Plastic has already

left the building!! Take a look at my OLD & NEW wooden

floss box. The first 3 pictures is a gentle reminder of how the jewelry

chest looked inside & out. Moma's chest measurements

do differ from Herrschners so therefore not all 450

threads are going to fit into mine. Each of my drawers will only

hold about 83 floss bobbins - but it doesnt matter because

I dont have all of 450 floss colors. I will get them as I need them

just like everyone else does. My husband helped me clean

out the inside of each of the drawers. We found that

the inside cloth was unsalvageable. It must have been dry-rot

because some of it pulled right up out of the drawers.

It only took us about a

couple of hours to clean it out & to sand down the outside.

Thanks hubby!!

As you can see the box is so pretty now. I applied 2 coats

of black paint on it & now it has a rich look. Dont you agree.

I cut 4 pieces of cardboard for each drawer from cereal boxes

& covered them with a pretty cream linen with blue flowers.

The fabric feels so good between your fingers.

When I finally got to the last drawer - I was so excited

that I decided to lay it on top of the chest. Excitement

drove me to start putting the floss bobbins inside before

the box was completed. All of the floss fit into 3 of the

drawers - with the exception of 34 which will go into the last drawer.

Couldnt help myself!!

Below is also a pict of the plastic fishing tackle box

that my sis gave to me full of bobbin floss. Look at all
of those pretty colors - they look even better inside of the

jewelry chest. Thank you momma for the chest & thank you sis

for all of the floss!

I didnt have any need for a jewelry chest - you have to own

jewelry for it. I am so happy with this wooden floss box - so happy

that I am hoping that it can be handed down into the family to

future generations. The cardboard dividers that I put inside

each drawer to divide the floss bobbins are not glued in just in case

one of my descendants decides to use it for its intended purpose. That is

the reason for not covering the cardboard dividers with fabric.

Keep an eye out for a large jewelry chest or several chests the same

size - do a remake,remix,reuse with your jewelry chest. If you dont need

a floss box - why not remake it over into something that you

could use. On the outside of each drawer stencil each

drawer lace, ribbon or beads! These drawers are deep

enough to accomodate ribbon boxes. Hey

you can even reuse it as a sewing box - & number the drawers 1 to 5 or name

those drawers needles, scissors, threads, & pins. If the drawers are

wide like mine try dividing some of the drawers in half or 4ths or 8ths.

Have some fun & break away from the plastic box!

by Hopblogger