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    Super Member Pat G's Avatar
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    I was so excited about the idea of tidy bobbins I went to Home Depot & picked up a roll of the tubing. I could not cut it with the Exacto knife though. I finally found I could use cheap utility scissors I found at a swap meet to start a cut then I rolled the tubing as I continued to cut which now made a single thickness. Then it was fairly easy to cut the ring. I sometimes had to clean up an edge but it works great. My neighbor's husb. is going to take the rest of the tubing & use his jigsaw to finish cutting up the whole thing. I'll have lots of rings for friends. Thanks so much for sharing this site.
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    amazing how we can figure something out that is such a simple solution. Thanks for sharing.
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    Great Idea. thanks for the link

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    I'm glad to hear that the tubing works well and tickled to hear some of the other ideas posted also. Hopefully, my bobbin boxes will be neater from now on (or as soon as I incorporate some of the ideas). :-)

    Thanks for reading my original post and thanks for all the nice comments.

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    Clever you! I wrote this down and will look at my local hardware store tomorrow.
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    Found the tubing today at the Hardware Hank in Hayward WI for 44 cents a foot! I bought two feet for less than a dollar. I used my Cutco kitchen shears to cut the tubing. This works great! Thanks again for the link!



    Quote Originally Posted by LeslieFrost View Post
    Clever you! I wrote this down and will look at my local hardware store tomorrow.
    Reading, cooking, sewing in retirement! Heaven!
    I'm proud to say that I'm a member of the Quilt A Month Club for the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative! www.alzquilts.org
    I have a blog on QB now -- please drop in!

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    This is a super and easy solution.......Thanks for the info....Very clever

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    Ingenious!!!!!!!

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    What a genius idea. Fantastic way to keep things orderly. Thanks for the information.

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    This is AWESOME!!!!!!!

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