Simple Girl Simple Solution - Organizing Embroidery Floss

My mom came to visit last year and asked if she could help me with anything. So being the thoughtful daughter that I am, I immediately put her to work on a task I’d been wanting to tackle for years. Thanks, Mom!

I was so excited to get my mom started before she changed her mind that I forgot to take a before picture. Let me just set the stage. I have enough embroidery floss to be a pain but not enough to justify a fancy floss organizer. I had been storing them all wadded up in a plastic bag. Ugh.

We cut index cards into a size that would fit neatly into an extra plastic container I already had.

We cut a slit in the side of each card to hold the tail of the thread. We wrapped the floss around the card with a separate card for each different shade of floss.

The cards where organized in the container in ROY G. BIV order (of course).

We used the cards to organize the smaller pieces of floss. The larger pieces of floss were stacked on the right side of the container. This way it’s easy to sort through the cards looking for a small piece that I might need for a small project (like the Felt Book Hugger Bookmarks {here} and {here}) by just flipping through the cards like you flip through file folders.

I store the small floss organizer card that I use for projects and a pack of needles on the top.

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No more plastic bag of tangled embroidery floss. My little organized box makes me smile. Thanks, Mom!

If you have a lot of thread you need organized too, check out these Clever Thread Storage Ideas.

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Susan

I’m a mom of 3, a veteran and military spouse. I’ve moved into 20+ homes all around the world. My passion is helping busy people make the space and time for what’s really important to them.

Simple Girl Simple Solution – Organizing Embroidery Floss

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