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Stepping it up for strips!
by Admin on Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:21 am
Karla Santoro of Stanley, NY, sent us this wonderful tip.
"My son, at age 15, added an antique business to his already thriving bike business. Before his interest bloomed, I had never stepped foot in an antique shop, but since he didn't have a license, I was his taxi for many weekends as we hopped from one antique sale to another searching for bargains. At one such fair, I saw several beautiful antique wooden ladders. In speaking with the seller, I learned the new reason for buying them was to hang quilts on. That got my interest! I didn't buy one that day, but my son found several in his wanderings and gave me my first one for a Mother's Day gift. At the time, I was making many quilts of an original design and needed many many strips handy. The ladder was the perfect answer. Just recently, my ladder ran out of room and I was piling strips on strips to add more from new projects. I panicked because my son, now a 20 year old college student, had sold most of his antiques to a dealer. My husband checked the barn and sure enough there was one there! It was perfect--it has even wider rungs than the first one. I called my son to see if it was okay to take and he happily gave the okay. I did have to put it in the tub for a scrubbing, but it came out beautifully clean. To protect the strips I drape a piece of muslin over each rung before hanging anything on it.
Note -- a girlfriend just had a very tall wooden ladder put in her home -- one that has a loft affect--and she hangs many little pieces on it. For her it's a decorative piece, rather than an organizer to keep a quilter sane."
"My son, at age 15, added an antique business to his already thriving bike business. Before his interest bloomed, I had never stepped foot in an antique shop, but since he didn't have a license, I was his taxi for many weekends as we hopped from one antique sale to another searching for bargains. At one such fair, I saw several beautiful antique wooden ladders. In speaking with the seller, I learned the new reason for buying them was to hang quilts on. That got my interest! I didn't buy one that day, but my son found several in his wanderings and gave me my first one for a Mother's Day gift. At the time, I was making many quilts of an original design and needed many many strips handy. The ladder was the perfect answer. Just recently, my ladder ran out of room and I was piling strips on strips to add more from new projects. I panicked because my son, now a 20 year old college student, had sold most of his antiques to a dealer. My husband checked the barn and sure enough there was one there! It was perfect--it has even wider rungs than the first one. I called my son to see if it was okay to take and he happily gave the okay. I did have to put it in the tub for a scrubbing, but it came out beautifully clean. To protect the strips I drape a piece of muslin over each rung before hanging anything on it.
Note -- a girlfriend just had a very tall wooden ladder put in her home -- one that has a loft affect--and she hangs many little pieces on it. For her it's a decorative piece, rather than an organizer to keep a quilter sane."