My friend the magnet

We’ve all seen this awesome idea to add magnets to the underside of a pin dish…well, it works great for me too. 

 

I also use magnets in other ways for sewing... I put a couple of them in the lid of my take-along Klosje project tin.  They keep my thread bobbin, needles and scissors nice and neat. 

 

 

There’s a little magnet under this yellow pocket of fabric that I stitched to the inside wall of my applique bag.  I never have to fumble around for my scissors and risk getting poked because I know right where they are.  And its so easy to put them back into place.

 

 

Another tin with a magnet for my applique bag.  Where it’s metal, I don’t even have to glue it down. 

 

This yellow plastic flower sticks to the lamp post by my work table thanks to a magnet I glued on the back.  I use it as a handy place to rest spare needles. 

 

And I’m thinking a button would work too…how cute would these be!