by Judy McNuttI have a 10 spool thread rack for my machine, but sometimes I use colors more than once. I’ve bought some small stemmed reusable garden row stakes and marked them with numbers. Then when I need to reuse a color, I insert the appropriately numbered stake in the spool – fewer mix up’s with colors!
Thread organizing
Looks like a really nifty way to keep track of what goes where. I may try this one myself. I usually lined the spools up on the table next to me and left a space where a thread was to be used a second time. Not exactly foolproof, but it worked most of the time.
Great idea, thanks.
Great idea! I’m gonna try it
What do the numbers refer to, the numbers in a list, surely not the thread #!
When I have a large number of colors in a design, I print a picture of it (template?) and write the actual thread # and use arrows to point to the specific section of the design.
Both ways work-I just don’t have room for a lot of spools by my machine.
Thank you for a great idea, I too usually just line up my thread, this will help keep them in order and keep my nerves from fraying.
This will work nicely for my 4-needle embroidery machine, too, for when I have more colours than needles available in a design. (I reserve colour changes for Needle #4, as it’s easiest to rethread the one on the end of the row.) Great tip!
My handy hubby made be a long board with dowels spaced far enough apart to accomodate the largest spool I might use. I line up my colors on the dowels in the order I need them. I also print out the list of colors to double check as I go along. This board has space for eight colors, but I think I will ask him to make another one for larger projects.
Great idea. I use Styrofoam egg carton for my line ups and leave a space for the thread that will be reused. I will give yours a try as well …..Thanks for the tip..Frances
Ginny – yes indeed, the numbers relate to the order of the color changes, not the thread numbers.