Storage ideas
08-15-2011, 09:55 AM
#31
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I bought a five gallon bucket from Lowes and then I bought a mans tool holder for this bucket.It has lots and lots of places inside and out to put your sewing notions in them.You just slide them in.Like little open pockets.This slips over the bucket so you have inside and out side pockets.Plus you have the whole indide of bucket to put bigger things like plastic containers to hold pens and needles.Your sewing machinecords,rulers,zip loc baggies any thing that will fill your bucket.It has a nice handle that has a sponge around it for easy carring where ever you need it.I carry it to quilt classes and keep it next to me at home so I just reach down and grab what ever I need.Every thing is at finger tips.I fit rains just put a plastic bag over the handle and slide down the bucket to cover every thing. I love it.I will take a picture of it and try to send.
08-15-2011, 12:11 PM
#33
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I use the divided lunch style zip lock container for carry around applique. The "sandwich" side holds the pieces, thread and scissors. The skinnier "carrot stick or whatever" side holds my magnetic pin holder. Now my magnet and scissors don't get all tangled up and I can take my scissors out without de-pinning them. The snap on lid keeps everything neat and the shape fits in a tote bag or on the stack of books next to my chair.
08-15-2011, 01:56 PM
#34
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Originally Posted by DonnaC
This isn't strictly a storage type of idea, but it has changed my sewing life (grin). Clean out a large or small coffee creamer bottle (like the Coffee-mate ones with the red tops), fill with water, and use it to fill your iron. No more spilling water all over the place; these things never drip, and the tops close tightly and don't leak, just in case you're a klutz like me and keep knocking it off the ironing board. I have a small-sized bottle to take to classes, and the bigger size for home.
I've bought a bunch of the small plastic schoolboxes/pencil boxes at the back-to-school sales this year. I use those for everything! I have small cabinets that I store all of my sewing stuff in, and I can stack those little boxes on the shelves and still be able to close the doors.
Oh, and just one more idea... those little rectangular plastic Gerber baby food containers. The lids lock nice and tightly and they're great for storing small items. Now I just have to find someone with a baby because the little boy my Mom used to babysit is almost 4 and doesn't eat baby food anymore (but I still have a stash of containers from when he did eat baby food!).
I've bought a bunch of the small plastic schoolboxes/pencil boxes at the back-to-school sales this year. I use those for everything! I have small cabinets that I store all of my sewing stuff in, and I can stack those little boxes on the shelves and still be able to close the doors.
Oh, and just one more idea... those little rectangular plastic Gerber baby food containers. The lids lock nice and tightly and they're great for storing small items. Now I just have to find someone with a baby because the little boy my Mom used to babysit is almost 4 and doesn't eat baby food anymore (but I still have a stash of containers from when he did eat baby food!).
P.S. I use pizza boxes for quilt blocks, plastic sheets for patterns and all my patterns that have been cut out, i.e. sunbonnet sue, etc. These boxes stack really well. Every time I go to a pizza place I ask to buy a couple boxes. I have different sizes.
08-15-2011, 02:17 PM
#35
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Oh my GK are addicted to hot chocolate in the winter time and we go through lots of Nestle's Quick. Like an earlier post, these are square (ish) and tall so fit like books on a bookshelf. Yeah the Gerber baby food containers are great--just need to find a baby and mom close by now that Sam's one.
One day when I cleaned off my counters--had to take a pic cuz it's not that way now LOL
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08-15-2011, 02:26 PM
#36
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I use old pillowcases to put my larger pieces of fabric in (the backing ones) to keep them out of the light and dust free until I'm ready for them. Then I just pin a little piece of paper on the outside letting me know which fabric it is and how much there is of it.
08-15-2011, 04:21 PM
#39
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Originally Posted by Luscious Marilyn
I really enjoy the "Crystal Light" drink mix containers. They are narrow and only 6.5 inches long, great for traveling to retreats, as they take very little space. The label on the container peels right off exposing a clear, see though view of what you have stored in it, or ID it.
08-15-2011, 04:29 PM
#40
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What great ideas. I use the ice cream squares for scraps when at a class. Love the ziploc squares, especially teh ones that have twist on lids now. Great for buttons and clips for binding, etc. I use the baby squares for Project Linus labels. Can't lose them that way. Now I have to write down some of these ideas. Thanks.
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