| I thought
the problem was that the thread was inaccessible, but it was more
complex than that... These cake boxes kept the thread dust free,
but they didn't hold all of it, and they didn't stop light getting in. |
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There were also rather a
lot of sewing machines in the way! I had to move sewing machines
and boxes of trimmings to get at the thread. Not a good thing,
really. |
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I think
there were 14 machines stacked up here and there, tucked in corners, and
out on the bench ready for use! My poor Bernina 1150MDA was almost
buried in threads for various ongoing projects because putting it away
each time was just too much hassle.
There was no point trying to move machines
out onto the landing as there are three hand cranks and a treadle
sitting there gathering crapola as it is! |
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| We also
house the best part of 3000 books in this room. There's no point
in suggesting cycling them to make room to store some stuff on the
shelves, as there isn't anywhere to store them, and anyway, as an ex
teacher of English Literature, the very idea of not being able to access
all my book brings me out in itchy lumps! |
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Alan moved some of his
remaining modelling kit down to the conservatory modelling area, and I
used the space to tidy up some of my smaller stuff. The Bernina
emerged from it's thread cocoon! |
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I have
several of these Ikea Anonius sets of basket drawers, and an older
similar set under the work bench by the window. I reorganized
these too, rationalizing their contents and putting several things away
elsewhere. |
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| I bough a
new cutlery tray for the scissor drawer: it holds more, and the scissors
no longer escape through the mesh and jam the drawer! |
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It doesn't matter how
much you rationalize and how much you put away, there's ALWAYS a crap
drawer for those useful little bits that have no home of their own! |
| Some of the
quilting fabrics got put away in the storage crates in the loft, but
projects that are works in progress and UFO's got re-housed in the cake
boxes. |
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Some of the
machines can now be tucked away more neatly, leaving a greater area of
floor space as well as easier access to the things that I house on the
shelved down here (mostly extra kit needed for my sewing classes at
school). |
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I bought a
new, taller Antonius set with six of the new plastic drawers to house
the thread. The serger cones fit in quite well on their own, but
the smaller threads needed better homes than plastic bags.
I bought a variety of plastic boxes that
will keep the dust off all the different threads. |
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| I found a
couple of excellent dedicated thread boxes that fitted the Ikea drawers
well. |
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Unfortunately they
didn't take the taller cops of thread, and the posts mean that some of
the fatter reels and cops don't fit in. However, two boxes allowed
me to house most of the embroidery and decorative quilting threads
neatly. |
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This still
didn't address the light issue. I devised a fabric cover for the
whole stack, made from curtain fabric lined with a blackout thermal
lining. The 'cozy' is held in place with Velcro. I used
stick-on hooks round the desktop and down one side, and sew-on loops on
the cozy. One set of plastic bins
are now surplice to requirements, and awaiting removal from the
conservatory to the shed, where it will start a new life as shed
storage.
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