DMC Stranded Cotton Shade Card - W100B

First off I did Not buy mine from Amazon..., I got mine directly from the DMC site. I paid a whole lot less than on here. It is worth the price I paid for it but I am not sure I would pay $50.00 for it. It has most of the regular embroidery floss listed on it. It is missing the floss numbers from 3880 - 3895 the newest 16 colors. It also does not have all of the Color Variations on it, though the picture color card does have all of them listed. I was a little disappointed it that. I also would have loved to see the other six-strand embroidery floss on here like..., The Coloris floss, The Satin floss, The Matte Floss just to name a few. It is a great tool to have. You can actually see what the floss looks likes and you can color match it to other flosses. You can pick out specific colors you want for a project ahead of time. You can see what colors will look like together. Oh, the possibilities are endless. The floss is in color families which makes it nice. The floss is also in color order. It has a chart with the floss numbers in chronological order with which column they are located in. There is a page with a brief description of each type of thread. Alongside each color of floss is a chart telling you which type of floss and thread the color comes in so if you need to have more than one type of thread in a project but you need to match it up you know if that color will do the job needed..., It also has the brief description of each type of thread in several languages. Sorry I just did not take a photo of them. You can get a feeling as to how this color chart is put together and works from the photos I have included. Needless to say, I absolutely LOVE mine! I have put it to work twice in figuring out what colors I wanted for two different projects I am about to embark upon. I also tend to write on mine. I put little dots on it for each floss color I actually have, this one hasnt got dots yet. I have most of article 117, the regular embroidery floss, I just need the newest colors from the last couple of years. I also intend to start getting the other flosses... I have been collecting these color swatch cards, as I call them, for about thirty years maybe more..., The last few have been much neater with the floss actually wound around a cardboard center. The first ones the floss was on there as a fringe. It got tangled a lot. Kind of messy. This is worth getting. I dont know what I would do if I had never had one. They are my right-hand man. In my case really it is my left-hand man..., LOL

So much Threaded goodness of 500 or so, DMC floss colors! Complete and the most current threaded color card released to date. All 35 new colors are included. While there have been comments about 16 missing colors, this is incorrect. A quick search yields the following explanation. All 16 colors are shown, along with thread samples: Quote “Those 16 threads are specific to Northern America and aren’t sold elsewhere in the world. Its due to the dyes they use. You tend not to find them used in commercial patterns for this reason. However, DMC made new threads to replace these elsewhere in the world, which are: 3880 replaced with 223 3881 replaced with 164 3882 replaced with 839 3883 replaced with 722 3884 replaced with 535 3885 replaced with 312 3886 replaced with 3685 3887 replaced with 208 3888 replaced with 3740 3889 replaced with 445 3890 replaced with 3766 3891 replaced with 995 3892 replaced with 740 3893 replaced with 543 3894 replaced with 907 3895 replaced with 646” I printed the above color info and placed it in my color card for reference. Note. The final page of threaded samples are complete. Some may feel that something is missing, but this is not the case. The light Effects and color variations are simply on the previous threaded sample page. All are included, so no worries. This threaded color card very useful as each color is represented by 9 or more threads. This is very helpful when matching floss color and sheen from, other brands, to DMC colors. (The electronic printed version of the colors is however, easier to use while at a store, vs bringing the entire threaded color card.) The threaded samples, on mine, are very well done, tidy and of high, actual floss quality. The index is very helpful in finding the location of the different colors as it’s in numeric order. Lastly, Although priced higher than buying direct, the $40 price is fair considering it’s always on back order and hard to find. If you, or someone you knows, loves to embroider, cross stitch, etc, than is tool is invaluable! Plus? It’s soooooo pretty! Lolol

Using this to pick the colors for my cross stitch patterns.

Will use a lot since I like designing my own projects

Wonderful for matching colors.

I do not remember my book from 07 for $10 (half off) from craft shop being so fragile. I found a counted cross stitch with gorgeous butterflies which my great-niece loves. I decided to finish the task of organizing mine and inherited floss only to find the old floss reference guide missing. My relative pitched my floss book, two 98/99% completed counted cross stitch projects, two framed and mounted needlepoint works of art, and a new, very complex 5x7 kit from inside secure needlework project plastic carton. I suggest all craft persons make CLEAR how their art work is to be given, donated or disposed.

Excellent, inwas needing it and it arrived very quickly and very well packaged ... My best invertion, love it !

Useful and well made.

It was perfect…

Its what you need to match. What can I say...you need this to match most anything....I have thread that I used to do a pattern BUT it wasnt DMC and my friend wanted the cross stich so much....so I matched it with and.....Well it was a perfect solution. Ok, I am dilthering but it helped me do a second OWL cross stich with DMC thread and it was acually much nicer then the original.