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Old 07-03-2014, 04:03 PM
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SmickChick
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I get the shipping cartons for blueberries and strawberries in the box bin at Costco. They are relatively flat--4 or 5" high and they stack. I can stack 6 or 7 high and have a separate layer for projects, thread sets, etc.

I put a memory foam bath mat under my machine. It absorbs vibration and is a great pincushion.

Men's trimming electric razors (or a hairdressers clipper with a 40 or 50 blade) can be used to frog (same as Peggy's Eraser) but lots cheaper.

I save clear packaging from who knows what to use with a Sharpie to trace designs. Much like using a photo album clear page.

Swimming pool noodles to wrap up finished quilts to take to show-and-tell. Wrap with selvedges.

Tyvek envelopes or Tyvek from the dumpster of a house under construction for art quilts. Paint on it with luminere paint and use a heat gun to scrunch it!

Magic Eraser to clean an iron.

Coloring books to get "cheater" designs for appliqué or art quilts---especially Dinosaurs!!!

Turkey baster to squirt water into iron…or a 2oz syringe!
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