Inventions for Roberta and Polly

Good idea! You could probably get a little stick-on kitchen/bathroom hook, adhere it to the machine, and make a little bitty pincushion to hang from it. Or just a piece of adhesive velcro. Of course, the fancier machines are so full of display screens that there's not much room to accessorize. My little pincushion would maybe fit at the left end though, if I could train myself to reach left-handed. Shoot, might even be enough space there to hang a little chatelaine with a pocket for snippers and a seam ripper... Roberta in D

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I have spilled a cup of coffee, not on my sewing machine but in the keyboard of a 2 month old laptop. No more drinks around the computer either.....It never worked again.

Vikki in WA State

An old friend of mine has this rule about liquids and keyboards: the liquid mus be places at a level _below_ the keyboard. When we studied together, I had to put my teacup on the sofa table behind me!

Of course, one can still spill while actually trying to drink, so not completely safe...

Hanne in London

You and me both. Wow, that is quite a table even without the built in drink holder ;-) In addition to the price (which wasn't quite to high here but plenty high enough) was the shipping fee for something that weighs over 200 pounds.

marcella

Howdy!

I keep reading that subject line as "Intervention for Roberta & Polly"

-- seems appropriate.

Ragmop/Sandy-- w/ a kitchen next to my favorite sewing room (dining room) for holding any number of cups and mugs and glasses, and a shallow channel in the table where the stray pins end up if they miss the magnetic pin holder when I throw them in that direction... 8->

For your poker/stiletto, try using part of a drinking straw. Cut a length sufficient to hold the "poker", tape it to the side of your machine at a slight angle, and be sure to flatten the bottom as you tape it down. Works well. you can also glue a bit of batting or felt to the side of the machine to hold a few pins or needles. (I use a magnetic pin cushion to the side of the machine for pins, that way I just have to aim them in the general direction and close enough.)

Pati, > When you get Roberta's underview mirror alert invented, do another one for

I know!!!! I think I will mention that to people if I see them at Houston Market. Did mention it to someone carrying tables at a local show. They didn't know what I meant until I showed/explained it. And then agreed with me.

Pati, > And the cabinets I looked at (as opposed to the tables)

I hear you there, Kate. Didn't have a problem with a wedding dress or anything, but....... I don't want to have a problem. So I don't do drinks in either the sewing or cutting room. Makes me get up and move. The only liquids in the sewing room are water, starch, and other such "tools".

Pati, >

Yep - Clothes Peg!

Glad you liked the command idea, but I can't take credit. Someone else came up with that and I just helped suggest a different type. They also work great to hang tools and look better than a peg board (IMHO). I even have my large cutting mat now hung with the velcro like picture hanging command thing in each of the top two corners.

I used to have that hard and fast rule for the class room, but policing it was like herding cats!

So now in the first class everyone is warned that if they spill anything on another's work they will be held accountable to that person in any form the victim sees, fit up to and including flogging. If they spill on their own work - tough luck, no sympathy whatsoever. If they spill on my carpet they will be made to clean it all up to my satisfaction, which will probably mean cleaning the whole

Just as long as it only keeps them IN line not hanging from the line

Butterfly (couldn't resist)

Thank you all for your great ideas. I have a nice bunch of the Command hooks now and can fit one with a small pin cushion. Also, I've found a fairly blank space on the left end of the SM. That will be a fine place for my cut thread grabber. A scrap of batting, 3" square is good, is terrific for swiping on all those cut threads. When loaded, the thread bits wipe right off - or you can toss the scrap and start over. Letting cut threads fall to the floor is not a good thing here. Our vacuum cleaner gets them all twisted in the roller/brush things. It is simply more peaceful to control the threads than listen to the vacuum cleaner kick and scream. Not a pretty sight. Polly

yes. that is what you use to attach damp/wet clothesafter laundy to a line for drying. that process is known as a solar powered clothes dryer.

klh in va

I was sort of wondering if there was a generation or two here who had never carried wet laundry out to hang it in the solar power. Polly

Polly wrote: Does everyone know what a clothespin is?

"klh in VA" > wrote > yes. that is what you use to attach damp/wet clothesafter laundy to a

I wish I had a solar powered clothes dryer!!!!! My mom does.......she doesn't use it though. It would come in very handy for that last little bit of drying I like to do on my quilts.

Laurie G. in CA

Great comment! I must try to use it sometime >g< . In message , klh in VA writes

I just ordered a clamp-on organizer for my sewing cabinet that has a cup holder on it:

That's ALOT cheaper than the new Horn table! KJ