No, I don't mean your teeth. I mean your needle!
I popped into the second-hand shop to see if they had any more new-to-me embroidery or tatting books. Just below the book shelf, I spied these:
4 bags filled with embroidery floss!
each bag cost only $4! oh, my!
I grabbed them, and a cute little heart pin for $.50
Once home, I dumped all four bags onto the counter
I sorted them according to brand and #
here's some of the DMC floss
there's also a pink floss winder. I haven't used one before. Do they work?
more DMC floss, plus Anchor, J&P Coats, and a brand I'm not familiar with called National, in the bottom row
Some of the floss is old, and is priced at $.05!, a few at $.08! Imagine how long ago that was!?
But all the floss seems to be in good condition.
The Anchor floss
The lime greens are J&P Coats, and the National brand is on the right.
Does anyone know anything about the National floss?
All in all, there were 264 full skeins in the 4 bags! Wow! There were a few partially used skeins, and a couple of mixed tangles, too. :-o
There were up to 6 skeins of some colours, so I'm wondering if the supplies were purchased for a particular project, or if an embroiderer was restocking favourite and missing colours.
This was a very lucky find, and I know I'll be using the floss for some time to come. I do wonder, though, about the person who donated all the wonderful floss.
I hope you find treasures today.
Thanks for visiting.
Hugs from Suz
4 bags filled with embroidery floss!
each bag cost only $4! oh, my!
I grabbed them, and a cute little heart pin for $.50
Once home, I dumped all four bags onto the counter
here's some of the DMC floss
there's also a pink floss winder. I haven't used one before. Do they work?
more DMC floss, plus Anchor, J&P Coats, and a brand I'm not familiar with called National, in the bottom row
Some of the floss is old, and is priced at $.05!, a few at $.08! Imagine how long ago that was!?
But all the floss seems to be in good condition.
Does anyone know anything about the National floss?
All in all, there were 264 full skeins in the 4 bags! Wow! There were a few partially used skeins, and a couple of mixed tangles, too. :-o
There were up to 6 skeins of some colours, so I'm wondering if the supplies were purchased for a particular project, or if an embroiderer was restocking favourite and missing colours.
This was a very lucky find, and I know I'll be using the floss for some time to come. I do wonder, though, about the person who donated all the wonderful floss.
I hope you find treasures today.
Thanks for visiting.
Hugs from Suz
