Bobbins
It's very simple, but I don't know yet where to find such a ring. Can be replaced with a carbine
Transparent box allows you to see the entire arsenal of bobbins
I recently bought such a box through Aliexpress. The set also included 25 multi-colored spools. They approached my Janome machine perfectly, I do not see the difference with my own branded ones. In the reviews, they write that the owners of the Brother machine were also pleased with the purchase.
Of course, I wrote that the minimum sewing kit should include 3-5 bobbins. But I wind a full bobbin of every thread I have to save time.
To prevent the threads from tangling from the bobbins, put small hair ties on them.
Have you noticed that these are ice molds too?
Each bobbin will have its own place in the medicine boxes
I really liked this idea: especially when you have 50 shades of white thread in your arsenal. But it seems then the skeins will take up too much space.
Coil storage
Spools of thread should be stored so that thin threads do not come loose or tangled. If sewing is your favorite hobby, then you undoubtedly have a lot of such material. In this case, you can use the drawers of the bedside table or chest of drawers, which are equipped with special inserts with pins on which the coils are placed.
A palette of threads for machine embroidery, for example, can have a fairly large number of shades of the same color. In this case, clear plastic buckets will help you save the coils, in which you can fold the coils in a specific color.
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A convenient and practical organizer for coils can be sewn with your own hands - add a piece of dense fabric with loops made of ordinary linen elastic, under which the coils will be refueled.
You can set a goal and in a store for needlewomen find a convenient option for storing spools of thread. For example, in the form of a transparent rotating barrel on a stand.
How to store sewing threads
The most convenient and beautiful ways to store sewing threads are in our selection!
Last time we discussed various ways of storing fabrics for sewing, and today we will talk about another "headache" for thousands of needlewomen. Endless reels strive to scatter all over the house, you just have to get distracted for a second! If you are still looking for the perfect way to store your sewing thread, you will surely find it in our selection.
How to store sewing and handicraft fabrics
In transparent cans, the coils look impressive, although it must be admitted that a note of chaos still remains in this storage option.
By the way, for many needlewomen this method became the starting point for decorating ... lamps!
Storage of yarn and floss
Embroiderers and knitters take good care of even small pieces of yarn or floss. And you need to store such leftovers reasonably so that the threads do not get confused, and they could be easily found. One of the simplest ways to preserve the leftover thread is to wind it on a regular clothespin - the ends of the thread will be clamped in the sponges of the clothespin, they will not unravel, and the desired remainder can be found immediately.
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You can also use transparent screw-top jars to store small glomeruli.The jars can be supplied with magnets and suspended from the underside of the shelf above the work table, where a magnetic or metal strip must be fixed beforehand.
If you have a special place in the room for work, then on one of its walls you can make a panel organizer, where skeins of yarn will be placed.
Multicolor knitting is difficult because the tangles are tangled, the threads are intertwined, they have to be unraveled all the time. To facilitate the process of such knitting, you can use ordinary containers in which you can make holes for threads. The balls must be lowered into the container, pulling the tail through the hole, close the container with a lid - and you can knit safely.
Balls, skeins or hanks can be stored in an organizer with transparent pockets - so they will be clearly visible, and the organizer itself, hung on the wall, will not get in the way.
I hope that you will use at least one of the proposed options for storing needlework threads, which will undoubtedly help you in your creativity.
Wall organizer
Those who are sewing professionally and have dozens of skeins in stock can make a wall organizer for spools of thread with their own hands. To do this, you will need a sheet of plywood, a hammer, long nails, a baguette for decorating the frame, paint.
The size depends on the number of threads. Cut a rectangle out of plywood, make markings on it by drawing a grid with cells, the size of which is slightly larger than the diameter of the coil. With an awl or a nail, make notches at the intersection of the lines, where the carnations will subsequently be driven in. Make a frame from foam ceiling fillets or from a baguette and insert a plywood blank into it.
Paint or decorate in any other way. You can make decoupage or burn out the picture. After that, drive in the nails. For best results, they should be positioned slightly at an angle to the base. In this case, the coils will not slide off and they will be clearly visible.
At the back you need to attach a hanging hook or other attachment system.
Storage location ideas
Today on sale you can find many interesting and convenient devices that allow you to store threads and other tools. You can also make them with your own hands.
Jar
In transparent containers, colored coils look very interesting. However, certain notes of chaos remain when choosing this method.
Organizer box
Spools or skeins for knitting are often stored in shoeboxes. To do this, you should use carnations. Ordinary toothpicks will also work.
