitcher most of my life, so it wasn't an issue to pull out the colors currently in use. Also floss came with the Danish kits that introduced me to cross stitching, so then I didn't need to pull any floss at all from the master set unless I was substituting colors. For me, I feel lighter, freer to have just the colors of a current project with me. It makes so much sense to have the floss precut to the preferred length before bobbinating. I don't think I've seen that before. Because the thread is bunchier, do you find it develop less kinking? (I've never bobbinated; I'm just curious.)
Before coming to your video I'd watched a few videos on organizing floss. Having already invested in bobbins and boxes, I wasn't ready to spend the money on floss drops or the time on DIY floss drops. I'm so relieved to see how I can use my bobbins like floss drops. So smart! In fact, it was a "duh" moment for me, cuz I'm usually pretty good are making my things serve more than a single purpose. Thanks for sharing.
I sort my floss bobbins by colors. I label DMC by number. Other floss brands I label with an alphabetic letter before their number, and I have a chart telling me which brands go to which letters. For example, C123 would be Coates number 123. Kits often don’t tell you the floss brand. They may say something like “light green”. I don’t label those left - overs. By sorting floss by colors, I can find unknown colors and use them where I need small amounts here and there. They blend in well as long as they are very close to the color called for. As in a forest scene with many trees and shrubs. I never use unknown floss if the pattern calls for big sections of a color because the color differences would show and if I ran out of the floss, I couldn’t get more very easily.
Hi there thanks for the fab video I found it very therapeutic. Please can you answer a question for me, I have purchased one like this from Amazon and there is a key that shows French knot 1/4 stitch etc but I cannot see on the tapestry anything that indicates these. Is the pattern purely cross stitch? Or are there other stitches on the pattern? So many thanks in advance x
I am rackling my brain for DMC storage It makes me crazy.... 🙃🙃 For the moment, all my DMC threads are rolling on DMC cardboard and store in drawers. Today I have sorted them by number instead of by color. It tooks me all the afternoon... But maybe I will tidy in an other way in the futur... I think that rolling on DMC cardboard they get dammage. And cardboards are not robust, they broken easily. I like the idea of drop but it takes place....
I noticed on your starts that you threaded a floss down to the back side and off to the side and then came back up and your 10 by 10 square on where you're starting. Would you please explain your thinking on where you go down to the back side because I noticed that you went down sometimes on the right side of the 10 by 10 and on other times the bottom side of the 10 by 10 but I couldn't make any sense on your choice of where you did this
This is the best floss organizing idea I have found!! I’ve always used bobbins but started watching floss tubes where they use rings or plastic bags and, quite frankly, it looks messy and I don’t have that kind of space for storage. Thank you for sharing! This is brilliant!!
You are so welcome! I know that some people don't like that bobbins cause little creases in the threads when they go to use them. But it doesn't bother me and in my projects the creases don't show up once I stitch with it. But just something to keep in mind when deciding. ❤️
I'm so sorry to hear that. You definitely want to take care of your joints and wrists and make sure you're not hurting yourself. Frames and especially the big floor frames I'm sure are great help so you don't have to hold your stitching.
Thank you for the awesome tutorial! I watched many of "diagonal parking tutorials" and your was the one that made it all click. You blew my mind when you just pulled out a singel thread like that. I always take it off the organizer, pull one thread and hang the rest back on. Totally giving this a try.
Thanks for the comment. I realized looking back that I definitely could explain things better. I might film an updated video where I do a better job explaining.
THIS IS SO AWESOME! I just downloaded Pattern Keeper on my phone and I loved it so much, I bought a Android tablet so I can see a larger screen. I make my own charted designs and this works well on an unknown chart application. I'm impressed.
I really love the way you explain everything so well 😊 I have one question, when you start your thread with the knot from the right. Do you cut the knot off when you weave over the thread on the back?
I stitch in hand and have always prefered it ❤ i hate having a hoop confining me to one area, i like to work on one side of the fabric when i have large sections, and its so much easier to travel with. Some sections can be tricky to have enough fabric to hang on to but i still dont find myself reaching for a hoop or frame to do them
