Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Bobbin Storage: the dramatic conclusion

Well, that was fast. Rarely (seldom? never?) do I actually accomplish something on the same day I think of doing it.  But this was so easy...and my life is just a smidgen more organized now.  :)

First of all, let me say thank you! to those of you with your helpful comments.  I can see I'm not alone here!  

It just so happened that as we were out & about yesterday, we were near the Home Depot.  So of course I stopped in.  Plumbing aisle.  Got this:
That is vinyl tubing, 1/2" on the inside, 5/8" on the outside...10 ft. long.  I used like 4 inches of it.  A little under $5 for the roll. 

Then I came home and cut little pieces, and cut those pieces open - like this:
Put them around my bobbins, making sure the thread ends were under the vinyl thing.  Well, not this one:
What the heck is THAT???  Seriously, what IS that?  I have no idea what happened here.  There's no saving this one.
Anyway, here are the rest, all nicely tucked into their...tubes, I guess? 
Ahhhhhhh.  So much better.  Before & after...
Oh, that does my heart good.

But I wasn't done...that thing they are in - it looks nice now, but it still gets in the way.  I need it off my table.  I have so precious little space.  So here's where the bobbins are living now:
 That's the side of my cabinet. Right under the thread (duh, like you couldn't see that). 
 There's the cat, getting hair all over my fabric. 
 Ahhhhhh.  No thread-y mess.  Up out of the way.  Love it!

("Rachel!  You're a genius!" you say?  No.  I got the idea from Pinterest.  See my post from yesterday.  ;)

12 comments:

  1. Great solution! Thanks for sharing, now I just need to buy me some more bobbins!

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  2. Great idea! I'm adding vinyl tubing to my shopping list.

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  3. This would bring so much order to my mini sewing kit! What a fantastic idea!

    Stopping by from the Show & Share :-)

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  4. I need to try that. Little kittens are too tempted with hanging strings. This looks much cleaner.

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  5. how clever is that?! Thank you so much for sharing and for linking up to Show and Share #2. I hope you are having fun at the party :)

    A mommy's life...with a touch of YELLOW
    tyandwhitneyulrich.blogspot.com

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  6. I did see your post yesterday about this and am so excited you showed it to us all! Next Home Depot trip I'm getting some too!!!

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  7. Brilliant! I hate it when strings are hanging all over! Great job! Thanks for linking up to Show and Share!

    Marie
    mylilpinkpocket.blogspot.com

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  8. WOW, great idea!! They also sell this tubing at pet stores (it's for fish tanks). You could buy 12 inches of that! I will definitely be getting some this weekend because I hate how my bobbins get all unwound.

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  9. I will have to try this right away. I travel a lot with my sewing machine and sewing box. This will help with all the tangle mess I always have.
    Thank you for the great sewing tip. New follower from the Creative bloggers hop.
    Hope you stop by for a visit.
    http://grandmabonniescloset.blogspot.com/

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  10. LOVE THIS! What a great idea!

    I would love it if you would share this and/or any other projects you have been up to at Tuesday Talent Show at Chef In Training Tomorrow! Plus there is going to be a fun giveaway too! Thanks so much and I hope to see you there!
    -Nikki
    http://chef-n-training.blogspot.com/

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  11. i have to say i enjoyed your solution search on pinterest :) i'm glad you got it figured out. i've enjoyed catching up on your blog life today :)

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  12. Awesome idea (& love your sense of humor)! I laughed out loud twice! Thank you :-)

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