Thread Nest: Floss Organizer

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About this app

Every skein you own, finally in one place — and every project that needs it.

Thread Nest is a floss organizer for hand embroidery and cross stitch. Your stash, your projects and your shopping list, all on your phone.

NO ADS.
Not one ad, ever. And 1,285 DMC and Anchor colors are already loaded — scan a pattern, snap a skein or import your spreadsheet instead of typing every number by hand. No second app required.

🧵 YOUR FLOSS STASH (My Nest)
• Search DMC and Anchor by number or name
• Every dye lot counted on its own
• Filter by 11 color families
• Sort by number, name, storage spot or count
• Quarter-skein amounts, not just whole ones
• Adjust or clear a whole group at once, with undo

⚡ ADD A THREAD IN SECONDS (Quick Add)
Tap in the number and watch the color appear as you type. Thread Nest tells you whether it's already in your stash, a close look-alike, or brand new.

📋 PROJECTS AND PATTERN SCANNING
• List the floss a pattern calls for, then pull it from your stash
• Point your camera at a printed color key and every DMC and Anchor number drops into the list, amounts and all — works offline
• Mixed-brand key? Set All to DMC or Anchor settles it in one tap
• Keep photos of your work in progress

🛒 SHOPPING LIST
Missing shades go straight to a shopping list with color previews, running counts and one-tap links to Amazon and Michaels.

📸 NAME A MYSTERY SKEIN (Visual Color Match · Premium)
Hold an unlabeled thread next to white paper and get the five closest real DMC and Anchor shades, best match first.

🎨 TURN A PHOTO INTO A PATTERN (Photo to Pattern · Premium)
Bold, clean artwork becomes a color map matched to floss you can actually buy. Movable labels, PDF export.

📊 SPREADSHEET IMPORT (Premium)
Bring years of Excel tracking in with your own column layout. The free version previews the first 10 threads.

🔎 BRAND-TO-BRAND MATCHES (Premium)
Pick any color and see its closest cousins in the other brand — DMC to Anchor and back.

💡 TRACE ON SCREEN — FREE
Brighten the screen, smooth your fabric over it, and one tap locks the screen so a stray touch can't ruin your line.

🔒 YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS
No account, no sign-up. Works offline. Your stash stays on your phone unless you back it up to Google Drive — and Thread Nest can back up on its own, with a gentle nudge when it's been a while.

FREE TO START
The free version takes one project from start to finish: 10 threads, 1 project, the full DMC and Anchor catalog, pattern scanning, shopping lists and backups.

PREMIUM opens up the whole nest: unlimited threads and projects, Visual Color Match, Photo to Pattern, spreadsheet import and brand-to-brand matching. Monthly, 6-month and annual plans, every plan with the same features. Cancel anytime in Google Play.

Catalog: the full DMC and Anchor ranges — 1,285 colors, already loaded.

Questions or a bug? [e-mail]
https://threadnest.catalyst-code.com

DMC and Anchor are trademarks of their respective owners. Thread Nest is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.