New Addition

Limited Edition 

Drawers with numbers on them 

Each tray has double sections (front and back) to hold the skeins.
That's why there are two rows of numbers on each tray.  

Perfect fit next to my 1800's sewing rocker

A couple of days ago we made a trip to Walmart after buying chicken food at Tractor Supply so I could buy a couple of DMC embroidery floss for a project that I'm working on.  Our Walmart doesn't have the fabric section any more but they do carry a few sewing things....like DMC floss.  Of course, they didn't have the two colors that I needed though.  So, after Chuck buying oil and what not for the explorer, we headed home.  Chuck asked if I wanted to stop at Gillespie's  since it's on the way.  He never has to ask.  Of course the answer is going to be YES!  You never know what you are going to find in there. It's a true treasure chest of " stuff".  Well, as we walked in the door, the first booth ( which is always my favorite) had this little cabinet that looked like an end table.  I didn't pay much attention to it but Chuck did.  He saw the metal DMC sign on the bottom of it, so he opened it up.  There they were....drawers and drawers with numbers on them.  The drawers were divided to hold DMC embroidery floss skeins!!!! The numbers were the number of color for each skein.  He called me over to look at it and all I could say was ..." OH MY GOSH!".  He just said....yeah....OH MY GOSH! and laughed.  I asked Mike what the best price he could give me on it so he called the lady who owned it.  She came down $15 from  the asking price to $50!!!  Chuck shook his head " yes" so I told Mike it was " sold"!  We thought it was funny that I started out to buy two 39 cents embroidery floss skeins and ended up coming home with a cabinet to put them in.  I just love living up here.  You never know what you are going to find and for a great price.  There is a sticker on the back of the cabinet that says  " Limited Edition...made in 1999.  It's numbered 1039 out of 2000.  Chuck got on line and looked it up.  They sold for $350 in 1999.  There was one for sale on Ebay for $400.  Of course, I'm sure that it was full of  embroidery floss when new.  One day, mine will be full too.  I just have to buy a few at a time, until I have all the colors and the drawers are full.  What a fun addition to Studio 22!!!