Cookie box
Almost everyone can find a round cookie tin box on their farm. Many people prefer to keep hooks, buttons, and beads in such a container. It is permissible to make a comfortable thread organizer out of it.
Hanging organizer
There are many affordable organizers in stores that are designed for storage rooms or garages. They are made from plastic or textiles. Usually such devices are used for storing shoes. They can hold useful little things or tools. Organizer pockets can be used for threads.
Lockers
Not every needlewoman can buy an expensive organizer cabinet for storing sewing threads. However, it is perfectly acceptable to add internal compartments to existing cabinets. In this case, it is not at all necessary to use a tree for this. Such partitions are made of cardboard.
Doors
Cabinet doors should be used as a convenient storage device for sewing accessories. However, this will require woodworking. To do this, it is worth measuring the door and determining the location of the slats. It is recommended to be extremely careful, as the cabinet must close well. The position of the holes can be marked on the slats.
Wall organizer
This is one of the more time consuming options. However, he needs a sufficient amount of space on the wall.The advantage of such an organizer is considered to be a spectacular appearance and tremendous convenience.
Dummy
This device is often used by needlewomen. It is permissible to adapt it for threads. It will also be possible to hang a measuring tape, scissors, pins and other devices that are required for sewing on the dummy.
Magnetic boxes
Magnetic boxes are used for metal fixtures. To do this, it is recommended to glue a small magnet to a suitable container. This is done with ordinary superglue. The advantage of such a device is the ability to store various pins and needles that will not fly around the room.
Disc boxes
These organizers are perfect for storing threads and needles. To do this, remove the cover and place the cases with needles inside. As a result, it will be possible to get a comfortable transparent organizer. The advantage of such packaging is that all the devices are in plain sight. Above it is recommended to put information on the contents of the container. The disc boxes take up little space.
They should be placed on a bookshelf. This will help you quickly find the tools you need. It is permissible to put inside not only needles, but also ribbons, buttons, hooks. It is separately recommended to make containers for threads.
Using surfaces
It is permissible to store threads in different pieces of furniture. For this, tables, cabinets and even doors are suitable.
Table
It is recommended to fix various organizers under the sewing table, which can be used for storing threads. These include plastic containers or textile pockets. This will keep everything you need close at hand.
Interior doors
For storing threads, it is worth using special organizers that are suspended from the interior door. They can accommodate everything you need. The extra surface helps save space.
Rotating organizer
The organizer is recommended to be made from a round cookie tin box. It is very easy to make. Thanks to this, the coils can be placed in a conspicuous place.
Embroidery hoops
To make original pockets, they should be pulled over an ordinary embroidery hoop. In the resulting pockets, in addition to threads, it is recommended to place pencils and scissors. They also put other tools in them. Such pockets will harmoniously fit into the interior.
Scissors case
Needlewomen who like to use pockets for various sewing little things will be able to make successful scissor covers. This will require cardboard, textiles, glue. For decor, it is permissible to take a ribbon and lace.
Caskets are often used for sewing supplies. In addition to threads, they can hold needles and other items for sewing.
Organization and storage of embroidery needles
It is important for needlewomen to organize and store needles - these irreplaceable assistants. As you know, embroidery needles come in both blunt and sharp tips.
A variety of needle beds are perfect for storing them, including improvised ones, as in the photo below:
And also branded and homemade, magnetic or just magnets.
Magnetic pincushion and magnet
Handmade needle beds
Each needlewoman should have several needle beds: for general storage and separately for embroidery processes.
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A variety of crochets are also great as needle beds.
It is worth noting separately the branded magnetic tube needle beds, which are especially indispensable for the embroidery process on the road.
Some needlewomen make similar needles in empty lipstick cases.
Needle Cases with Magnet and Rotating Body from Prym
And here's an example of how you can organize and store spare needles.
A small organizer-container is taken as a basis, the needles are sorted by size and signed, stuck into cells with material from the packaging of computer components. Needles in branded packages are also stored here.
How to care for needles
There are many ways and possibilities to keep the needles working for a long time.
Needle sharpening and polishing devices and special beds can help you clean your needles.
The tomato is a needle bed filled with soft material, and the berry is designed to clean and polish the needles and is filled with the appropriate filler.
"Tomato" and "medallion" for polishing and cleaning needles
The well-known GOI paste (invented at the State Optical Institute, from where it got its name) will also serve you as a good grinder and polisher of needles.
Piece of GOI pasta
Some needlewomen recommend using more budget household items for cleaning needles, such as, for example, old polishing nail files. Or regular dishwashing sponges (use the hard side of the sponge).
