Sunday, November 6, 2011

Double-Decker Floss Bobbins

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I hope that all of you had a very
nice Halloween. Now that its over we await
Thanksgiving and Christmas. I have always combined
both of these holidays together ever since my hubby
and I have been married. I enjoy that season very
much because at those times I am not in the bed
dealing with environmental allergies.
There are all kinds of bobbins to hold floss. Everyone
is familiar with the small cardboard or small plastic
bobbins that is generally used in all of those plastic
boxes. But have you ever seen these?
 I found them this past Spring at the Thrift Store.
Someone definitely decided that they did not want
to cross stitch anymore. Anyway I have searched
in vain on the internet looking for these double-decker
floss bobbins. I cannot find them. I do not know if
someone made them or if they were bought this
way. I have never seen anything like them in all of
my years of cross stitching.
 So nicely wrapped. They have never been used.
 Look at the pile. All of these double-decker floss
bobbins were on huge rings. These bobbins are made out of
plastic but the plastic is not a thick plastic. Also the
plastic seems to have an almost glitter glow.
I will make a pattern for this double-decker
floss bobbin and post it next week for you. I will also
give you the dimensions of the pattern so you can be
sure to print it out in the right size.
 Take a good look and let me know what you think.
 These are not the same bobbins as I have above. These
bobbins are the large bobbins that sell online. These
do come in double-decker. However I have seen these
online and they do not look like the ones I have above.
 Thread Savers is also a source of floss bobbins.
These are very nice and made of wood. The directions
tell you how to use these. Arent these nice.
Of course if you still like to put your floss on those
small cardboard or plastic bobbins then thats okay.
You can keep these bobbins and glue scrapbook
paper on them. You can use pink paper for pink floss,
blue paper for blue floss and etc...
But if you are looking for an inexpensive change you can always
convert those bobbins to the Singer Sewing Machine metal
or plastic bobbins. These bobbins are not very
expensive and look so cute. You can nearly always
find those sewing machine bobbins at thrift stores.
Have a nice day and thank you for visiting
me
Hopblogger

4 comments:

Tatkis said...

Wow, all those bobbins are so cute!
I love those you bought (especially that they have threads :) ), but the wooden ones are lovely!

Hugs,
Tatyana

mieljolie said...

Love the wooden bobbins. I cut food container boxes up to make cheap bobbins. Until I found those plastic storage boxes, I used the long narrow boxes that aluminum foil and parchment paper rolls come in to store the cardboard bobbins.

Perhaps you need to upgrade you internet browser to view/comment.

Mieljolie

Hopblogger said...

The wooden bobbins are such a nice color. I think that the wood bobbins would make a nice gift for someone.
Tatkis - thank you very much for the nice comments.

Hopblogger said...

Miejolie that is a very good idea. Miejolie - I am sure others that read this just might try out your idea. Handmakeing something out of nothing is always a nice way of doing things.
Those food boxes would look so nice if they are covered in fabric or nice paper - which I am sure that you did.
Thank you - I will look into upgrading my internet browser. I couldnt figure out what the problems was!