I have a nifty gadget called an Accuquilt Go! Baby fabric cutter. It's a little machine that lets you cut fabric quick and easy with the use of a rolling device and cutting dies. If you're into sewing at all, I'm sure you've heard of these things before. I was a skeptic at first because I thought they would waste a lot of material, but if you use it properly, it really doesn't. And yes, it does save a lot of time cutting fabric!
However, it takes up a lot of space in my already tiny crafting room. The dies can be pretty large, despite the fact that I have the the smallest cutting machine they make. I usually had them laying on cabinets or on my ironing board, but I had to keep moving them out of the way when I needed to use that space.
Finally, I came up with a pretty simple and elegant solution. I suddenly had an extra magazine holder, and thought, hey, why not just pop them in there for the time being? Well, that worked so well that it's become their permanant home!
As you can see, it's getting pretty full, so I'll have to get another magazine holder soon (actually, I made that one from an old box!), but I really like this solution so I'm going to keep using it. It takes up less space than other holders that I've seen, and it keeps them safely out of the way. I also store some of my fabric cutting rulers in that same magazine holder when I want them out of the way, too.
I hope that little tidbit gets you to think about magazine holders a little differently! Have you ever used them for anything other than magazines? I'd love to hear your ideas.
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