21 February 2011

Maintaining sanity

One of my early challenges with my huge Gabriel and Mary cross stitch pattern (more about that here) was how I was going to keep the 160+ colours organised. I originally had a chart which interpreted the numbers on the chart to the DMC numbers, but I realised I was spending most of my time flipping back and forth between pages.

It took ages. So eventually, I hit upon a much better way of keeping myself organised (and sane!).


These are simply just post-it notes, cut up and stuck onto the top of each bobbin. This way, I could have my thread box organised according to the numbers on the chart, not the cotton colours themselves. I didn’t have to look up separate charts, and no flipping between pages on the book.

It’s been great! It's very simple but it's been a lifesaver, and has probably contributed a great deal to my actually (almost) finishing this thing!

2 comments:

  1. Linda after reading your post this morning and seeing how you organize your threads, your house must be much the same, purrrrfect!

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  2. Actually, my house is a disaster! It's so easy to ignore it when you're spending a couple of hours cutting up post-it notes into tiny little bits!

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