Thread Organiser

Over the past few days I have been making myself a thread organiser. It's not finished yet, but here is a peek. I had a big 120...

Over the past few days I have been making myself a thread organiser.



It's not finished yet, but here is a peek.

I had a big 1200mm X 600mm board, so I cut it in half {which ended up being too big still}


I then measured 5cm in from each edge, and then marked at 5cm intervals, I did 5 rows of this.





{you can semi see the dots I drew here}

I then cut the dowelling down to 7cm each piece


Then, I tried gluing them straight on, but it didn't work. So, I got the drill out and drilled a hole that the dowel would fit nicely in, put a blob of glue and the dowelling, and left it to dry.

{I used gorilla glue, and the guy at the shop told me it would dry clear - not only did it not dry clear, I also didn't know it expanded}


All I need to do now is get rid of the dried/expanded glue that is where I don't want it {I now know not to use that glue for things like this!} and then cut it down a bit more, and then paint, paint paint!
 
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  1. Go you! I can't wait to see it finished! =D

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  2. I LOVE this idea! I have tried about 10 different ways of organizing ribbons... I might just have to try this one too! Infact I even have some dowels around from a project I did this weekend! Thank you so much for sharing your idea! :o) I really really love your blog---thank you for being part of my link party this week! I can't wait to explore some more!!!
    Jaime from Crafty Scrappy Happy

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