Pass On The Best Idea You've Had While Quilting
02-26-2011, 02:23 PM
#116
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Originally Posted by nanna-up-north
I don't have a fancy sewing table.... just a flat table for my machines, etc. I found a plastic storage unit that has shelves and rollers to put next to my table and machine. Then on top of the unit, I put an old silverware drawer. I put the most often used items in it and sewing is so much quicker..... I don't have to stop, get up, walk to where ever stuff is stored.
anyway, had him cut a pc of that for the top of the cheapo walmart storage unit, and put the silverware tray in the top drawer, so i can cut @ my machine.. the ironing board is right behind me, so i can get a lot done with out having to get up
02-26-2011, 02:24 PM
#117
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Originally Posted by dljennings
Originally Posted by nanna-up-north
I don't have a fancy sewing table.... just a flat table for my machines, etc. I found a plastic storage unit that has shelves and rollers to put next to my table and machine. Then on top of the unit, I put an old silverware drawer. I put the most often used items in it and sewing is so much quicker..... I don't have to stop, get up, walk to where ever stuff is stored.
anyway, had him cut a pc of that for the top of the cheapo walmart storage unit, and put the silverware tray in the top drawer, so i can cut @ my machine.. the ironing board is right behind me, so i can get a lot done with out having to get up
02-26-2011, 02:29 PM
#118
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It's not my idea (simply quilt guest, from 10 - 12 years ago); BUT,
rubberband two sharpened pencils together and use for tracing applique or other patterns. You will be drawing the cutting line, And the 1/4" seam allowance. Pretty cool...
rubberband two sharpened pencils together and use for tracing applique or other patterns. You will be drawing the cutting line, And the 1/4" seam allowance. Pretty cool...
02-26-2011, 02:54 PM
#119
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Here are some of my better ideas, IMHO. I used scrap 2 x 4 lumber, glue, and a drill to make the gadget holder; the cone thread sits on a piece of 1/4 inch dowel with a fill piece that came with my serger, and the thread feeds across a tiny hook. The pin cushion & thread catcher for class stays in place with hook and loop tape, and comes off easily to stay with my travel kit. After I took these pix I added a sharps bottle to my gadget holder; it's a pill bottle with a hole in the lid and is recessed into the wood base.
Use a post-it label to remind me which needle is in machine
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gadget holder/cone thread holder
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pin cushion & thread catcher for classes
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02-26-2011, 03:02 PM
#120
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Sure - I'd like the scraps! I do something similar to what you do - keep flying geese paper piecing patterns by my sewing machine, and when i do some sewing, i add on some "geese" from my current project or other scraps. In time, I have a miniature flying geese wallhanging that is sort of like a memory quilt.
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