Old 03-21-2011, 11:50 AM
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BettyGee
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A twelve inch crochet hook for poking out corners.

A grease board to keep track of projects, measurements, etc.

A camping ironing board which fits on my cutting table and can be used for pressing seams as I go.

A hemostat for everything.

Empty prescription bottles for pencils, marking chalk, anything that is tall and can roll off the table.

Small plastic beading bags to hold each different presser foot, labeled so I can just grab the one I need.

Portable expandable file boxes with the patterns that come in plastic envelopes, with a little notebook telling me what pattern is in which box.

Heavy metal bookends, from Goodwill, to hold my pattern books together.

Notebooks, from Goodwill, to hold patterns printed from online and inserted in plastic sheet protectors.

Fruit and vegetable plastic containers to store trim, small scraps, applique, grommets, zippers for purses, magnetic snaps for purses.

Small sturdy plastic stool to reach the high shelves where my fabric is stored.

Grabber to reach items on tops of shelves that are light enough and don't require climbing on a step stool.

Box from cans of pet food, low and large, reinforce the corners and I lay projects in them which keeps them organized, clean and can be stacked safely.

3 drawer nightstands, from Goodwill, to store thread cones.

Goodwill has some of the best "quilting" aids I've found. They weren't intended for that purpose, but they are cheap and they work.
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