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:



6 comments:

The Crow said...

Domestic art, in one of its finest forms.

gz said...

The Threads of Life...

Fresca said...

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

Michael Leddy said...

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

bink said...

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

Fresca said...

MICHAEL: Anything in boxes is fine by me!