Storing your rulers
11-07-2011, 07:40 PM
#82
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Storing your rulers
My sewing area is just a little nook of a room. BUT - it does have a closet. I have a coat hook on the side walls of the closet. Each plastic ruler has a hole in it, so I put all the holes of 3 or 4 rulers on a ring like you would have in a notebook. Then I hang the ring on one of the coat hooks. It's not the best, but it does keep them put away.
11-08-2011, 10:25 AM
#85
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Honestly, mine are on nails on the wall; grouped into sizes. Not alot of money and wanted them up where I could find them and I'm impatient. I did see a ruler holder (not sure where) that reminded me of those old time dish towel holders; the metal ones that had 2 rods sticking out to hold towels. It looked pretty good as well. But for now mine will do. I know others have used a dish drainer and pegboards to hold them.
11-08-2011, 10:38 AM
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Go to "www.ihaveanotion.blogspot.com and look down the page. Kelly does an article about a "hanging wooden ruler holder" that Clyde makes. She has a link to his site. I have one and have one on the way. I sent one to Kelly and she loved it. It is high quality. It has 14 slots (I have about 25 rulers on mine) and 7 hooks underneath to hang scissors or anything else and it has a magnetic door that has a cubby hole that I put my thread and other things in it. Clyde makes each one by hand. He uses wooden dowels, not staples or nails or screws. He uses real wood. Maple, oak, mahogany, etc. If you read her blog, she has pictures and everything. I bought one from Clyde and fell in love with it and talked to him and he had been trying to get quilters to see them. So, as a present, I sent one to Kelly. She loved it so much that she blogged all about it. And she is very picky about what she shares on her blog site. They are about $40.00 (very reasonable). You can buy cheaply made ones for that. So check it out. You'll be amazed.
11-08-2011, 10:39 AM
#88
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Hi Nettie,
I bought the IKEA Bygel (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50072645/) and fixed them to a bookshelf (under). With the accompanying S-hooks I can hang every ruler above my workdesk. And my workdesk is free of clutter.
Have fun quilting!
Anymart
I bought the IKEA Bygel (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50072645/) and fixed them to a bookshelf (under). With the accompanying S-hooks I can hang every ruler above my workdesk. And my workdesk is free of clutter.
Have fun quilting!
Anymart
11-08-2011, 10:44 AM
#89
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I picked up one of those wire record holders from the 60's at a garage sale and thats what I have my larger ones in. I picked up a wire letter holder at an estate sale and put the small ones in it. The letter holder is a wire spiral on little short legs and I think my older sisters used to call the other thing a record worm or a caterpillar.
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