All About Floss Drops

🧵 All About Floss Drops | How to Organize Embroidery Floss + Atom Heart Cross Stitch Story

If you’ve ever wondered how to organize your embroidery floss, this video is for you! In this deep dive, I share my favorite way to keep threads neat and tangle-free — floss drops — and walk you through exactly how to use them. You’ll also learn a bit about the history of my shop, Atom Heart Cross Stitch, home of the original floss drop you can wind like a bobbin!

From preparing and labeling your floss to cutting, storing, and stitching with it, this video covers everything you need to know about floss drops. Whether you’re new to cross stitch or a seasoned stitcher, you’ll find tons of helpful tips for keeping your threads organized and beautiful.

✨ In this video, you’ll learn:
🧵How to cut and prepare embroidery floss for floss drops
🧵The easiest way to remove a single strand of floss
🧵How to store leftover floss and label your floss drops
🧵Tips for stitching with one, two, or three strands
🧵All about Thread Hearts, Bobbins, Chips, and Blends — and how to use each one
🧵How to use floss drops for pearl cotton and blended threads

📍 Timestamps
00:00 Start
00:21 Background & designing floss drops
01:45 Preparing embroidery floss for floss drops
04:24 Placing your floss on the floss drop
05:39 Removing a strand of floss from the floss drop
06:15 Floss drop thread lengths
06:36 Stitching with two strands of floss
07:01 Stitching with one strand of floss
07:49 Stitching with three strands of floss
08:50 Storing the leftover floss
10:01 Labeling your floss drops
10:42 Removing permanent marker with isopropyl alcohol
11:06 Sticker removal
12:30 Floss drop storage
13:41 All about Thread Heart floss drops
14:04 Wrapping your Thread Hearts
15:19 All about Thread Bobbin floss drops
15:56 Wrapping your Thread Bobbins
17:06 Storing Hearts and Bobbins in storage boxes
17:36 All about Thread Chip floss drops
19:10 All about Thread Blend floss drops
20:38 Stitching with blended threads
21:27 Using Thread Blends for color conversions
21:49 Using floss drops for pearl cotton
22:14 Cutting pearl cotton for floss drops
24:01 Removing a single strand of pearl cotton

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🛒 atomheartcrossstitch.com
Thread Hearts | Thread Bobbins | Thread Chips | Thread Blends

💗 Bobbin Storage Box:
🎨ArtBin 9101AB Super Satchel Slim with Removable Dividers: amazon.com/ArtBin-Container-Removable-Dividers-9101AB/dp/B006U95NHU

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