October 11th, 2011
Why did I not think of this before?
Staring at my mammoth pile of empty floss bobbins… stretching and warming up my winding arm - and queuing up a season 1 of Breaking Bad marathon. Floss-a-thon.
References:
- Cosmo floss
- DMC plastic floss bobbins
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Farting around with needle & thread and then blogging about it.
Monica Solorio-Snow
Happy Zombie
Pacific Wonderland
Astoria, Oregon
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Oh, the things that dawn on us… ;P
October 11th, 2011Brilliant! Those really are beautiful, I’ll have to try the cosmo.
October 11th, 2011OMG, the season finale of BB was RIDICULOUS!!! Best show on TV.
October 11th, 2011GENIOUS.
October 11th, 2011Genious.
Genieus.
…
Real smart!
Huh. Brilliant.
October 11th, 2011So very smart!!
October 11th, 2011perfect…why didn’t I think of that either! I will from now on. Thanks. Oh, and I also love your yellow tape dispenser …
October 11th, 2011DOH!!!! What a great idea. And way prettier than when I write the numbers on the card with my sharpie, which is always too fat and the numbers mush together. Love it!!!!
October 11th, 2011Yes, you are brilliant! Go ahead and give yourself a big pat on your back and the rest of the day off!
October 11th, 2011Love your idea!!!
October 11th, 2011I was wondering have you ever thought about doing a dia de los muertos project of some sort? only because I been looking at your tag on the about you part of your page and keep admiring it and see this colorful floss got me thinking… LOve your work!
I have had it with you and your cute stuff. I have been hunting for a red smiley face spoon FOREVER. Everything you have is cool and I’m sick of it.
Well actually sick of my own stuff being less cool.
October 11th, 2011ha ha, I thought the same thing as soon as I browsed through your pictures! Like Duh! ha ha, I should have thought of that to. Now I will just have to copy you. Thanks for the good idea.
October 11th, 2011Cheers,
Carolyn
You’re so smart… I knew I liked you for a reason :) that hadn’t dawned on me either, but not much does.
October 11th, 2011Brilliant!
October 11th, 20112 smart U R. 2 smart U B.
October 11th, 2011I C U R 2 smart for me.
P.S. Why didn’t I think of this about 350 or so plastic floss bobbins ago???
October 11th, 2011Those pictures were so colorful and fun, I hardly cared what advise you were trying to give me, I just wanted to soak it all in.
But I promise to try and be more organized, really I do.
Mary
October 11th, 2011And I promise to spell “advice” the correct way next time.
Yep, me again.
October 11th, 2011Mary
those three colors just look so happy together :)
October 11th, 2011Can we all get a “duh” why didn’t we think of that before?
October 11th, 2011Got to hang out with Bettycrockerass this weekend…dude, seriously considering moving to Oregon. You’ve been warned.
Total “palm to the forehead” moment going on here.
October 11th, 2011What a great idea — you’re a genius!
October 11th, 2011I love those little floss bobbins. And, of course, THIS is why you’re SW1!
October 11th, 2011I NEED to do this…brilliant!!!
October 11th, 2011I just remembered. I need to make a dentist appointment. Thanks! ;)
October 11th, 2011Just plain smart!
October 11th, 2011I say you patent it and make a million bucks!
October 11th, 2011I’m having an 80s flashback. In fact I STILL have my floss bobbin boxes. Still full of thread, too. Reckon I oughta throw it out by now?
October 11th, 2011duh!
October 11th, 2011super smart. thanks for spreading the genius!
You, my dear, are brilliant! xoxoxo
October 11th, 2011You, my dear, are brilliant!
October 11th, 2011Now why didn’t I think of that??
I’m just going to keep sitting here, blog reading, and you keep coming up with the brilliant ideas.
Deal??
October 11th, 2011AND did you also know - that those empty boxes of floss (with the handy little cutter on top) can be reloaded with thread so you can take them safely on an airplane and stitch away without the fear of being arrested for having scissors?
October 11th, 2011Smart idea, have fun.
October 11th, 2011Eveline.
Monica, you are way too clever! This is definitely the cutest and most practical way of organizing floss!
October 12th, 2011That’s how I organize mine too! It is a wonderful idea! My Mom still likes to write her numbers on the cardboard spools instead of plastic.
October 12th, 2011Aaah!! Very clever. I’m all caught up on Breaking Bad and waiting for Netflix to release the next season!! I did all my quilt fabric cutting to the most recent released and it’s a wonder I didn’t slice a finger. Much safer to wind bobbins!
October 12th, 2011Really. And to think that for years I sat there with my Sharpie trying to write on that tiny line for all those bobbins of floss and hoped that they would be legible. I’ve said it before, Monica, you’re a genius!
October 12th, 2011That is how all of mine are orginized. It is wonderful to have the numbers to easy to read. You are going to love it!
