Originally Posted by grammy Dwynn
Many years ago I made my Mom a thread catcher, to replace her plastic bag taped next to her sewing machine. The last time I visited her in AZ. She was using it as tissue catcher in her living room. The pin cushion was in the way of setting down your beverage cup.
So now she has a 'Tissue catcher/coaster'. I used a 4" tile, for the coaster (which took some thought, as to how I could make it work). Plus I shortened the straps, she had pinned up the straps on the old one.
Here is a picture on one that I use in my sewing room (one with the stripes on the inside) and her new one
If you look at the bag on the left if she has shorten the strips a little and used some hoop and loop
we found that worked very well. instead of haveing a flat spot for a drink we put the patted spin cousin there and also had the animal. I will try and show you. also looking at the bag you put the tubeing on the inside of the bag as close as you can.