Open Line Friday

January 16, 2015
Organizing Thread

 

Crayon and Pencil QuiltGood Morning, Quilters!  Welcome to Open Line Friday….Everyone asks–Everyone answers.

Today I have a special request from one of our French friends:

We had a very bad time in France recently ( people killed, a satiric
news paper  and a shop were attacked)
and  I made a small quilt …
I had the idea , to sew, embroider,  or quilt, a pencil , somewhere on
all our works in 2015, to remember and agains obscurantism …
would you share this ?
You can see the whole Crayon and Pencil quilt and read more at CrayonandPencil.wordpress.com
I think we’d all be happy to support our friend!

Organizing ThreadCREATING RAFFLE QUILTS THAT SELL

Thank you to all who participated last week.  We had a very informative discussion on creating Raffle Quilts that Sell…

HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE YOUR THREADS?

January is the traditional month for organizing and planning…and that includes our sewing room!

Let’s give our threads  a little attention…a quick re-organization, and culling…

Organizing ThreadI’ve had several organizational systems for my threads over the years.

For a long time, I organized by color.

Later, I organized by purpose:  hand quilting, machine quilting, etc.

Organizing ThreadAfter experimenting with several organizational systems, the method I now recommend is to organize by FIBER.  Separate boxes for :  Cotton, Polyester, Rayon, Silk, Specialty Threads.  Within each box, group the threads by weight, clustering 30 wt, 40 wt, and 50 wt together.

Organizing Thread

One of my goals for 2015 is to experiment with different threads.  You will be hearing a lot about threads this year…so let’s start with a clean slate!

What about YOU?  How do YOU organize YOUR threads…

We’d love to hear!

Lori

You might also like:  Taking a Thread Inventory HERE.

PS…All images, information and tutorials are the property of Lori Kennedy at The Inbox Jaunt and are intended for personal use only.  Feel free to share with attribution to The Inbox Jaunt.  For all other purposes, please contact me at lckennedy@hotmail.com.  Thanks!

 

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