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G-maBecky 03-16-2013 04:06 PM

I got an ironing board that hangs on a door at a yard sale & the folding part was no good. I took off the cover & pad so now it lays over 2 brackets ( meant for a shelf ) & I use s-hooks to hang my rulers, stencils, & other items on. It hangs over my cutting table.

Jusmom01 03-16-2013 05:21 PM

I have used SO many thrift things in my sewing room. I just LOVE to take something that in no way looks like it should belong in a sewing room and make it "fit" in my room. I have: A tin box lid inside a fabric frame that I made, using the inside of the lid for a white board; a batter bowl holding 1930s hexies; a candy jar holding buttons, a cookie tin holding other hexies; the bottom of the tin box holding envelopes; a milk jug holding pens and my paper scissors; an old brass trunk holding cut up jeans; an old picture made into a pin board; a Brighton tin holding pins (held to the pin board frame with a magnet); a stackable gift box set painted to match the room and holding sewing accessories; a glass jar holding colored pencils; a lumbar pillow stuffed with unused old knee high stockings; a six sectioned carrier with a drug name on it painted to match the room and holding sewing tools; two shotglasses wth the magnet from inside a computer hard drive epoxied on used to hold pins; a "wet wipes" container to hold water to remove marking pen quilt lines; an old galvanized bucket to hold my scraps at my cutting table; plastic peanut butter jars to hold basting pins, hair ties and pony tail holders; a toilet paper dispenser to hold binding; cookie tins to hold older spools of thread and zippers; a small cutting board to use for gluing; a utensil tray to hold small rolls of ribbon; a day of the week pill holder for small findings and grommets; clear plastic containers (the lids all spray painted to match the room) to hold scrap pieces that have been cut to specific sizes; a rolling kitchen cart to hold more sewing stuff. I know there are more "redone" items, but I'm not thinking of them!

love to sew 03-16-2013 06:33 PM

52 oz clear plastic containers from Kirkland brand peanut butter filled pretzels for strings, separate one for each color. See previous post "WIP string quilt"

sap 03-17-2013 04:15 AM


Originally Posted by Tartan (Post 5930316)
Everyone in my family knows to ask me if they can throw something in the trash. "It ain't garbage, until Mama says it's garbage!":D

I'm with u Tartan! I always told my 4 boys "what ma wants, ma gets."

miriam 03-17-2013 04:25 AM

Oh and as far as vintage and purpose - by all means use a vintage sewing machine of some kind!!!

Battle Axe 03-17-2013 04:35 AM

Don't forget the garden. Anything that can hold dirt is a planter, toilet, bedpan, old shoes, chicken feeder.

Marcia

time2quilt 03-17-2013 04:36 AM

I'm getting tons of ideas on Pinterest for reusing. I am a junkaholic/thriftaholic. They are using old doors, shutters, empty candle jars........great ideas to reuse instead of trash.

miriam 03-17-2013 04:57 AM

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/zip/3686134398.html
Wouldn't this make nice in a sewing room! and it is free!

Sideways 03-17-2013 05:01 AM


Originally Posted by miriam (Post 5933698)
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/zip/3686134398.html
Wouldn't this make nice in a sewing room! and it is free!

Oh my goodness miriam, that just makes my thrifty heart go all aflutter!! If I lived near Indianapolis I would be all over that, lol.

miriam 03-17-2013 05:14 AM

If I had room for it - I think if I could get rid of 40 sewing machine tables today - those would be mine....


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