What are we organizing today 2020
12-21-2020, 08:08 AM
#501
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I believe it was Michael's Craft Store or Hobby Lobby-we all need cute storage for our crap .......lol
12-21-2020, 06:18 PM
#503
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OKsewglad, I understand you problem regarding scissors with feet. Mine don't walk away but always falling on the floor. My sewing machine sits in the well of the sewing table and has a 6" space to the right of the machine. Perfect place to put my scissors. Right? Wong! I constantly would be knocking the scissors on the floor. Got mad. Stormed into the kitchen. Dug out small plastic food container. Stomped back to the sewing room. Grabbed the Gorilla Tape on the way. Placed roll of tape on bottom to container, stuck it in corner of the well, slid the machine to right to wedge that little sucker in place...WALAA. No more bending over several times a day retrieving scissors.
My favorite thread cutter at the machine is a kiddie Fiskars scissor I bought years ago at Back-to-school sale. Purple handle so usually easy to find if it jumps out of it's "house."
My favorite thread cutter at the machine is a kiddie Fiskars scissor I bought years ago at Back-to-school sale. Purple handle so usually easy to find if it jumps out of it's "house."
Went to the Dollar Store and started my organizing efforts with a metal wreath holder. Bent it so so that the metal strip runs along that narrow strip, with the hook off to the side holding my small trash bucket. Used the metal strip to secure 2 for a $1 metal cups with magnets on the bottom. One cup is the perfect size for my tomato pin cushion. I use the other for my thread clippers. Added stick-on felt-pads (meant to protect floors from furniture) to protect the sharp tips from banging against metal. Another felt pad with a couple of pins stuck through in the other cup keeps the pin cushion from spinning. Then used poster putty to attach another plastic bucket for the miscellaneous stuff: purple thang and wooden presser. Small changes but it made me so happy.
Another great Dollar Store find was extra large plastic clothes pins. I use 2 (plus a couple of carabiner clips) to attach another mini-trash bucket to my ironing board, where I have a cutting mat. Another giant clothes pin holds the pillow case that covers my wool pressing mat vertical when I fold up the ironing board.
Wreath holder, 3 buckets for trash and scraps, 3 buckets for stuff and units in progress, felt protectors, magnetic cups, poster putty and large clothes pins: all from the Dollar Store. $7 well spent.
12-22-2020, 07:47 AM
#505
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12-22-2020, 01:48 PM
#507
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Julie: I have that same small space to the right of my machine where I would keep all my stuff, at least until I knocked it to the floor!
Went to the Dollar Store and started my organizing efforts with a metal wreath holder. Bent it so so that the metal strip runs along that narrow strip, with the hook off to the side holding my small trash bucket. Used the metal strip to secure 2 for a $1 metal cups with magnets on the bottom. One cup is the perfect size for my tomato pin cushion. I use the other for my thread clippers. Added stick-on felt-pads (meant to protect floors from furniture) to protect the sharp tips from banging against metal. Another felt pad with a couple of pins stuck through in the other cup keeps the pin cushion from spinning. Then used poster putty to attach another plastic bucket for the miscellaneous stuff: purple thang and wooden presser. Small changes but it made me so happy.
Another great Dollar Store find was extra large plastic clothes pins. I use 2 (plus a couple of carabiner clips) to attach another mini-trash bucket to my ironing board, where I have a cutting mat. Another giant clothes pin holds the pillow case that covers my wool pressing mat vertical when I fold up the ironing board.
Wreath holder, 3 buckets for trash and scraps, 3 buckets for stuff and units in progress, felt protectors, magnetic cups, poster putty and large clothes pins: all from the Dollar Store. $7 well spent.
Went to the Dollar Store and started my organizing efforts with a metal wreath holder. Bent it so so that the metal strip runs along that narrow strip, with the hook off to the side holding my small trash bucket. Used the metal strip to secure 2 for a $1 metal cups with magnets on the bottom. One cup is the perfect size for my tomato pin cushion. I use the other for my thread clippers. Added stick-on felt-pads (meant to protect floors from furniture) to protect the sharp tips from banging against metal. Another felt pad with a couple of pins stuck through in the other cup keeps the pin cushion from spinning. Then used poster putty to attach another plastic bucket for the miscellaneous stuff: purple thang and wooden presser. Small changes but it made me so happy.
Another great Dollar Store find was extra large plastic clothes pins. I use 2 (plus a couple of carabiner clips) to attach another mini-trash bucket to my ironing board, where I have a cutting mat. Another giant clothes pin holds the pillow case that covers my wool pressing mat vertical when I fold up the ironing board.
Wreath holder, 3 buckets for trash and scraps, 3 buckets for stuff and units in progress, felt protectors, magnetic cups, poster putty and large clothes pins: all from the Dollar Store. $7 well spent.
12-23-2020, 05:44 AM
#509
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Out of my mess I finally finished 3 Project Linus quilts. Wash/dried just need to check for more wayward threads. YEAH!!
Last night dug out a jelly roll for next quilt. Started cutting for Basket Case by Cluck Cluck Sew. https://www.fatquartershop.com/baske...All%20Products
It's basically a hash tag (pound sign) block. Finishes at 10" so I should be able to crank this out quickly.
Last night dug out a jelly roll for next quilt. Started cutting for Basket Case by Cluck Cluck Sew. https://www.fatquartershop.com/baske...All%20Products
It's basically a hash tag (pound sign) block. Finishes at 10" so I should be able to crank this out quickly.
12-27-2020, 04:42 AM
#510
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Very clever SuzSLO...thank you for sharing.
julienm1, that looks like a fun pattern. I have a couple of Cluck Cluck Sew patterns that I have done, I may have to add that one to my library.
I spent several hours purging and organizing in my sewing studio yesterday...it is my annual NYD project but I’m getting a head start this year since there is no place to go...
I replaced blades in my rotary cutters, soaked and cleaned two cutting mats and sorted through my crumb and strip bins to weed out unwanted items...”tired of looking at” pieces. Today I will refold some of my larger pieces that I pulled out for Christmas projects and put them back in their places by color. After I’m done putting everything back where it belongs I will sweep and mop my floor.
julienm1, that looks like a fun pattern. I have a couple of Cluck Cluck Sew patterns that I have done, I may have to add that one to my library.
I spent several hours purging and organizing in my sewing studio yesterday...it is my annual NYD project but I’m getting a head start this year since there is no place to go...
I replaced blades in my rotary cutters, soaked and cleaned two cutting mats and sorted through my crumb and strip bins to weed out unwanted items...”tired of looking at” pieces. Today I will refold some of my larger pieces that I pulled out for Christmas projects and put them back in their places by color. After I’m done putting everything back where it belongs I will sweep and mop my floor.
