Originally Posted by
Quilty-Louise
Last year while at my local store where I purchased my machines
and buy all my Floriani thread and stabilizers I saw they had these
bands that you could put around the stabilizer so you would know
what kind it is (ie. water soluble, medium tear away etc..).
However I was NOT going to spend $20+ on 5-6 bands. So while
wondering around a Family Dollar store one day I saw they had silicone
covers "slap bracelets" $1 for a short (about 7" long) and $2 for a long
(9" long) of course they had sayings and/or a funky print on it, but what
the heck they will work perfectly for keeping my stabilizers on the roll
and not in a mess.
I need to go to another Family Dollar store to see if they have any of
the 9" long bracelets so I can buy some more.
Just thought I would share this with all of you.
Great tip. For the stabilizer that I buy by the foot at Joann's I use the pool noodles and cut them to size and use a small straight pin to hold them while I wrap them around it. Doesn't take up much space and keeps it from getting wrinkles in it. also, if you buy your stabilizer from Floriani, I hope you are saving your labels, you can redeem them online at rnkdistributing for free stuff. I take the lables off and put them inside the roll so they don't get lost.