Embroidery Thread

I had to throw away my mother’s embroidery thread after letting it sit for a some time in hopes that it would lose it’s smokey smell. It never did, and I decided I both was not going to handwash the thread in hopes of negating the oder, nor be sentimental about it. Mom enjoyed embroidering but it was not her passion.

When we moved my former MIL to memory care, my eldest daughter asked me if I’d like her embroidery thread. “Um, yes!” Jane was an avid embroiderer, and didn’t (not once) allow her house to fill up with wood smoke. I put her and my embroidery threads together in a box and have enjoyed using them now and again.

Currently I’m adding embroidery to the t-shirt quilt before actually doing the quilting. The box ‘o thread was suddenly difficult to work with in any efficient way. Jane had some of her thread wound onto flat plastic ‘spools.’ After some research into embroidery thread organization, I decided this was the route for me, particularly because this too is not a passion, but is more of an occasional enjoyment in my life. You can spend a lot of money and space on organizing embroidery thread!

I found an old cedar cigar box of my folks’ (not smokey), bought more plastic spools, and am very pleased with the outcome, except for one thing… I have no black thread! $3 will fix this omission next time I’m near a craft store.