Great Finds
Sometimes you just find things
that are great to upcycle.
Often, you don't know how
you lived without them.
Recently we were clearing
out a rental property and
came across some foam core that is
perfect for whiteboards.
We're going to use one of them
to do some vacation planning.
We can brainstorm where we'd like to go,
write it out and cross it off easily without
destroying endless sheets of paper.
The main reuse is fabric/scrap sorting!
I found that I was putting bits of tape all over
my cutting tables and mats every time
Cutting would be a treasure hunt of trying to
find and remove tape from pieces!
Even my my rulers and cutting blades got taped!
After cutting over the tape a few time the
little pieces were really difficult to remove.
Since I just made a cheat sheet of all the sizes
I'm going to cut scraps in, I decided to use the boards to
layout my scrap cuts.
I put the tape on the whiteboards and
use that as a quick portable place to
put my sorted scraps before
moving them to their final resting place.
(I really mean the ready to use spot!!!)
That way I can move it quickly if I
need to use the cutting area or
need space for pinning.
The measurements stay on the tape
and don't transfer to fabric or hands.
It is working very well. The squares go
above, the strips below. When it is
getting crowded , the pieces are
placed in assigned boxes, ta da!
"Very clever." says my great uncle!
The only downfall is the need to
sort out a few of the storage boxes,
but that is an adventure too!
Just discovered a wealth
of 2" 1/2 squares!
This great find had a previous life,
are you ready! One, two ... Tattoo!
The renter was well known
tattoo artist ! The boards were for
sketching out designs when
video conferencing with the customers!
Only used in a home design studio
so no worries there. This fella just
designed , very creative!
The sorting is starting to go
a bit better, long road ahead
but a system is developing.
Press scraps into a stack or two,
take a stack to the cutting table.
Process, repeat.
Strips first, then bricks then squares.
Leftovers go to strings, crumbs or bin.
Surprising to me is that there is not
nearly as much waste as expected!
Hmm. Also assisting is another
great find, a stack of postage labels.
Found at a thrift shop, each
sheet has 2 - 2 x 6 inch labels!
Best 3 dollar purchase ever!
I can color code the year of
my projects and leave the
names the same . The scrap
boxes can get labels that
wont peal off! Yay!
Back to my scrap taming!
Stay safe and sew on!
Linking up with:
Oh Scrap
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