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I have just inventoried all my thread boxes.

I have serious stash overload

Not possible.
Simply not possible.
You can only have Stable (STAsh Beyond Life Expectancy), and that should only be a problem if it exceeds 10 (ie you'll need 10 lifetimes to use it). When it gets to that number, obviously you need to do something about radically growing the 'Life Expectancy' bit of 'Stable', not reducing the stash bit.

Regards,

Richard.

richardandtracy wrote:Not possible.
Simply not possible.
You can only have Stable (STAsh Beyond Life Expectancy), and that should only be a problem if it exceeds 10 (ie you'll need 10 lifetimes to use it). When it gets to that number, obviously you need to do something about radically growing the 'Life Expectancy' bit of 'Stable', not reducing the stash bit.

Regards,

Richard.

Absolutely, positively agree!

Carole

You may have a point there, Richard - I'm sure we can extend life expectancy to at least 200 with a bit of work.

Even so....

Orpheus box bottom drawer: neutral perle #5, surplus Caron Watercolours, Wonderfil Fruitti
Orpheus box top: Treenway silks, Gloriana silks, Thread Gatherer silks, Colour Streams silks, Kacconda silks, Gumnut silks, Vineyard silks, Pearsall's Filoselle, Vineyard silk, Caron Snow, a few mixed silks

Resurrection box: Caron Watercolours, Wildflowers and Waterlilies

Tapestry box: perle #12, Threadworx overdyed Vineyard silks, unidentified silks

Large clip box 1 (about A3 size): DMC Perle #5
Large clip box 2: DMC Perle #8
Large clip box 3: DMC Perle #8

Small clip box 1 (about A4 size): DMC Variations perle #5, Anchor Multicolor perle #5 and #8
Small clip box 2: Threadworx overdyed perle #5 and #8
Small clip box 3: House of Embroidery overdyed perle #5 and #8

Large compartmented box: goldwork threads, wires, etc.

Large bobbin box 1 (18 compartments): DMC stranded cotton black/green/blue
Large bobbin box 2: DMC stranded cotton blue/purple/pink
Large bobbin box 3: DMC stranded cotton red/yellow/brown
Large bobbin box 4: DMC coton à broder #16 and #25, DMC Floche
Large bobbin box 5: Carrie's Creation stranded cotton, Weeks Dye Works stranded cotton, Gentle Arts Sampler Threads stranded cotton
Large bobbin box 6: Dinky Dyes perle #5 and #8, Dinky Dyes stranded cotton, Weeks Dye Works perle #5 and #8, Tamar Embroidery threads, Cottage Garden perle #5 and #8, misc perles
Large bobbin box 7: Rainbow Gallery Splendor silk
Large bobbin box 8: Madeira silk, Chameleon Shades of Africa silk, Kreinik silk
Large bobbin box 9: Eterna silk, Vikki Clayton (Hand-Dyed Fibers) silk, Carrie's Creation silk
Large bobbin box 10: Caron Soie Cristale, Needlepoint Inc silks, Au Ver à Soie Soie d'Alger
Large bobbin box 10: Silk Mill silks

Medium bobbin box 1 (7 compartments): Silk Mill silks
Medium bobbin box 2: piper silk floss, Pearsall's Filofloss, Japanese silk, Mulberry silks, mixed silks

Small bobbin box 1 (5 compartments): Madeira Lana

Small rainbow chest of drawers: Pearsall's Heathway Milano crewel wool

Holy Toledo, Mabel! Although I do favour Richard's alternative generally speaking. What about doing workshops, expanding and augmenting your teaching? (Are you familiar with, eg, Higham Hall and their programme? I'd spend a week learning almost anything from Mabel Figworthy...!

Hmm.
That is a lot. But still think you should stick around to use it all.

Regards,

Richard.

Serinde wrote:What about doing workshops, expanding and augmenting your teaching?

Definitely looking into that for when Mr Figworthy retires and we sell the main business - no, I'd not heard of Higham Hall, but it looks interesting!

In defence of my collection of threads I must say that quite a few of the brands mentioned are represented by a small sample only - I do NOT by any stretch have the entire collection of Treenway, Gentle Arts or Weeks Dye Works, to name but a few (I haven't even got the entire DMC collection...)

Look at it this way. Those threads don't have a "use-by" date so Don't Panic!!

Knowing the amount of stitching you do and the classes you run it makes perfect sense to have all that stash on hand Mabel. As for having "all of DMC" I don't think that is possible as they always seem to be bringing out new sets of colours.

I can add to what Sally said about DMC. I have been stitching in them since 2004, have stitched more than 100 full-size tablecloths alone, not to mention other projects, yet there are quite a few numbers of cotton DMC which I have never needed. So not having them all is no problem.

Mabel I agree with Richard, it is not possible to have too much stash to a factor of 10 ( thanks for that Richard I feel much better about mine now ) and these are only your threads aren't they Mabel? you aren't counting fabric and charts too? surely not With all you wonderful imagination all your threads will be put to use in the most wonderful of ways.

Lyudmila - more than 100 full sized tablecloths I am humbled, the sheer amount of stitching you do is remarkable.

That is a lot of tablecloths to stitch Lyudmila and I know they are all beautiful.

I agree, you therefore simply must live forever to use it all.

One of my very favorite lines from Ever After comes to mind:
"I will... simply deny you the crown and live... FOREVER!" I unfortunately cannot find just a clip of that scene.