A few months ago I saw on a blog a neat way to store binding – in a squat mason jar. I can’t remember the blog it was on (sorry) – but I went and bought a few mason jars and proceeded to put my binding in it. It was great for quilts that are not that large – but I tend to make larger quilts.
I came up with this idea…
Yep, those are empty 50ct CD/DVD Spindles. This works great for quilts that are larger than lap-sized. It holds two bindings – they are covered by the lid, and you can see them through lids so that if you have many bindings – you can see where the one you want is.
OMG, HOW PERFECT is that!! I have several HUGE cd spindles. I currently have them all in individual baggies marked with the quilt top they go to, but I soo like this idea better! Thanks for being so creative Kim!
The 100 ct ones hold 4 bindings each. That was the first one I used and then quickly realized that I needed way more. The cost on purchasing and shipping empty 100ct spindles was too prohibitive for me living in Hawaii.
This is a great idea…have to tell my family to save them!
I bought some here: http://store.on2tech.com/cdspca50cdsh.html – the shipping wasn’t horrible – $15 for flat rate priority in a large box. I bought 5. Probably about 3-5 more could have fit in the box. Plus these stack nicely and “lock”.
This is awesome! I love this idea!
Thank you Stephanie. I had to share it, since I hadn’t seen it anywhere before.
I was wondering about the request for empty CD holders you put out. This is such an inspired idea!
Hehehe Paula. Yea, after I thought about it (and found out it wasn’t too expensive to ship them here) I decided just to buy them.
Brilliant!
Thank you Andee!
That is an awesome way to store binding!!! Love, love, love it!
Thank you Deb!