Inventions for Roberta and Polly

I use a coffee mug or a paper bag near my sewing machine and cutting station, but this would be very handy for my cross stitch and other handwork. I realized that every thread within 20 ft of the thing seemed to attach itself while sandwhiching, but hadn't thought of takeing advantage of it!!

LOL!!! You are such a riot.

That is cool! Will you please let us know your thoughts once you have put it to work? This might be a great holiday gift idea for MSM.

Mary

It would help if the pieces were not so profoundly ugly. They look like bad, build-it-yourself, cheaply made, pressed board furniture. Debra in VA See my quilts at

Oh Polly, you've been very lucky. I can't even take water near my sewing area. I'll spill whatever liquid I can onto my project, or worse. Tea or Pepsi end up on the fabric, but water ends up on the machine. I've had perfectly good cups spring leaks. I've had soda magically push wet straws out of cans or cups onto the table. I've had paper cups fold up in my hand releasing a volcano of drink. I've had tea miss my mouth and end up on my work. I've even managed to topple and un-lid lidded cups in one tiny motion, from 6 feet away. My drinks stay in one room and I sew in another.

Debra in VA, who can't be trusted with liquid refreshments in the sewing room. Debra in VA See my quilts at

Can said droid also clean the house and paint the walls, therefore giving me more sewing time? Debra in VA See my quilts at

The first time I read the subject line I thought it was "Inventions: Roberta & Polly" Debra in VA See my quilts at

Are those travel mugs with the wide, heavy, weighted base and the narrow top still available anyplace? Mine is ceramic and has a non-slip pad on the bottom. I used it in the car before I had a car with built-in cup holders, because it stayed put on the dashboard. I don't use it for much of anything now, but it would stay put next to the sewing machine or computer -- I think it would be pretty hard to tip over, with the base so much wider and heavier than the top. Here's one similar to the one I have:

Julia in MN

Will do!

Do they still sell clothes lines? I remember mom would hang our clothes to dry on the line. In the winter they would come in stiff. They smelled so good!

They certainly do over here! Solar power is much cheaper than the other sort >g< . In message , Ceridwen writes

They do here in Iowa.

Where do you live Charlotte? I'm in Coralville. Kj

I think everyone 'downunder' knows what a 'peg' is, don't know if they would know what a 'clothes pin' was even if they are used for the same thing. Couldn't live without a clothesline here plus it would boost the electricity bill a little too much.

Dee in Oz

polly esther wrote:

Does anyone else here remember "dolly pegs" - the ones before they put spring clips on them, with the little round knob on top that could be dressed up as dolls?

I remember spending hours as a child pasting fabric scraps onto them for clothes, and drawing the faces. And cotton wool balls made the best hair too. lol

I do Cheryl. That was all that my mother ever used, even now she uses a push on type of peg rather than a spring peg. I only use spring pegs when camping. I have about 4 different styles of dolly pegs that Dad has given me.

Dee in Oz

Cats wrote:

That's the only kind we used when I was growing up...and I hung lots and lots of clothes ....a gazillion and half of diapers alone BEFORE I had my own kidlets.

Butterfly (sure glad those days are over)

Yup! I even had a box of them, to make dolls - but never did! . In message , Cats writes

I remember those, too, Cheryl! I did make some dolls out of them, but I haven't seen the pegs in a *long* time.