Necessity IS the mother of invention
04-26-2011, 02:31 AM
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Applause! Nothing more fun than being a creative inventor, thinking for yourself. I'm sure my husband doesn't appreciate all that I save...but I have a ready supply of most kinds of basic materials, as I am a woodworker as well. I keep those wood poles too, have used them for a flag pole, a temp curtain rod, & other. Lamp parts are often nearly free @ yard sales.
04-26-2011, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Rose Ann
CRS? Don't you hate it when you walk into a room and then stand there trying to remember what you went for?
04-26-2011, 07:05 AM
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I have buttons in pint jars and bias tape just fits in a shoe box. Inherited the box of bias tape from a woman I never knew. Baby wipes boxes for scissors and rippers --kep them high so little hands don't get hurt.
04-26-2011, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by grammy17
I have buttons in pint jars and bias tape just fits in a shoe box. Inherited the box of bias tape from a woman I never knew. Baby wipes boxes for scissors and rippers --kep them high so little hands don't get hurt.
05-02-2011, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
I have a large wall hanging that is just about ready to hang. I dreaded spending money on a rod, but it definately needs one. Just before I went to bed last night, I went to my storage room to look for an item. I glanced over to one of the walls where I had stored two broken torchier lamps. All I saw was brushed metal tubing. My eyes visibaly removed the base, cord and the shade. Aha! Knowing that I had two brackets for cafe rods, I grabbed them, and the tubing fit perfectly!! Yay! I grabbed my wall hanging and took measurements and it seems like the rod was made for the wall hanging or the other way around. Woo hoo! Problem solved. :thumbup: Now to finish up the Bargello because I know I don't have to wait for the money to purchase a rod. Better yet, there is another torchier that no longer works to use for another project. :thumbup:
05-02-2011, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by quilterguy27
Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
I have a large wall hanging that is just about ready to hang. I dreaded spending money on a rod, but it definately needs one. Just before I went to bed last night, I went to my storage room to look for an item. I glanced over to one of the walls where I had stored two broken torchier lamps. All I saw was brushed metal tubing. My eyes visibaly removed the base, cord and the shade. Aha! Knowing that I had two brackets for cafe rods, I grabbed them, and the tubing fit perfectly!! Yay! I grabbed my wall hanging and took measurements and it seems like the rod was made for the wall hanging or the other way around. Woo hoo! Problem solved. :thumbup: Now to finish up the Bargello because I know I don't have to wait for the money to purchase a rod. Better yet, there is another torchier that no longer works to use for another project. :thumbup:
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