By organizing your floss threads and embroidery needles in one or more of the above ways, or in any other option convenient for you, you will not only put things in order in your corner for needlework, but you can also easily maintain it in an attractive, neat aesthetic form and - the most important thing - save your time more than once when searching for the right materials for your embroidery processes
The author of the article and photos to it - Tatiana Pozhidaeva (Podsolnushek)
Bobbins for floss
Small but necessary helpers in organizing and storing the floss are bobbins. It is on them that you need to rewind the strings for storage in container organizers.
Cardboard bobbins in quality and durability are significantly inferior to plastic ones, so it is better to use them for infrequent use, or as a one-off for one separate embroidery process, or for storing the remains of threads on them.
One bobbin is designed for one standard (8 m) skein of floss. A bobbin with threads from two skeins will take up more space in the organizer and is not so convenient to use: when pulling it out of the box or, conversely, placing it in a container, the "extra" threads cling to adjacent bobbins and slip.
Plastic bobbins with threads from two skeins (8 m floss DMS and 20 m floss PNK)
In this video from Lelya Lee, you will learn how to make exclusive bobbins in the form of kick-ups with your own hands.
Oksana Dereza in her video gives a detailed comparison-review of organizers-containers and bobbins for floss from different manufacturers, indicating their advantages and disadvantages.
Device for winding floss on bobbins
The bobbin thread winder is a great addition to your craft accessories. The threads are wound on bobbins using such a device easily, quickly and accurately. These special devices are produced by different manufacturing firms and are relatively inexpensive, and the help from them is quite significant, including in the form of significant savings in precious time spent on rewinding threads from a skein.
Device for rewinding the floss on bobbins
The floss rewinder is easy to use, but let's take a closer look at some of the working points.
It is most convenient to attach the device to the side wall of the free cell of the container for storing the floss.
The gap between the wall of the box and the device is somewhat large, therefore, for the winder to be stable, it is necessary to fill the space, for example, with a piece of cardboard folded in several layers of paper, or by placing three cardboard spools for the floss there.
Having prepared the winder in this way, we insert the bobbin into a special hole, after gluing or signing by hand the number of the thread to be wound, we fix the bobbin with a pin, fasten the beginning of the thread in special slots on the bobbin and, with pleasure, easily and quickly, rewind the threads from the hank on the bobbin, we also attach the end of the thread in the slot.
It happens that during fast winding the pin falls out of the hole, therefore it is recommended to initially insert it all the way and press it harder with your finger, as if fixing it in place.
When winding a floss on a bobbin, it is more convenient if a skein of thread hangs from the table, unwinding under its own weight, we direct the thread by hand and, if necessary, straighten the pastma.
We pull the thread on the bobbin not tightly in order to avoid strong creases, although in the process of embroidering with threads stored wound on bobbins, all the creases on the floss are aligned.
If you want to show imagination and immerse yourself in creativity, you can make a similar universal device with your own hands and an interesting video from Dunyasha Cross-stitch will help you with this.
Stickers with thread numbers
Identifying the number of the floss is essential for proper storage and use. Everything here is extremely simple: someone prefers to use special branded stickers, someone signs by hand, and someone is more convenient to use the numbers cut out and glued to the bobbins from the rolls labels
One working moment for branded stickers. In addition to the sticker boxes with the indicated floss numbers, LCA in sets with such stickers, have clean sticker boxes.
Stickers with numbers and clean squares
What are the blank square stickers for? On them you can write the numbers you need yourself!
Lockers
Not everyone has the opportunity to purchase expensive organizer cabinets for sewing thread, but in fact, adding compartments inside your existing cabinets is not so difficult. Moreover, it is absolutely not necessary to use wood, partitions can also be made of cardboard.
Cabinet doors can be easily turned into a handy organizer, but for this you just have to work with wood.
Measure your door and determine the position of the slats: be extremely careful as your door must close tightly. Mark the position of the holes on the slats.
Drill the holes with a drill and hammer in the pegs.
Paint in the desired color and glue to the doors.
Embroidery tips
All of the options described above concerned bobbin threads. But embroiderers use floss, which is sold in skeins. When stored erratically, they become confused, which complicates the work. There are several ways to make a do-it-yourself floss organizer.
Plastic bobbins are one of the common options. You can buy them or make them yourself by cutting out blanks from plastic. Shampoo bottles, dense packaging plastic or bottles can be used. Use scissors or a soldering iron to cut the shape of the workpiece. It can be a 6 x 8 rectangle with rounded edges.
