Cute Thread caddy

I came up with this because of the buttons. I saw them at Walmart and thought they were so darn cute.
When I was putting together my sewing room (pics of room in another post, check it out). I needed something to do with those large spools of thread (the ones for sergers).

Had my wonderful hubby cut a piece of 2x6 board (he rotered off the edges, so sweet) and drill holes to fit dowel rods, which he cut to size for me.

I used some plastic tubing from the hardware store, in the plumbing department. (Take the dowel with you to fit the tubing. should be snug fit).

Cut the tubing to small pieces and hot glue on the buttons.
Slip them in place and they hold you spools. Look much more cute than the plain janes you can buy and cost was cheap.

Used some picture hangers on the back and hung it on my peg board.

FWFS

Fort Worth Fabric Studio is having an awesome give away. Check it out.
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Plant skirt

 Are these not the cutest things ever!!!













So here's how I did it. Find a scrap or like the one at the bottom was a messed up row from a quilt.


















Bring the ends together and stitch.

Fold over one edge to make a casing (on this one I put the ribbon in as
 I was sewing, careful not to catch the ribbon in the stitching.























using a seam ripper I made a small hole to bring the ribbon through.

Pull it up tight around the top of the planter and tie.























In the pink one I made a casing and put elastic in it. I found this nifty tool (not sure of the name, sorry). It grips the ribbon or elastic and the ring slides down to hold it tight. Then you just thread it through the casing. (beats safty pin method).

Here is the pink one again. I planted the plant in glad plastic bowl. You could use anything, even the ugliest pot and dress it up to match your decor. I loved this. I did not hem mine but you could for an even neater look. The plants are on water trays to catch excess water and the skirt is long enough to cover it as well.

Yarn Keepers

 Came up with this idea (probably not original, but I haven't seen it yet).
Does your yarn drawer/box look like this?

This was just a few I laid out to get a pic.

Do you have some lone socks( you know you do. Where do the mates go? I think there is a gremlin in the laundry room).









Well put the two together and you have a great yarn keeper.












I rolled the sock down and slipped it over the skein of yarn. Make sure the end where the start of the yarn comes is at the open end of sock. Then you can just use it right from the sock. no mess.

The ankle socks work great for balls of string or small skeins.

Added to my room

Put the border up in my sewing room. I think it is awesome.

 And this self, my wonderful hubby built me. The plastic shoe boxes fit great (of course, he made it that way). LOL

My design

I came up with this design and thought it would be cute. It turned out better than I thought.

 I call it Gossip Over the Fence. Heres a close up.

Light Box

This little idea came by accident.
I had a small cardboard box and an old picture frame that the back had gotten lost (why I kept it I'll never know. Well for this "right").
I put 2 LED battery touch lights in the bottom of the box and laid the frame on top.
Walah a small light box.
Later I covered it with fabric to make it look pretty.
I will add pics later.