Tools of the Trade

Okay – these items are not really ‘tools’. However they are little-known life-savers for sewers and scrapbookers.

Tame your stash!

Recently, I ordered a bunch of Floss Bobbins and storage cases that come with a bobbin winder to help solve my unruly, tangled mess of embroidery floss from my cross-stitching days.

Why floss bobbins?

1) Free up your machine bobbins: I transferred the sewing threads from my almost-empty bobbins to these bobbin cards. The threads on the cards will be used for my handsewing projects.

2) Portability: Carrying threads/floss on the bobbin cards is easier, compared to a large spool that tends to roll off my sewing table. I can stuff the card into my sewing box with no problems at all!

3) Organisation: Organising your thread/floss stash is very easy with the cards which you can label. Best of all, you can wrap the ends of the threads around the ‘legs’ of the bobbins and you don’t get unraveled mess of threads in your stash box!

4) Labeling: Half way through a skein of floss, the label bit with the ID number will DEFINITELY fall off and leaving my remaining skein anonymous 🙁 With these floss bobbins, you label the DIRECTLY on the card. I LOVE THAT!

Here’s a walk-through on how I set-up the winder and got flossing! But the winder is NOT a requirement. You can always wind the thread/floss by hand.

1,000 pcs of plastic floss bobbins

Set up the winder unto the case.

Insert the winder on the ONE side of the case WITH the DIVIDER.

With the empty bobbin, insert side with the hole into the slot of the winder

Match up the hole in the bobbin with the hole in the winder.

Insert the little plastic pin into the hole.

Wind one end of the floss through one 'leg' of the bobbin.

Crank winder, filling bobbin with floss. When you reach the end, wrap the end bit around the leg of the bobbin.