One thing that is great is the magnetic bowls that you get at Harbor Freight. they are for car parts ( nuts and bolts etc) but they work fine for pins. That's what I use and they come in 4" and 6" I have both sizes, 1 for safety pins and 1 for my big quilt pins.They don't cost very much.
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Originally Posted by Miss Mona
Originally Posted by katier825
Originally Posted by walen
Me, too! I guess a trip to the hardware store is in order! I do need a rubber mallet for whacking thick seams, my nice, clean one seemed to disappear about the same time that a dirty one turned up on my husband's bench! Hummmm....
He knows where to find my stuff because I put it away when I'm finished with it. Why oh why can't he do the same? Another arrrgggg. but I do love the guy..... |
This is awesome, I am so glade that you guys are giving out tips that we all can use.
here is my tip I put a magnet in a jar lid then I place a few pins in the lid if I knot it off I use the magnet to pick up the pins. Fast and easy. |
I cut templates out of plexiglass on our band saw and then sand the edges!
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Is this trait in the DNA of the male????? This sounds very familiar. LOL
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I picked up 3 small, plastic fishing
lure boxes at a yard sale for $1.00 each and they work great for spools of thread. And they are sorted by color - you can see the colors well. |
Originally Posted by nana2
Is this trait in the DNA of the male????? This sounds very familiar. LOL
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I have another magnet bowl tip.
I have some oblong ones about 5X8". I also have some grey steel shelves from when I first started Joyce's Workroom. So I stick these long ones bottom side to the top shelf edge and keep special needles, tiny shears, thimbles, any thing that I don't want to get lost in the shuffle. Now I know where my curved needles will be found. It's good for that little screw, nut or washer, that you don't know yet where they came from. |
Don't you just love curved needles? One of those things were you don't use it a whole lot, but when you do, its a great thing to have! :-)
I love these tips. Keep em coming. |
Originally Posted by kathome
Originally Posted by Miss Mona
Originally Posted by katier825
Originally Posted by walen
Me, too! I guess a trip to the hardware store is in order! I do need a rubber mallet for whacking thick seams, my nice, clean one seemed to disappear about the same time that a dirty one turned up on my husband's bench! Hummmm....
He knows where to find my stuff because I put it away when I'm finished with it. Why oh why can't he do the same? Another arrrgggg. but I do love the guy..... |
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