grammyj

One thing that is great is the magnetic bowls that you get at Harbor Freight. they are for car parts ( nuts and bolts etc) but they work fine for pins. That's what I use and they come in 4" and 6" I have both sizes, 1 for safety pins and 1 for my big quilt pins.They don't cost very much.

kathome

Oh, Miss Mona - - are you talking about your DH or mine? I've tried EVERYTHING to keep him away from my tools. HE bought ME my own tool box years ago so that "Now you won't be asking me everytime you need a nail or a screwdriver". Yeah right. Now I have to ask him where MY nails or screwdrivers are!!! Just the other day I texted him the following: WHERE'S MY TAPE MEASURE????? So he phones me and denies all knowledge and tells me to use "something else" to measure. Arrrggg.... like WHAT?

He knows where to find my stuff because I put it away when I'm finished with it. Why oh why can't he do the same? Another arrrgggg.

but I do love the guy.....

sewmuchmore

This is awesome, I am so glade that you guys are giving out tips that we all can use.
here is my tip I put a magnet in a jar lid then I place a few pins in the lid if I knot it off I use the magnet to pick up the pins. Fast and easy.

georgiat

I cut templates out of plexiglass on our band saw and then sand the edges!

nana2

Is this trait in the DNA of the male????? This sounds very familiar. LOL

jbj137

I picked up 3 small, plastic fishing
lure boxes at a yard sale for $1.00 each
and they work great for spools of thread.
And they are sorted by color -
you can see the colors well.

kathome

Nah - - it's that evil little hormone - - - testosterone.

Joyce

I have another magnet bowl tip.
I have some oblong ones about 5X8". I also have some grey steel shelves from when I first started Joyce's Workroom.
So I stick these long ones bottom side to the top shelf edge and keep special needles, tiny shears, thimbles, any thing that I don't want to get lost in the shuffle.
Now I know where my curved needles will be found. It's good for that little screw, nut or washer, that you don't know yet where they came from.

Ilovemydogs

Don't you just love curved needles? One of those things were you don't use it a whole lot, but when you do, its a great thing to have! :-)
I love these tips. Keep em coming.

Miss Mona

I've had mine over 40 years and nothing has changed. What I have done is bought an extra 25' tape measurer, and extra needle nose pliers and have hidden them in my things. These are the ones I use the most. My extra hammer and screw drivers are missing. I used them and he saw me and borrowed them right away. Now they are missing. Now when he asks where something is I say in my tool box. Last time, he said it wasn't there. I said "Gee, someone must have used it and not put it back. I haven't touched my tool box for ages. My tool box is so empty you wouldn't know it was a tool box.