Reuse Spools

In order to prevent embroidery floss from getting tangled, I wind individual colors around empty thread spools. I write the floss color number on a piece of masking tape and stick it to one end of the spool so I can keep track of the thread colors.

-Shannon Krause

Hartford, Wisconsin

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