Annies Crazy World

This is as far as I got on my seam today because when I opened the draw of silk ribbons I decided it was past time to get it organized.

I started by seperating the organza ribbons, floss and wider silk ribbons into seperate piles…This is a bit of a hard draw to organize because some ot the ribbons are purchased loose while others come on different sized cards…The organza ribbons I wound onto a piece of cardboard covered with cotton batting, the flosses and wider silk ribbons I put into small containers.

Of the narrower silk ribbons I generally like them stored loose in the draw because I hate the crinkles in the ribbon from being wound onto cards but it only works for shorter lengths (under a metre) of ribbon so what I have ended up doing is leaving what is on cards on the card, longer lengths are wound onto the funny stackable plastic bobbins that I purchased many years ago, the shorter lengths are threaded onto a safty pin as I did for the satin ribbons so that they can sit loose in the draw but by holding the pin up I can see every ribbon that is there.

The white ribbon at the back of the draw is waiting to be dyed.

When I did my stitch Yesturday I thought that I was doing it similar to what Elizabeth had but it turns out that I was so focused on the tear drop shape that I didn’t see the rest of her design and was actually doing something different…the interesting thing is that if I hadn’t been so focused on that one tear drop shape I would have seen the whole stitch but if I had seen the whole stitch I wouldn’t have thought of putting it end on end.

I was thrilled that Elizabeth was then able to take what I did and work it back into a counted thread design. I think it is exciting that the internet and blogging gives us the opportuntity to bounce ideas back and forth and to learn and be inspired by each other.