Stuff you Use for Quilting, that isn't originally for Quilting!!!
#241
I use our 8 room upstairs as my "sewing room", the dressers are filled with fabric, the several of the walls are lined with shelves and the kitchen table serves as one of my sewing centers.
Several stacking plastic boxes from Office Depot that lock to the one on top to hold threads, another stack to hold notions. I take them to retreat.
Large shopping bags from Aldi's to transport projects, folding fabric boxes from Dollar Tree to hold separate projects.
Carpet blades from Harbor Frieght in my cutter
A plastic lazy susan type kitchen utensil holder for my scissors, cutters, etc. at home.
A Handy Cutter for opening plastic packaging from Dollar Tree to cut apart chain piecing
Several stacking plastic boxes from Office Depot that lock to the one on top to hold threads, another stack to hold notions. I take them to retreat.
Large shopping bags from Aldi's to transport projects, folding fabric boxes from Dollar Tree to hold separate projects.
Carpet blades from Harbor Frieght in my cutter
A plastic lazy susan type kitchen utensil holder for my scissors, cutters, etc. at home.
A Handy Cutter for opening plastic packaging from Dollar Tree to cut apart chain piecing
#244
Love this site! I use:
a piece of plastic guttering with holes drilled in it to hang at the bottom of my pegboard (see my Avatar) to store my leader grips and aluminum yard sticks.
a kitchen island from ikea for a cutting table
wood closet shoe organizers for storage
old kleenex boxes with fabric liners to hold patterns on shelves
music stand for holding books while I'm working
cheap placemat to sew all the decorative stitches on my sewing machine - I write in the number for the design and can find one at a glance
ice cube trays for storing bobbins - got the long kind for water bottles
springs from my kids baby crib to hang on the wall - use S hooks to hang stuff on it
formular insulation board for design wall
a piece of plastic guttering with holes drilled in it to hang at the bottom of my pegboard (see my Avatar) to store my leader grips and aluminum yard sticks.
a kitchen island from ikea for a cutting table
wood closet shoe organizers for storage
old kleenex boxes with fabric liners to hold patterns on shelves
music stand for holding books while I'm working
cheap placemat to sew all the decorative stitches on my sewing machine - I write in the number for the design and can find one at a glance
ice cube trays for storing bobbins - got the long kind for water bottles
springs from my kids baby crib to hang on the wall - use S hooks to hang stuff on it
formular insulation board for design wall
#245
Hemostats, work much better than tweezers. Most MD offices use the disposable ones, and they are just as good and last forever....I keep a set in my quilt room and a set in my sewing room....they lock and don't let go....
#247
The Bible.
Yes, it's true.
It is the perfect thickness to go under my heel so that I can run the pedal with the front part of my foot. Else my foot cramps up.
BTW, it is not the only Bible we have in the house; this one is an older one that gets little use. If someone needs this particular version, they can find it just as easily under my sewing machine as they can on the bookshelf!
Yes, it's true.
It is the perfect thickness to go under my heel so that I can run the pedal with the front part of my foot. Else my foot cramps up.
BTW, it is not the only Bible we have in the house; this one is an older one that gets little use. If someone needs this particular version, they can find it just as easily under my sewing machine as they can on the bookshelf!
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#250
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Join Date: Sep 2010
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I haven't seen this one yet. I have some beautiful clear glass dishes (bowls, compote dish, etc) that I got from my great grandmother and my mom. I don't set a formal table often so they were just sitting unused in the cabinet. I got a couple of them out and use them for thread scraps at the machine and for cutting scraps at the cutting table. They are pretty filled with thread and fabric scraps and I get to see them and use them.
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