Can be made in the form of a "bone" or choose any other shape. It is necessary to make notches into which the ends of the threads will be inserted, this will prevent unwinding. A floss is wound on such bobbins, and a label with the manufacturer's number or brand is glued to order.
These bobbins can be made from heavy cardboard, but they will not be as durable as plastic.
Another option is a thread holder. It is a plank with rows of holes cut along the edge. A different color is inserted into each hole. Such holders are convenient for work, so as not to look for the desired shades - they are always at hand.
They can be made from thick cardboard by cutting out a rectangle measuring 15 x 10 cm. Along the long edge you need to make holes with a hole punch, stepping back 1.5 cm. The thread of floss must be straightened along its length, folded in half and folded into the hole. In the resulting loop you need to thread the ends and tighten, you get a "fringe" of floss. Above the holes, you can write the color number with a pen or felt-tip pen.
In order for the cardboard to last until the end of the work, it is recommended to laminate it with adhesive tape on both sides. And then insert the threads.
Organizers for storing floss
Container for household items with supplies for needlework
The same container with floss
Benefits of storing floss in a container
- In organizers-containers, floss threads are stored compactly, do not get tousled and do not get dusty.
- All numbers and thread colors are visible.
- Bobbins with threads wound on them can be arranged in any order convenient for you.
- In the containers from the VHI there is a leaflet for keeping track of the threads in it. True, it is worth noting that needlewomen, as a rule, do not have enough time for its constant use)
Floss counting sheet in container
Some needlewomen store data on the presence of threads in the computer, creating files for this with special tables listing the thread numbers they have by company.
How to arrange the threads in the container
You can store the threads in any order convenient for you, both in stores purchased in stores and in do-it-yourself boxes and organizers.
By numbers or colors
Store the threads separately by the manufacturers of the floss, arranging them by number or by color.
Until recently, Kirov floss were produced without numbers, so it is more expedient to store them by color.
PNK threads in a container for household items
The bobbins are suitable for the height of the cells, do not press or bend under the lid.
Closed container
Organizer with floss, packed in ascending numbers
By the composition of the threads
You can decompose the floss according to the composition of the thread (cotton, metallized, silk, melange, etc.)
Organizer with silk and metallic threads
Threads for one big process
Larger containers can store materials for each individual large embroidery process or several small processes.
It is convenient to use the organizer box for the current process by placing in it not only the necessary floss, but also other necessary things: in one of the cells we put an impromptu needle bed with additional needles and a thread take-up, in the other - scissors, colored pencils or markers for marks on the diagram, a magnet for quickly finding a suddenly lost needle and other that you think is necessary.
Organizer-container and special organizer from Pako for working needles
with materials for one big process
And here is an organizer container with materials for several small processes.
Please note: the columns of thread for each individual process are signed!
Threads for a small process
Materials for each small process can also be stored in a separate, small container or in a homemade organizer box. This is also true for embroidery that you take with you on the road.
If all your organizers are signed, you can very quickly find the right strings. On the container boxes themselves, we do this using stickers on three sides (except for the back - with the lid fastening): no matter which side you put the box into storage, you will always see the inscription with its contents.
Containers with the numbers of incoming threads indicated on the stickers
Organizers are also stored compactly, conveniently and neatly on a shelf in a closet, chest of drawers or drawers.
Duplicate thread numbers
Spare skeins of floss (repeated numbers) can also be stored in small containers and homemade boxes, or in plastic bags with snaps or in other bags convenient for you to use.
For a convenient search for the necessary strings in plastic bags, it is better to group spare floss using elastic bands, ribbons, strings by numbers: separately from every hundred or two (depending on how many skeins you have).
Stock of threads grouped by numbers
We put a leaflet with a list of the numbers of the nested threads (in order) in the bags with the floss. If there is more than one hank with the same numbers, we indicate their number in a small digit next to the number. As you use it, cross out the number from the list.
Spare floss in plastic bags
To store the small things necessary for handicraft, it is quite possible to use the upper compartment of handicraft boxes, so beloved by craftswomen.
Casket for needlework
Floss thread color cards
An excellent and, of course, necessary and very useful addition for convenient storage and use of embroidery threads are floss color cards from the manufacturer or made by hand.
We recommend storing the color card together with the organizer boxes for the floss.
DMC floss card with a list of thread numbers and their location in the map
Sheets with floss patterns and numbers
The color card is very easy to use, compact, with samples of "live" threads by numbers.