Action Bag FL100 Floss-A-Way Organizer-3X5 100/Pkg

Nice Quality Bags

The advantage of using a small zip-lock is that you can store all of: thread on a cardboard spool, thread in a skein and loose thread that you have cut but not yet used. This is especially useful for cases where the colours are very similar. I have not tried putting then on a ring, so I cant say how sturdy the set up would be. But even without that, using bags is my preferred technique (toss the colours of your current project in a small box or basket.) I have used the larger type you can buy at the grocery store but even the smallest I could find was larger than these. Tip: you dont need to write on the bag. You can cut a small piece of white cardboard, write the thread number on both sides, and put that in the bag too.

Ive never used these with the ring. Its too much trouble, especially when you are stitching a pattern with over 53 threads! As the photo shows, I used a shoe box for this one because of the number of threads. I put a piece of foam board between the bags and used it vertically instead of horizontally. When Im working on a smaller project, I use a small basket, and sometimes I use a plastic drawer insert. Whatever works. You can turn the bags vertically if you want and still see the labels. I happen to be using Anchor threads which is why the labels are large. I purchased some blue labels 1/2 x 3/4 the other day and Im handwriting the DMC colors on them. Hope this helps - dont use the ring!

I keep my counted cross stitch colors in these bags. Needless to say I have LOTS of these bags. They have held up sooooo well. Dont know what Id do with out them. Well worth the small amount of $.

I have always used the bags and some of mine were just shot and needed to be replaced.

I was really happy to find this product still available as my original purchase was several years ago. Great product for organizing my embroidery floss and other stitching supplies. Order was received when promised and in good condition. Will order from this seller again.

Not my first time purchasing (my 3rd or 4th?) and they never disappoint! So handy to store DMC Floss and other stitching needs. Easy to see what you have and no need to transfer to spindles (which can fall all over!). I keep all floss I’m currently using, on their own rings, and the remainder on a global ring. There is a place on the bag to write the code and when on a ring, it’s very easy to find the floss you need. On individual projects, I can organize the bags by number or color order as listed in the instructions. Then put them on their own ring. I often have beads and other embellishments and keep them in their own bags (store beads in their original packaging, then in the bag!!) If you have a kit that comes with it’s own (un-numbered) floss and want to keep the extra, it’s very easy to find a DMC match by comparing through the bags. No match? Put it in its own bag and put it in the similar color section. (You can store the floss from kits by the same-manufacturer, on their own ring, if you wish. You never know when you might need more!). Another thing I recommend purchasing are the individual, hard plastic floss holders shaped like an animal. They hold about 20? colors of floss. So if you have a kit, organize each color of floss into a bag and put them in order on a ring. (If it comes all in a single length, cut off about 18 inches of floss and put the rest in its bag.) Then take what you have cut and slip-knot it on the animal organizer. So easy to organize and easy to carry around. Great product!

I picked cross-stitch back up after a long break, and my floss was a mess. I had tried winding my floss onto the bobbins, but I like the convenience of being able to just put the floss into the little baggies. I sort them by number and put them on big silver rings. Super effective!

I have been looking for these for quite a while. The store does not carry them any more. I was so glad to see them on Amazon. It took two trys to get, as they were out of stock. These bags are of thinner plastic than my old ones, and they are a bit smaller than expected. They are about a half inch narrower than the old ones. However, they still work ok, and I am grateful to get them. Also, these bags contain more in the package than what was available at the store, which I like. As I am not a neat person, being able to put threads loose in a bag and still find them is great. I am not good with bobbins, you have to keep winding and unwinding thread to work with it.

Im giving these 5 stars because they do what they are expected to do. I like being able to buy floss and store it quickly (without winding). I like being able to see my inventory easily (Im almost out of this one, have a lot of that one). It was easy to write the number on each bag. Cons (things to consider)... A bit high priced considering these are just plastic bags (akin to a lunch sandwich bag) with a hole and a space for writing the floss color number. I dont think Id spend $8 on 100 sandwich baggies. And consider that most people who do cross stitch need more than 100 bags (as there are over 400 DMC colors), total cost will likely run most people around $40. Storage of the filled bags. I purchased the metal rings and ended up with 8 rings of bags. How do you store these? They were just a large mountain of bags of floss on metal rings. Then I got an idea - I have metal shelves in my craft room, I purchased S rings, and hung each ring of bags on an S ring on one of the shelves. Worked out pretty good but if you dont have the ability to do this, you need to think about how you are going to store.