sallybramald

I have removed all magnetic things from my sewing room as I ended up with all my pins sticking together and them sticking themselves to the scissors and wrecking the blade.
The only thing I keep with a magnet is the extending wand to pick things up from under the table and I keep it well away from everything else.

Queen

I found one of those sticky backed hooks in the hardware store and I stuck it to the side of my machine. Now if I can just remember to put my scissors there so I can find them the next time I need them.

wichypoo

I keep my scissors in a small wire-like utensil holder that is separted into four sections. I got it at the Dollar Store. I have another one for rulers and markers.

BellaBoo

I buy the good quality kid scissors when school supplies are out and keep lots of them all over my sewing room. The are great for snips and clips. And if they migrate to the other rooms of the house no big deal. I would think the mag strip would make the scissors magnets too. Would that happen?

Ninnie

Thanks for the warning, I have one, but haven't used it yet!

littlehud

I never even thought of that, but I think you are right.

Skeat

( I would think the mag strip would make the scissors magnets too. Would that happen) Yes!:)Any metal object like scissors slid across a magnet makes the metal magnetic:)We learned this in 8th grade science and I went home, picked up my mom's good sewing scissors and tried it...wow..it was amazing! The teacher was right!LOL Every pin w/in a 5ft radious flew to those scissors!! My dad had to take them to work (he was a machinist) and de-magnetize them:)I think I came out of grounding about a year ago....:)SKeat

marjeet

I have one of those also; I keep it attached near the floor on one of the metal table legs - it has a spring on it, so my Cat loves it !

AtHomeSewing

The magnetic sounds interesting, however I'm not so sure I would want it too close to my sewing machine. It would though keep scissors safe while they are put away.

I use several different scissors while sewing and at the cutting and pressing table. I hate searching for things while I'm workng so I ended up making up a sewing tote from a flatware caddy. I can easily move this place to place. I put crafter's foam at the bottom of each section to protect the scissor tips. Most of the time the tote sits to the right of my sewing machine, taking up only 9x6 inches of space. Nearly everything that I use while sewing is in there including misting bottles, one with water and one with starch and there's even a pincushion attached to the end.

Here are a couple photos.

kwhite

LOL Skeat. I guess I will not waste the money then. I can see myself getting very angry when I reach for a pair of scissors and get stuck by a stuck pin. Thanks