October 12th, 2011Thank you for another DUH?! moment! I just bought a bag of embroidery thread at a house sale and it’s all jumbled up. This is a perfect way to organize all those threads.
Move over on the sofa Monica - I’m warming up my winding arm too!
October 12th, 2011When I saw the header I wasn’t too sure what you were going to post about, but this is, yet, another brilliant idea!
October 12th, 2011Thanks for the tip.
Durr mostly because a zombie ate my brain but it was a happy one so I learned a new idea at least lol
October 12th, 2011What a fantastic idea! Totally had a “duh” moment when I saw this. :)
October 12th, 2011You are so smart. And I am so grateful this post had nothing to do with dental care!
October 12th, 2011I do something similar.
For DMC, I snip the end off (slide w/ the number is longer than the bobbins), put the end w/ the number showing opposite the punch-ring hole, and hold carefully as I start to wind my bobbins.
Yes, there’s a chance of it coming out, but if you wind tight (and I do), you should have no problems.
And, then you can re-use your bobbin for any other color when you finish — and you don’t have that tape residue to deal with.
October 12th, 2011Umm WHAT! You are a genius! :)
October 12th, 2011I cannot believe I have to wait until NEXT AUGUST to see the rest of Breaking Bad. I watched the first 3 seasons in about 2 weeks and I thought having to wait a whole week for one episode was going to be ridiculous. But AUGUST?! Did you see the finale yet??
October 12th, 2011Oh my goodness, you ARE a genius!! I so needed this :)
October 12th, 2011Love this idea! Thanks!
October 12th, 2011Now, that’s such a good and obvious solution, it’s almost sneaky!
And you could even remove the label later and replace it with a new one, instead of scratching out the old number and writing the new one on the other end/side.
Thanks for the great tip!
October 12th, 2011Why didn’t I think of this? And I have a whole delicious fistful of cosmo to wind up too. I’ll join you in a virtual winding party.
October 12th, 2011Thank you! I will do this.
October 12th, 2011Or you could just, like, write the number on the card with a fine point sharpie if you want to avoid a manicure while watching TV.
October 12th, 2011Very clever! I’ll keep this in mind the next time I have to re-do a bobbin. Thanks for such a fantastic tip.
October 13th, 2011I would make one suggestion, to use glue instead of scotch tape. Scotch tape doesn’t hold up over time, it gets brittle, and sometimes the sticky rubs off onto the paper, fabric, thread, etc.
October 13th, 2011I saw this on craft gossip and before I clicked over said “Duh why didn’t I think of this before” so I got a good laugh from your post title! Thanks for pointing out what should have been so obvious to my slow mind!!
October 13th, 2011Simply Brilliant! My “rats nest” of DMC embroidery floss will now and forever be organized. Great project to do while I am watching TV.
October 13th, 2011Thanks so much for the tute and have a great Fall.
Nettie
Thank you for this tip, I have been doing something similar but never thought of this
October 13th, 2011You are my HERO! I have been tucking the little label underneath the wraps of the floss, but your idea is FAB! Thanks for sharing.
October 13th, 2011I think god invented tv marathons just for this very purpose of floss winding a bajillion miles of thread onto itty bitty bits of plastic.
I once thought he invented children for the task. Learned the hard way there is a minimum age requirement for the job! :(
;)
October 13th, 2011OH GREAT — now you show us. I have been writing on those little paper holders for years. Why didn’t I think of that — thanks!!
October 13th, 2011Amazing! wow how much sense does that make! how come knowone has thought of that brilliant idea before.so much easier than writing on the c/board.thanks for that
October 15th, 2011I love it!!! It’s fantastic idea…
October 17th, 2011OH. MY. GOD! That is an AWESOME idea!!!!
I’m not about to go through my box of 200+ flosses and rewind them, BUT…in the future…SO FUN!
Why do you have a pile of floss to bobbin up? What are you up to????
October 17th, 2011Holy crap! I need this idea. I’ve got a bunch of new floss to get ready for the quilt show this weekend and I’m going to borrow your idea for my customers. Thank you!!!
October 17th, 2011What a SmartyPants you are ! !
Why is it the most obvious always eludes us?
This is using your noggin.
hugs
October 17th, 2011Gerry
Doh - what a brilliant simple idea. (Though you now need a floss bobbin winder - and yes they do make them.)
October 21st, 2011What a great idea! Thank you! As for Cosmos floss, I have been fighting with myself to ignore the “but you have 1M colours in DMC why switch?!” line! Sigh! I hear it is a sweet floss to work with! Cheers!
November 2nd, 2011yay - I’m glad you finally thought of it and passed it on - what a great idea :)
November 7th, 2011you know they have a winding tool just for that……Ebay calls it a plastic floss winder……it’s great
December 10th, 2011Brilliant , just brilliant….thanks for sharing.
July 19th, 2012Can you tell us where to find Cosmos thread? please????
cheers
maggie