I’m not much of a seamstress, but I’m pretty obsessed with this thread, guys. The Gütermann display at my local Jo-Ann is just gorgeous. There’s another Jo-Ann, about half an hour away, that is closing (to make way for one of those amazing super-Jo-Ann stores!) and so they are liquidating inventory. Everything is on sale! So, while I didn’t have much money, I HAD to scoop up some of the pretty thread. Even if I don’t use it all, it’s really nice to look at, no?
I wanted to capture the scene in as many different ways as possible, while Andy slept in, this morning. First, with my regular camera and lens duo–Nikon D40 +35mm f/1.8. Next, with my Lensbaby 2.0 attached:
Then I switched over to film and my Polaroid Spectra. This is my last exposure of softtone edge-cut film, from the Impossible Project:
Lastly, with my Polaroid SX-70 and Impossible Project PX70 film. I’ll probably re-scan this later this evening or tomorrow morning, as the photo gets better as it develops more. I’m shooting for a 20-30 hour window from when I snapped the shot.
Big sigh! It’s like candy to a crafter! I’m going to find a way to display these somewhere around my craft-desk. I have a lot of other thread that actually does get used and sits on my thread holder (I’m a novice at best, so thread lasts me a while), but this would probably end up in a drawer otherwise. I’m off to brainstorm!
They’re all amazing but the lensbaby shot is my favorite.
More proof I neeeeed one.
I have the Lensbaby 2.0. It’s very “manual” in that I could never reproduce the same image–nothing clicks or stays in one place. I want a Control Freak!
I love how each photo is so different. The thread is wonderful! I think I would mount it on the wall just as it is photographed. Of course, then you wouldn’t use any…but it would be gorgeous to look at everyday!
I was thinking that! Also, maybe to put them on dowels in a frame.
and i just now (a few hours later) realized that’s pretty much what you were saying! hah! I got ’em on dowels and in a frame, just need to find the perfect place to put it.
Beautiful – I love Gütermann thread! All of these are fabulous. It’s so funny that we wrote such similar posts today!
I know! :)
You’re pleasing my thread loving heart!
ooooh wouldn’t they look good in a big frame?
lovely LOVELY pictures!!!
Those colors are stunning. You definitely should find a way to display them!
I put the spools onto wooden dowels and into a frame. you can kind of see it in this photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yarnattacks/5095130522 I need to find a place to hang this, though!