Needleminders from Needleminder Factory AKA Finn Stitcher on Flosstube

Back in December of last year I was watching Finn Stitcher on Flosstube and saw that she was making and selling needleminders in her shop on Etsy called Needleminder Factory.  I decided to check them out and she had some cute ones at very reasonable prices including her shipping charges coming all the way from Finland.

They were very well protected for shipping, as you can see below.  I have heard a few horror stories of the magnets getting stuck in the machines at the post office but I had no such issues with mine.

And these are the lovely needleminders that I bought!

I chose the green swirly oval because it reminded me of "The Heart of Te Fiti" from the Disney movie Moana.  I chose the sparkly teal ones because teal is my favorite color.  I have stitched many owls including this one.  And I bought the Moose to use on my Norge WIP.  I am really happy with all of them and enjoyed supporting a fellow stitcher in her business.

See you soon and Happy Stitching!  

Cross Stitch Stash Closet Organization

Hello everybody!

A few days go we had a local holiday in Taiwan the Mid Autumn Moon Festival and I was lucky enough to have the day off of work.  I spent the morning playing with my children but when it was nap time instead of sitting down and stitching I decided to try to organize the avalanche waiting to happen that was my Cross Stitch closet.

Here are the before pictures of my storage area.



You can't really see the mess that is hiding behind these closed doors...



Surprise!  Do you see what I mean about an avalanche waiting to happen?

I hatched this whole organization idea because I had just emptied a set of plastic storage drawers and thought they might fit nicely in this cabinet to take up some vertical space and make things more organized.

And after less than an hour here is the nicely organized space most of my stitching supplies get to call home now...



There are only two very light weight boxes balancing on top of my sewing machine on the bottom right corner.  The biggest issue I had was that my Cricut machine box is 1/2" too wide to fit sideways on the shelf and allow for the doors to close.  So I put it up on the top shelf the long ways wide.  Sadly I also have one more plastic drawer organizer that is a little bit smaller than the one in here full of stitching supplies in another room.  But I am happy that there is not a danger from falling objects anymore when I pull out a WIP to work on!  Happy Stitching!