Re: [lace] Bobbin storage
Hi Fellow Arachnids, My bobbins are mainly stored in bobbin bags which are flat and have narrow sections that take a pair of bobbins. Each bag which is slightly padded contains about forty or so pairs and the bags can be stored on top of one another. They are easy to carry and you can also use them for wound bobbins to take with you. They are sorted by type. If wound bobbins are stored I leave the thread label (or the reel/tube if not too thick) in the bag with the bobbins. I also have a good store of wooden cigar boxes -given to me some time ago by a smoker- which have been cleaned thoroughly and well-aired to get rid of the smell. On the end panel is marked which type of bobbins they contain. Again, they stack and being about the right length for bobbins -about 6 x 5 x 5 inches (15 x 12.5 x 12.5 cms) they contain many bobbins. Mind you, if I were to complete the projects in progress all at the same time I might be in trouble ;-) Happy lace making, Joepie in Beautiful East Sussex, UK where the sun is shining and it is warm!! I love it. From: Liz Redford Sent: âFridayâ, â26â âJuneâ â2015 â22â:â31 To: Lace Arachne I am wondering how you store your bobbins when they are not in use? Are you storing English Midlands or Continentals? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] Bobbin storage
Ex-video boxes are good for bobbin storage or for taking spare one to class or demonstration/course etc. I treated myself to a small chest of drawers. It has 11 drawers about 3cm deep, and 30cm wide. It's full! I then decided to buy a second one, but use that as a jewellery box. Only problem I have now I want a second one for bobbins, is that I cannot find the seller anymore on eBay. Agnes Boddington Elloughton UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Bobbin storage
I store mine in material roll wraps that hold about 40 pairs, in pairs if I can as have a thing about keeping my bobbins stored in pairs, silly I know but drives me crazy if they don't at least start off in pairs. Mine are nearly all Midlands. Sue M Harvey Norfolk U.K . Sent from my iPad - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Bobbin storage
What a good question! I see that we all have the same storage problems! I have kept changing the way I store my bobbins, and now I have them in transparent plastic boxes (in fact, those for chocolates of Ferrero-Rocher, http://idealgift.com.my/add-on-gifts/ferrero-t16.html). They are the perfect size of my bobbins (all continentals, of different nationalities). I have many of these boxes and it is really practical to be able to see which bobbins are inside each box. I keep the thread in metallic boxes, usually nice painted ones, belonging to biscuits or chocolates. They are so nice, that I do not want to throw them away. But they are not transparent, so I have to glue a sticker at the front indicating what kind of thread is inside: linen, cotton, silk, white, colour, metallic... etc. I find transparent boxes more practical. As a matter of fact, I think the best solution is a cabinet, as Alice mentions. But again... we need the space for the cabinet! My pillows do not have a specific place, they are all around the house: on top of book shelves, on pillow stands in the sitting room, in my studio, on the dining room table... By the way, a good solution of getting some more space in your home is borrowing the pillows not in use! I have borrowed a big bolster pillow and am really happy not to see it around all day! I hope my friend takes a lot time to finish her project!! Have a good weekend and happy lacemaking! â Antje González, from Spain, where we will reach 38º today! â www.vueltaycruz.es - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Bobbin storage
I am wondering how you store your bobbins when they are not in use? Are you storing English Midlands or Continentals? I just finished a project. For the first time (probably in my life) I do not have any bobbins on a pillow. I discovered that I have many more bobbins than places to store them. Since I am going to the IOLI Convention this year I am going to try not to start anything new. I have plenty of embroidery to work on so I won't be idle for the next month. Liz R Raleigh, NC, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Bobbin storage
I am wondering how you store your bobbins when they are not in use? Liz, I use those plastic pencil boxes that kids use for school! One year I picked up a couple dozen on clearance for 25cents each and passed them out to our guild during retreat. They stack nicely! I just need to add some labels. In addition to the new blue ones I bought, now I also have a few that my kids actually used in elementary school. I also use one as a tool box in my lace tote bag. Maybe you'll see it at convention! It's purple! I also have a few rectangular tins that I use too. Anita Hansen who spend the day working on bobbin rolls for the Arachne lunch which will be on Tuesday during the convention. See you there! Cedar Rapids, Iowa - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Bobbin storage
After years of putting bobbins in small cabinets with little drawers, plastic shoe boxes, and even plastic bags, I decided I needed something better. I bought a vertical cabinet with seven drawers. Midlands went in the top drawer, and continentals were sorted by size and style into the other drawers. A style with only a few were bundled with elastic bands. Large quantities were loose in a drawer. One drawer is just the odd bobbins that don't match any set. (It's surprising how many odd bobbins I have accumulated.) This cabinet works quite well -- as long as I have several projects in process on the shelf!! It I stripped all my pillows, these drawers would not hold them. I think I may need a second cabinet. After ending some projects recently, my midlands drawer was over-full. I had to put the bobbins neatly in plastic baggies so they could lie flat and straight before they would fit. I'm still missing a bunch of my favorite midlands, so I'm sure there's a project or two on my shelf with midlands. (I have enough to do Miss Channers mat, so that project is on my list to do next year.) I bought a similar cabinet for my lace tools and threads. It was amazing how many thread spools I have now that they are collected into one place. I sorted the cotton, linen and other threads. Now it's easier to 'shop' for thread for a project. ( I wish I had inventoried them before going to lace conference. I managed to buy duplicate spools of some sizes of thread.) When I started lacemaking, I never dreamed I would acquire this many pillows, bobbins, etc. Storage of supplies can indeed be a challenge. Alice in Oregon -- in the middle of a record-setting heat wave. PNW Lace Conference went very well. Now I can rest up. On Friday, June 26, 2015 2:29 PM, Web lbuy...@nc.rr.com wrote: I am wondering how you store your bobbins when they are not in use? Are you storing English Midlands or Continentals? I just finished a project. For the first time (probably in my life) I do not have any bobbins on a pillow. I discovered that I have many more bobbins than places to store them. Since I am going to the IOLI Convention this year I am going to try not to start anything new. I have plenty of embroidery to work on so I won't be idle for the next month. Liz R Raleigh, NC, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
