And just think last weekend everyone laughed when I saved the zipper bags from the new curtains. My thinking was they have room for a index card that I could put a pattern on, and then in the bag goes all the materials for that pattern. That would make packing for a show or class I'm teaching much easier.
Peggy B On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:46 PM, DonO <[email protected]> wrote: > Ashley, > I noticed on your photo that you like to hang your long material bags on a > rod, using the hole in the header card. I designed a small plastic stick-on > hook and gave it to a packaging outlet line here (U-Line), and now thay are > up to three versions, so I guess it's popular. It sticks to the header card > at the top and hangs from the hook portion, making the bags of material > removable from the rod without having to take all of the ones off between > the one you want and the end of the rod (as you must if using the holes). > > I did find that after a couple of years that the adhesive degraded and my > bags were falling off of the pegs (I use rods and pegs), leaving the plastic > hook hanging. I found that by stapling the adhesive portion to the header > card that this doesn't happen, and I can also store much heavier stuff now > in hanging bags. (A doubled-up hook holds quite a bit.) > > As I mentioned, this allows the easy use of peg-board rods to store bagged > material without having to take off all the bags in front to get to the one > in back. > > I also started using the zipper-pouches that drapes and linen and such come > in for material bags. By using a peg-board with cross rods extended out on > peg-rods, I can hang these using my hooks (some come with hooks- not > holes) and have easy access to bulk materials like deer, elk, foam, etc. > These contoured bags are thick- 1/2" to 2", so they don't crush your > materials while hanging. The 3-sided zipper (on some) makes accessing the > contents easy. > > If you want photos to show how I'm doing it, let me know. > > DonO > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* ashley strutt <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 12, 2009 2:13 PM > *Subject:* [VFB] my mess-finally > > Finally I get around to posting my 'mess'. Currently in the middle of tying > some Wulffs for a friend in Ireland but a few experiments as well. > > This is reasonably tidy for me. > > Ashley > > ------------------------------ > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.12.11/2089 - Release Date: 4/30/09 > 5:53 PM > > > > > -- Peggy Brenner --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
