Thread In A Jar

Spools of thread in a big glass jar.

Color inspires me.

And makes me happy.

So these sit on a shelf near my sewing machine.

Where do you keep thread?

(In the background- another sneak peek at the Christmas project I'm working on.)

Rainbow Of Glorious Color

Life goes on, even when I'm feeling sad.

So I'm filling my time with favorite people and good things

and trying to make everything seem normal again.

This morning I visited a little shop (Fabric Recycles)  and hit the jackpot on vintage trims. 

I came home with an entire rainbow of glorious color.

And now I'm dreaming of fun ornaments to make for the holidays.

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Thank you to everyone for the kind, heartfelt, messages of sympathy.

I really do appreciate the love and support you shared with me. 

And I will try to catch up on my visits soon.

My Little Sewing/Crafting Space

 I want to do a quick share of my little creative space.

I get to use half of our home-office to house my sewing table
(a huge old vintage wooden office desk with really deep drawers),
ironing board, quilting fabrics and all my crafting supplies.
I don't craft for a living, so for me this is more than enough.

I enjoy doing lots of things:

 Sewing, embroidery, quilting, crocheting, origami, quilling, and card making.

I also love to make holiday ornaments using felt, beads, and vintage buttons and trims.

I have enough books and patterns to keep me busy for  25 years!

For storage I like to use: glass jars,  tins and tool boxes,
vintage planters,  fabric covered boxes, baskets and the occasional toy.

I still have a few things stored in plastic, but am moving away from that when possible.

My space is still evolving, but it lets me get the job done.

Here is a picture from last fall, when I was working on Christmas projects.

So,  where do you create?

How To Organize A Big Pile Of Floss ?

I know.  I know. 

After seeing my recent post about organized quilt fabric, you would THINK 

that my embroidery floss would be neatly color coded and wrapped on bobbins.    

Well.... no.

The skeins just get stuffed into a wooden sewing box 

and I have to dump them all out and sort them to find the color I want to use.  

Some folks buy little plastic bobbins from the store.
(But I'm trying to use less plastic.)

Others said they cut their own bobbins from scrap cardboard.
(recycled cereal boxes, etc...)

One friend told me she used a deck of cards.
How do you organize your floss?

Look at THESE cute bobbins from "sugarcookie" on Etsy!

Until I figure out what I want to do, 

I will just have to dive into my big pile of floss and hope I don't get too tangled.

Crazy Daisies

I'm having so much fun makin' crazy daisies on this little flower loom!
Yarn, ribbon, or raffia wrapped 'round and 'round.

Add a wee bit of sparkle.
One package ready to go.

PS-  I think I need to find one of these.

(straw bags,  pics from the web.)

Trim

Trying to forget how quiet the house is.

Playing in my box of trim.

I love the daisy lace.