Of course, these charts aren’t much good if you don’t use Hemingworth thread. Print both reports and store in a little binder for easy reference. Since each swatch contains the thread color number, name, and where it’s stored, I can easily find where to get a thread and where to put it away. A second sort of the database created another report with the threads in thread order sequence. I also laid out the information on pages so that each page represents one drawer.

Did you know that with a few simple calculations you can extract the exact drawer, column, and row number from the sequence number? I like solving puzzles like that!

Last night I could no longer suppress the database fanatic in me and whipped up a little Filemaker table to add a bit more information to the labels and print them in drawer order sequence. I loaded the thread in the drawers using my only sense of colors and as I’ve used threads since then, they began to pile up on any available surface because I didn’t have an ordering system. And the labels didn’t have that extra bit of information about color sequence like the Hemingworth thread spool labels. I was all set to unbox the thread and load up the drawers when I realized the labels were in thread number order not drawer order sequence. When my full set of thread (all 300 colors!) and three 3-drawer cabinets arrived, I even got peel-and-stick labels with a color swatch, name, and color number to label each thread’s placement in the drawer. The three drawer thread stackable thread chest with the built-in thread organizer that doubles as a thread dispenser.The label that tells you the thread color, thread name, and even the thread sequence number (that little number to the right of the bar code).The unique thread cap that protects the thread from dust, oils from your fingers, and bruising.Vibrant, lustrous shades in tri-lobal polyester.There a lots of things to love about Hemingworth thread:

Wilcom thread color chart