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I am overrun. Thread is everywhere. The little plastic organizers that my mom bought for me when I first started sewing just don't cut it anymore.

After some thorough web browsing, here's what I did.

I searched the basement for a spare picture frame, dug through my dad's scrap wood pile, and grabbed some golf tees and spray paint from the store. 

I cut a piece of scrap wood to fit inside the picture frame that I found. Then I drew a lot of straight vertical and horizontal lines. I spaced them about 2 inches apart. I recommend using a lever for this part unless you want to display uneven, slanting lines of thread on your wall. 

I warmed up my hot glue gun next. Since I seem incapable of any kind of finesse or cleanliness when using the silly thing, I opted to take this particular step outside (positive note: I only burnt my fingers twice). I then glued the golf tees, upside down, where the lines intersect. 

At this point, my brother and his friend wanted to know what I was making. When I told them, they thought I said "bread poker." Why you would need to poke bread, I haven't the foggiest. 

Time for paint! I did a few thin layers of red spray paint. The golf tees make it a challenge to get all of the angles a uniform color, but it is not impossible. I only got a little bit of paint on my hand in the end. 

There's the finished project. It doesn't hold all of my thread, but it definitely cuts down on the clutter. I think it looks pretty cool too.