- Recycle thoroughly rinsed squirt-top detergent and cleanser
bottles into water dispensers for filling your iron, or leave them empty and squeeze them
for a "burst of air" to remove lint from your sewing machine or serger.
- Convert old natural-fiber cloth napkins, diapers and handkerchiefs
into press cloths.
- Use plastic bags from stores or freezer bags as garbage catchers
attached to your cutting table or serger.
- Store small notions, such as buttons, pins and snaps, in empty
film containers, pill bottles or baby food jars.
- Create a new ironing board pad from an old cotton mattress pad or
wool blanket.
- Use a dried-out ballpoint pen as a tracing wheel.
- Store your tape measure in an empty adhesive tape dispenser; wind
the tape around the spool and snap the ring over it.
- Use a soap sliver for marking fabric, as a hand sewing needle
lubricant, or rub it over hard-to-sew fabrics before stitching.
- Remove lint from your machines with a clean mascara brush.
Give your household the once
over and use a little imagination to develop your own unique ideas for keeping your sewing
room in order without great expense.
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