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Floss Organizing System ??

I inherited from my mother-in-law a set of bags on rings -- I don't know th e brand name, but they were zip top with two holes on the edge -- they were bigger and thicker than the bags I've found more recently. She picked the bags up YEARS ago and had a large set of DMC in them -- already numbered.

After giving them to my wife & me, she got back into needlework and ended u p making a whole set of bobbins in boxes. I don't like the bobbins. Seems l ike the floss ends up getting fuzzy. Could that have had something to do wi th the winding?

If I could find the big, thick bags again, I'd buy up a bunch! I love it as an organization system -- I group the bags by number (any other scheme wou ld NEVER work for me). I pull out the bags needed for a project and keep th em on a ring in my bag. I can even break it down further if I want to trave l and only work on certain sections. I love it!

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Danny Breidenbach
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I separated mine ( when not using it for an active project) by color family. All the reds and pinks in one baggie, yellows in another, greens ---you get the idea.

I tried wrapping them around those little cardboard reels - not good for me.

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tweeny90655

Cindi, how do you keep the bags from sliding down in the box? I did the sam e for a while, but went back to th erings because the bags kept slipping un derneath one another.

Jacquel> I know this is a super-old thread but I'm jumping into it anyway. > >

PITA to sit there winding them. Now I use the Floss Away ziplocs, I write the DMC number on the top edge. But I don't store them on the rings which I find rather cumbersome to store. Instead I 'file' the ziplocs in clear sta ckable shoe-type boxes (perfect width), in numerical order, and the boxes a re marked on the fronts with the run of color numbers inside. At the end of the DMCs, I have a "miscellaneous" section of other brands, etc. When I st art a project, I go through and pull the colors I need, and I loop those zi plocs onto a ring to easily carry around with the project. When I'm done I just re-file them. Also when I run out of a color, I pull the empty bag and put it in my purse to remind me to buy more.

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Damazinah

ame for a while, but went back to th erings because the bags kept slipping underneath one another.

Sorry for the delay in responding, Jacqueline. I got a new job right after posting this and frankly the whole summer flew by, so busy, and stitching w as sadly backburnered.

At any rate: Yes, the bags do slide down at first but I fill the box rather snugly just for that reason, and it's fine once it's full. All-in-all I ha ve found this method to be the best for me. The boxes hold a LOT of the bag gies and are very easy to store, I just shelve them on top of my bookcase a nd I can see from the fronts what numbers are in each, which one I need to grab to get the threads I need.

I never could handle the rings method--too floppy and having to flip throug h the rings trying to find the one I need, or even which ring to look throu gh. And they were awkward and sloppy trying to store them, though I suppose they could be hung somehow on a bulletin board or whatnot. Ultimately thou gh once I tried the shoe box filing system, it just worked so well, loved i t.

Cindi

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cara1158

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