taming the threads

 Last month I bought a set of metallic threads and needed a good storage place for the 22 spools. My silk thread box had usable space. A while back I had placed the spools vertically in colour zones, but over time the silk thread ends had unspun and tangled a bit. It happened since most of the used spools didn't have their brand sleeves. 

It called for better organisation and this simple solution hit me - 

Simply cut narrow strips of paper, roll it around each spool, and tape the ends! I could've inked in the details, if I had (or needed) them.

I could've done a better job, but the high point was that I did not have to get up at all - everything was within hand's reach : blank paper, scissors, sellotape, and as I reeled in the ends for each spool, it got "tagged"!

The horizontal spools are only posing for the photograph! After the smiling, they were sent back to standing position.

I still have Mom's leftover pure silk threads from when she used to do machine embroidery some 50-70 years back. A couple of them are visible on the right (wooden spools).

Some left-over spools are from my Mother-in-law (eg. the brown one at bottom center & pink at top left).

The rest of the threads are rayon silk. I used them more for embroidered greeting cards.... made and sent lots of them, and still have a stash left. Some day I'll get around to taking pics and sharing.