tropit

I saw an interesting pic today of an architect's worktable that was made of pallets. The pallets were neatly stacked and appeared to be screwed together. On top of the pallets was a very nice piece of finish-grade plywood. The structure of the pallets created holes, or, "cubbies," all around the table, so that he could store his plans. Those holes could easily be filled with rolls of fabric, boxes or drawers to meet the needs of a quilter. The whole look was rustic, but cool.

Pallets can usually be found for free at various places. I see them all the time at the feed store, free for the taking. The finish plywood would cost some money, depending on what type of wood you wanted. I'd put a couple of coats of polyurathane on the plywood for durability. You could even add a grid for easy measuring.

sewingsuz

Great idea! I see them also for free every where.

GingerK

Only problem is that they are made from rough spruce. To use the cubbies for fabric storage, they would have to be sanded and sanded and sanded

Jordan

Great idea. Thank you for sharing. I just saw pallets in my area for free but I don't think I would have space for them.

juliasb

Good way of recycling materials!. I can see making slots on the ends or underneath the top for my Accuquilt dies.

Onebyone

Wood pallets are factored in the price of delivery of goods. You paid for the pallets, just not directly. LOL My neighbor made a nice raised herb garden using the pallets stacked on top of each other.

tropit

I don't think that you'd have to sand it. Just make a nice box to fit in the hole, or line the bottom of the hole with a smooth piece of wood.

Rebaquilts

Do you have a picture to share? I have a source for pallets and would love to see the construction. A friend has a 12" tall pile of oak pallets he will give me for free.....and my brother mentioned it just last night. Ironically enough....