I've decided to use my remaining birthday money to buy every color of DMC embroidery floss (regular, not linen, even though the linen
looks beautiful). I don't have quite enough cash left to get them all right now, but I've devised an elaborate scheme, involving compound interest and waiting for sale prices, to achieve my birthday dream. Plus, I love anticipation, so it's more fun for me to drag this out.
I bought these great drawers to hold my floss. They are see-through, so I can see what color-family is in each drawer without having to open them. The skeins are the same length as the drawers, so they fit neatly inside. The drawers also come out and go in very easily, which is super convenient. I have an empty forth one hidden under my craft table in anticipation of my surfeit of floss.
Stashed away in my
little organizer is the
DMC Shopper's Checklist from their website. I have all the colors I own highlighted. When I find myself in a store with embroidery floss, which is about every 2 hours, I can check my handy list to see which colors I already have. Right after my birthday, JoAnn's had floss on sale for 20 cents apiece, limit 30, so I have 60 new skeins. I happened to go to two different
JoAnn's that day. I contemplated going to my car, then going back in and buying 30 more, etc., but it takes a year-and-a-half for a cashier to ring up 30 individual skeins of floss ( . . . beep . . . beep . . . beep . . . beep . . . ), and I just didn't have the patience for more than 60.
I was going to explain "why" as in, "Why would someone decide they want every color of embroidery floss?" But I suspect you know already. :)