I was so excited to start cleaning my sewing room this year! I imagined wild success in the form of a magazine-photo-shoot-ready studio within 10 days.
Well....
I mentioned last week that I was dealing with my "under the cutting table" scrap problem. I thought a three-bin laundry sorter would be the perfect solution. I measured my cutting table and checked the size of the laundry sorter. I assembled it and added the scraps to the appropriate bins:
and then...
It didn't fit under the table.
I forgot to take into account the support bars under my cutting table.
So, my laundry sorter fits perfectly NEXT to my cutting table.
I could shove it under the table, but it would stick out the front about 4-6 inches. So... no. But I think I might actually like it better this way. I can throw the scraps into the bin without rolling the cart out from under the table each time I have a scrap. Hurray for plan B!!!
Now, I wonder what I'll store in that big empty space?
The next area I want to tackle in my sewing room is the top of this cutting table. The underneath looks ok (for now), but the top is a disaster area. I have a few ideas about how to make it a more productive work space.
Stay tuned!
Well....
I mentioned last week that I was dealing with my "under the cutting table" scrap problem. I thought a three-bin laundry sorter would be the perfect solution. I measured my cutting table and checked the size of the laundry sorter. I assembled it and added the scraps to the appropriate bins:
and then...
It didn't fit under the table.
I forgot to take into account the support bars under my cutting table.
So, my laundry sorter fits perfectly NEXT to my cutting table.
I could shove it under the table, but it would stick out the front about 4-6 inches. So... no. But I think I might actually like it better this way. I can throw the scraps into the bin without rolling the cart out from under the table each time I have a scrap. Hurray for plan B!!!
Now, I wonder what I'll store in that big empty space?
The next area I want to tackle in my sewing room is the top of this cutting table. The underneath looks ok (for now), but the top is a disaster area. I have a few ideas about how to make it a more productive work space.
Stay tuned!
5 comments:
This is a brilliant plan, even if it doesn't fit under the table. *running off to measure under my table*
At least you made it work, and if it was under the table you would have to pull it out every time you wanted to add to or take from it.
I feel so affirmed! We are on the same journey, just different beginnings. I am not as clever as you. I just have an old pillowcase open over a plastic waste basket near my machine, and another one near my cutting spot. I dump my scraps into them, and then, when they are full I stitch them up and take them to the humane society.
....and, I loved your note. Thx......
so how are they sorted?
I hope you don't have cats. I KNOW my 2 kittens would think I'd given them a wonderful new place to both sleep & play! I do have something much like your's --two sliding canvas drawers under a small ironing board on wheels. It works perfectly for scraps.
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