This weekend's thrifty crafts for the studio

Reply Subscribe

Page 1 of 4

Last »

Thread Tools

01-13-2014, 01:30 PM

yourshortcake

Member

Thread Starter

Join Date: Jan 2014

Location: Garner, NC

Posts: 36

This weekend's thrifty crafts for the studio

This weekend I took some Ragu sauce jars and turned them into craft storage for the sewing studio. I simply removed labels, washed the jars, spray painted the lids to match my space, took some key rings I found in my office supplies and tied them onto the jars. Also, last week a neighbor gave me a tv tray. I spray painted the legs white, used leftover batting to cover the top, used a fat quarter (we all have one or two of those lying around ;-) and stapled it all with a gun. This made a fold away ironing center for me to use on the smaller items I have to iron when piecing so that I don't have to get up from my workspace, I can just swivel in my chair from my sewing machine to my ironing station.

I luv making free finds into useful things for my sewing space. I also managed to find the time to quilt and finish a baby quilt. It was a very productive weekend.

Attached Thumbnails

01-13-2014, 01:48 PM

Tartan

Power Poster

Join Date: Mar 2011

Location: Ontario, Canada

Posts: 41,535

Looking good!

01-13-2014, 03:16 PM

CookyIN

Super Member

Join Date: May 2013

Location: Indiana

Posts: 1,544

Love your jars, and the table is quite handy too. Good job!

01-13-2014, 03:19 PM

sewready

Junior Member

Join Date: Jun 2011

Posts: 243

Great ideas!

01-13-2014, 08:23 PM

Jackie Spencer

Super Member

Join Date: Sep 2011

Location: Southern Indiana

Posts: 5,052

Wow you really transformed that table! What a difference!

01-14-2014, 05:11 AM

PS Stitcher

Super Member

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: Western PA

Posts: 1,459

Wow!! You had a really productive weekend. But where's the baby quilt?? LOL!

01-14-2014, 06:07 AM

luvTooQuilt

Super Member

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: A Hop from Heaven, a Skip from Sanity and a Jump from the Good Life....

Posts: 6,665

LOVE LOVE LOOOOVE the ideas.. Keep them coming.. !!

01-14-2014, 06:22 AM

JulieW8

Member

Join Date: Aug 2013

Posts: 38

Oh - I love the little ironing table! That's very clever.

01-14-2014, 06:30 AM

tessagin

Power Poster

Join Date: Mar 2013

Location: Corpus Christi, Tx.

Posts: 16,105

I save the large peanut butter jars for buttons, safety pins and many of the different straight pins. I'm always knocking little things over. I have a small magnet in a couple jars of the safety pins. If I drop one I just use the jar to pick it up.