Wall for hanging rulers, scissors, quilting tools?
11-30-2013, 08:05 PM
#51
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Re: pegboard--If you support the pegboard with a top and bottom board (rather than vertical boards or a frame), not only does it hold it out from the wall enough for the pegboard hooks, but it leaves a great, out-of-the-way space to store your larger cutting mats and/or larger plastic rulers, etc.
11-30-2013, 08:39 PM
#52
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Georgia
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My dh decided to surprise me last Christmas with acrylic pegboard that came with hooks and hanging bins. I love it! It cost more than regular pegboard but he must think I'm worth it! LOL! Here's the link
http://www.amazon.com/Azar-900945-CL...=pd_sbs_shoe_3
http://www.amazon.com/Azar-900945-CL...=pd_sbs_shoe_3
11-30-2013, 09:01 PM
#53
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Location: Oregon,USA
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I went a bit more creative. I hung the IKEA rods in the windows for scissors - I have a pretty good collection of old scissors though. Then I hung an old ironing board top I fished out of the neighbor's trash - I pulled the legs off it. It has holes in it for pegs - magnets stick to it. If you mount a piece of wood behind it on 3 sides you can make a pocket to hold the big measuring equipment. Then I hung an old baby bed springs on the wall and clip things to it.
11-30-2013, 10:14 PM
#54
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Location: Round Rock,Texas
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I have a peg board for my wall. My hubby took 2 peg board sheets and built a frame for it and screwed it to the wall. It hangs on the wall behind my Horn Quiltmate II cabinet, the Bernina 930 is in it right now. I have 4 machines that share the cabinet, just change out the insert.
I bought the long hooks from Lowes or Home Depot and I hang my rulers and other tools up. It works great.
Sharon
I bought the long hooks from Lowes or Home Depot and I hang my rulers and other tools up. It works great.
Sharon
Last edited by purplefiend; 11-30-2013 at 10:22 PM.
12-11-2013, 06:17 PM
#58
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Location: Arkansas
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The peg board is a great way to go. I also bought a clear, over-the-door shoe holder. I put MANY tools (not rulers) in each of those clear pockets. Since I have 3 sewing machines and a serger, I even place the different foot controls and cords in those pockets, when they are not in use. My sewing room is small....can't have but one machine up at a time. My pockets are all FULL!! Wish I had another door, for another one!! Just a thought!
12-11-2013, 06:52 PM
#59
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Houston, TX
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I have pegboard. Mine is unpainted so I don't have to worry about scratching it. I used to have a magnetic strip (it was a knife holder in a previous life) to hang my scissors on. Now I just have a row of nails in the wall behind my sewing machine table that I hang them on. It works great. Both have lots of expansion potential and are easy to install and change.
12-12-2013, 02:46 PM
#60
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Location: Albuquerque NM
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I have 2 inside walls and 1 outside wall of peg boards. As many hooks as I needed I could not afford to buy the hooks.
So I bought a bunch of ¼” dowel sticks 36” long and had Lowes cut them into 6” legends at 50 cents a cut.
Take two ¼” peg boards and 4 2”x2”. I left the legs of the frame long to stand up and hold up the frame behind my machines.
Then lay the second peg board behind the frame on the patio. Take 2 dowels and insert in the center of the front through both pegs top and bottom. Now move the frame up until you will have a good slant angle in which to push your dowels in. then mark your placement flip over and screw your back peg board in place. You stand up your framed pegboard behind your machines. I hung mine sideways 4’high and 8’ wide, I cut one 2x2 into and put it in the center between the peg boards to make it stronger in the center. i can not get the pics to load, sorry
So I bought a bunch of ¼” dowel sticks 36” long and had Lowes cut them into 6” legends at 50 cents a cut.
Take two ¼” peg boards and 4 2”x2”. I left the legs of the frame long to stand up and hold up the frame behind my machines.
Then lay the second peg board behind the frame on the patio. Take 2 dowels and insert in the center of the front through both pegs top and bottom. Now move the frame up until you will have a good slant angle in which to push your dowels in. then mark your placement flip over and screw your back peg board in place. You stand up your framed pegboard behind your machines. I hung mine sideways 4’high and 8’ wide, I cut one 2x2 into and put it in the center between the peg boards to make it stronger in the center. i can not get the pics to load, sorry
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