Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Threads

I spent all afternoon sorting the sewing basket from my father's house, a collection of sewing notions, many of which pre-date my parents' divorce in 1974. 

I saved all the wooden spool thread, arranged it on this spool-holder (so clever––the shelves tilt forward so you can set the spools on spindles), and hung it on the wall:



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  1. Domestic art, in one of its finest forms.

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  2. Thanks, Crow & GZ.
    Marz came over last night and rearranged all the colors--fun!

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  3. Very beautiful. And it makes me think of Joseph Cornell.

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  4. That looks great! And fun to play with rearranging the colors!

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  5. MICHAEL: Anything in boxes is fine by me!

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