Friends, those who sew and embroider or crochet or knit what ever we do with threads, yarns and floss, we all face one problem. Over a period of time we have lots of left over threads of different colours, weights and so on. So what to do with them?
What I do is wrap them on unused visiting cards, or sari fall cards, or the empty spools left over after using the threads or just wind them up and tie them. I use them for:
1. Small projects like embroidering handkerchiefs or napkins etc
2. For making jewellery, friendship bracelets
3. For making tassels and other such projects
4. For doodling my ideas on embroidery for creating any new projects
5. For remembering and practising old stitches till I get them perfectly right
6. For learning new stitches
7. For getting the rhythm of a stitch or stitches before I take up my actual project
8. For colour reference- I keep small quantities with numbers noted on the cards
9. I give them away to my friends who have run out of some particular colour(s), who are beginners or learn stitches from me.
1. Small projects like embroidering handkerchiefs or napkins etc
2. For making jewellery, friendship bracelets
3. For making tassels and other such projects
4. For doodling my ideas on embroidery for creating any new projects
5. For remembering and practising old stitches till I get them perfectly right
6. For learning new stitches
7. For getting the rhythm of a stitch or stitches before I take up my actual project
8. For colour reference- I keep small quantities with numbers noted on the cards
9. I give them away to my friends who have run out of some particular colour(s), who are beginners or learn stitches from me.
But here is one site where the author Renee Frank has given some very good ideas:
I specially like the one for the birds. Just go through it. I think it is very good article. Do you have any ideas? Please share with us on this blog.
