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Home-made sewing supplies/notions What have you invented?
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1235	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/23/13 12:03 PM I have two home-made 'SPRINKLERS'. For a CLOTHES DAMPENER, I take a clean plastic milk bottle, heat up a pin and burn 6 holes in the plastic top. For a STARCH SPRINKLER, I use a plastic peanut butter jar (that I can get my hand in to clean). This time, I use something bigger than a pin to burn the holes in the plastic lid: a T-Pin or a Push Pin. And, I have a version for sprinkling plants at work: I use a smaller little plastic juice bottle. j. -- Edited on 2/23/13 12:04 PM --
PattiAnnJ   Advanced OH USA Member since 12/3/06 Posts: 4987	Login to reply to this post In reply to jadamo00 << 2 members like this. Date: 2/23/13 12:34 PM We used to make similar items with pop bottles way back before steam irons and plastic and electric clothes dryers. You can still get the pierced stoppers to make a pop bottle sprinkler. -- Edited on 2/23/13 12:41 PM --
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1235	Login to reply to this post In reply to PattiAnnJ << Like this post Date: 2/23/13 1:20 PM THAT was a fun link! Thanks! j.
NhiHuynh   Advanced CA USA Member since 1/4/11 Posts: 593	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 2/23/13 1:26 PM Oh how fun. I can't wait to read more responses. I use thread spools that are cardboard tubes like these on my sewing machine. I took apart a small foam hair curler apart and stuffed the foam inside the cardboard tube. The foam already has a little hole in it for my spool holder metal thingy. Now my thread turns evenly.
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1235	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 2/23/13 1:28 PM I got a greeting card once that was black on one side and white on the other. I keep it by my sewing machine because it really helps me thread the sewing machine needle! j.
tourist   Intermediate BC CANADA Member since 7/23/07 Posts: 5422	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 2/23/13 2:26 PM Glass mug for holding serger cones in lieu of a thread stand. Cardboard plus a piece of swimming pool noodle with a ruler stuck in it for measuring long hems. ETA - you can see the pool noodle foam also makes a good pin cushion and the yellow paper marking the height is a sticky note. Have occasionally attempted to use DH as a pin cushion, but not recommended. -- Edited on 2/23/13 2:28 PM -- ------ http://bgballroom.wordpress.com to follow the progress on my next ballgown.
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1235	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/23/13 2:29 PM My sewing machine faces the wall. I put a nail in the wall and clip my pattern instructions to a skirt hanger so it's right in front of me and easy to change up.
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1235	Login to reply to this post 4 members like this. Date: 2/23/13 2:35 PM Paint chips! If I'm basing my spring wardrobe on, say, a jacket, I can't carry that jacket everywhere I go. So I take it to the paint store to find a chip that matches. I can carry a bunch of paint chips in my purse and have them handy whether I'm buying fabric, ready to wear or scrounging around in the thrift store or garage sale! j.
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1235	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/23/13 2:38 PM A bunch of us use a pad of Post-It notes as a seam guide. Make sure you get the Super Sticky Full Adhesive Post-It Notes! They work GREAT!
marymary86 Intermediate GA USA Member since 7/20/08 Posts: 2200	Login to reply to this post In reply to jadamo00 << Like this post Date: 2/23/13 2:53 PM What a great idea! Where do you get the starch? ------ Mary http://checkmatesystem.com

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