Originally Posted by DeniseP
My sweet husband made my cutting table out of two of the base cabinets when he redid our kitchen. He put the cabinets back to back and bought a piece of laminate to put on the top. I have the five drawers and a door on each side of the cabinet to hold buttons or whatever else I have to store. He also put the wall cabinets up to store some of my stash.
Great idea!
I use a three tier stackable Tupperware container with sealing lid that I got at a yard sale for $ .25. (Don’t know what it was made for.) Top holes straight pins, second/middle container holes safety/quilting pins and the bottom holds assorted small quilting tools and rulers. I use empty pill containers to discard bent straight pins. I use a large pretty button to thread my quilting thread thru to mark where I left off quilting so I can resume my work very quickly and easily when I next pick it up. I use empty distilled gallon water bottles to cut out my pattern templates. I use a magnet to run across my carpet under my work area to pick up stray pins and needles before my Bella finds them. I use a rubber mesh placemat under my sewing machine so that it stays put securely.