futuregirl craft blog : Floss Accomplished

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Floss Accomplished

With some help from Kari (whose mom and sister and used to own a cross stitch shop) and one last trip to the craft store, I have now become the proud owner of ALL of the colors of DMC floss.

A calm has settled over the craft table*. I now know that I can find the perfect color of floss for any craft project ... and if I can't, then it just doesn't exist. Crafting with confidence, that's my motto.

* Sadly, I'm only half joking. :)

permalink

Categories: alice stories embroidery swaps and gifts

30 Comments leave a comment

LeeAnn said ...

All hail Alice!

11/8/2007 12:26 PM

LindsayLuu said ...

congrats!! That's quite an accomplishment.

11/8/2007 12:34 PM

Shannon said ...

Oh my lord. I'm writhing with envy right now.

11/8/2007 12:35 PM

Lucy Locket-Pocket said ...

WOW! I'm dead jealous now! Lucy

11/8/2007 1:03 PM

greetingarts said ...

Oh, the sheer joy! I once was that happy and content, too... but alas. They went and made MORE! :0)

11/8/2007 1:09 PM

Sherpa said ...

All the colors, that's awesome.

I'm um, super envious and I'm not even half-joking either.

11/8/2007 1:18 PM

Amy O'Neill Houck said ...

Aren't there other brands, varieties? Isn't it time to branch out? :-)

11/8/2007 1:31 PM

plaidshoes said ...

What an accomplishment! How many is that?

11/8/2007 1:43 PM

beruta said ...

wow!you`re a very lucky woman!
What a coincidence! My last post is about the present a friend gave me, material from the haberdashery her parents used to own!!!c

11/8/2007 3:54 PM

mimi k said ...

wow, you lucky, lucky thing! I can totally relate to "needing" to have all the colors, just to make sure after all... it is not like paint where you can mix up the right blend :-)

11/8/2007 4:28 PM

SisterDG said ...

I think this makes you the President of Craft, or something similar.

11/8/2007 4:50 PM

Alex said ...

For a minute I totally forgot the doctor told me to breathe in through my nose... but then, I might have forgotten to breathe at all... gosh, Alice!

11/8/2007 5:04 PM

Sara said ...

When I was a kid I shopped for floss at a local mom n' pop hardware store and theor display looked JUST like that! They used to order colors for me when I couldn't find them.
Can you imagine? Specially ordering 15cents worth of dotton for an 8 year old!
Congrats on a "full set" ;)

11/8/2007 5:07 PM

Kate said ...

A dream come true (I'm not joking either!)

11/8/2007 5:14 PM

Bitterbetty said ...

To Quote my former self:
"Dang, Dude!"

That is amazingly luxurious.

11/8/2007 6:32 PM

Kim said ...

that is mighty impressive, alice, mighty impressive. and dedicated, i might add.

11/8/2007 8:15 PM

missmeshell said ...

I like the way you work! HA! :)

11/8/2007 9:27 PM

Kuky said ...

Wow awesome!

11/8/2007 10:32 PM

Marietta said ...

so not fair! i am jealous and i do not embroider

11/8/2007 11:41 PM

crafty carolinagirl said ...

Wow! I can only dream of getting all of the DMC floss.

I love how you have them all organized. Did you use something specific or just little plastic bins?

11/9/2007 8:13 AM

Inger C said ...

Congratulations! What's next to collect? :-) (you now, it will never end this feeling, I have the same itch with tiny glass beeds - must have all the colors)
Love your site! You make lovely things.

11/9/2007 10:42 AM

Deirdre said ...

Now it's time to get a bunch of white floss and dye it with Kool-Aid.

11/9/2007 3:51 PM

est said ...

this is so superb!!!

11/9/2007 11:20 PM

Claire said ...

Wow! I'm awed and impressed.

11/10/2007 10:39 PM

AmberCake said ...

Wow. That's so satisfying.

11/13/2007 12:17 PM

amandajean said ...

wow. that's a lot o' floss. it's so pretty all sorted by colors.

11/15/2007 10:14 PM

Daphne said ...

Okay, that is a pretty nerdily craftily cool accomplishment. If only I were even organized enough to utilize the floss I have!

11/17/2007 5:43 PM

jessica said ...

wow.
beautiful rainbow colors.
all neatly organized.

11/18/2007 12:30 AM

Tsoniki said ...

*sigh* What a beautiful picture!

When I was younger I had TONS of that stuff - I'm sure I tried to get every color but doubt I did so. After I went to college my Mom overed on my collection. LOL

11/25/2007 11:37 PM

sarebear said ...

I'm just getting back into cross-stitch as well as branching out into other forms of embroidery, and I cannot find my floss that's been stored safely (I made sure it was not stored in a shed or in deep closet corners) anywhere!!!! a year ago, I had pulled the three or four floss boxes full of wound floss bobbins full of them out for something, and I guess they didn't get put back. I remember considering sending them to the thrift store, but NAH, I knew I'd get back to it!!!!

So, nothing for it but to start collecting all over again, since I can't find those. That's ok (sob!!) since I'm going to use DMC's Stitchbow Storage system (using 40% off coupons at various craft stores . . . .)

Still . . . all those pretty colors, I had 4/5 of the colors they had out at the time, as of around 1995 or so . . .!!!

4/25/2008 7:09 PM

YOUR FIRST COMMENT MUST BE MANUALLY APPROVED

Leave A Commentprivacy policy

Name

Email won't be displayed publicly

Website must start with http://

remember my info for next time

Comment html tags not allowed

Robot FoilerEnter the text from the image into the box.

get new image

< older post

home

newer post >