My Thread Holder

Last week I mentioned a project I had been working on.  Here it is, my new thread holder:

I did just about all of it myself.  Well, Dan went to the store with me, and he told the guy at the store how big I wanted my wood cut.  But I could have done that by myself.

I did cut the trim to the right size (borrowing my father-in-law's saw and miter box).  I hammered in the nails, glued on the trim (Emily tried to "help") and painted it as well.  And I attached eye hooks and wire to the back (Emily helped with that) and hung it myself as well.

And then I spent a couple days perfecting the arrangement of the thread on the board.  I think I have it pretty close to color order.  I had no idea I had so much purple and pink before I started.  And orange-ish beige.  I have lots of that, too.