I have only read a couple pages of this subject, but wow, it's good....coming back later to take notes. But just thought I would add to things I use that are kinda strange from our household for my quilting.
1. I purchased a toliet bowl brush from a dollar store, and before using it for the purpose it was intended, I used it to reach some theads on the carpet, slightly out of reach. Now I use it full time in my sewing room and under the long arm.
2. I save my empty toliet paper rolls and put my finished binding on them. I attach a ribbon thru the tube and wear it as a necklace when I am machine attaching my bindings to my quilts. It stays really nice and no more tangling.
Since both of these things came from the restroom, hummm, whatever does that say about me and my quilting? lol