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Do you know those non-slip self liner rolls they sell at dollar stores? Have you ever thought about how they might make your life as a sewist easier? Prepare to have your mind BLOWN! My name is Ann Strecko Koeman from Ann Makes, and I am going to share twelve ways in which I’ve learned to use this one product to my advantage while working on a project! There are even a few extra ideas in there that will help you organize your everyday life.
1. Try laying a piece of non-slip shelf liner on the floor where the foot pedal of your sewing machine sits to keep that pedal from sliding away from you. I work on a laminate wood floor in my room, and that pedal tended to wander away from my foot during a sewing marathon. Personally, that annoyed me, but not anymore!
2. Use them as they were intended, and line the shelves and drawers in your craft room to keep your roly-poly supplies in order.
3. Sew some of this shelf liner onto the soles of your handmade slippers to keep your loved ones from slipping and wiping out on your hard surface floors in your home.
4. Cut them into fancy or simple shapes by hand or have fun with one of those die cutting machines and use them as appliqués on your sewing projects and the children’s clothes.
5. Open pesky tubes of fabric adhesive and stubborn jars of buttons with a piece of this self gripping tool.
6. Cut a small piece of this liner into a circle (or square) and create a great way to grab that stubborn sewing needle that just won’t come out the other side of thick or sticky fabric and restore your faith in the sewing gods.
7. Get a hold on those slippery fabrics when you are sewing with your machine. Cut some pieces to keep under your hands as you guide the fabric along the sewing machine bed. Or lay a piece on the work space around the sewing machine to catch and keep your fabric from falling off and onto the floor.
8. Lay a piece down on your work surface and keep your tools from rolling away from you as you work.
9. If you store your fabric on hangers, use these grippy liners to keep it in place. Just cut a piece wide enough to fit over the hanger bar and place your fabric over it.
10. Use the gripping liner as texture fabric in making toys for babies and children with special sensory needs.
11. I have already mentioned using the shelf liner as its name says, but have you ever noticed the little holes or gaps? If you lay a piece of this stuff on a shelf letting it overhang slightly on the front it makes a great place to hang earrings and anything that has a wire or is lightweight.
12. Create some no-sew projects, like the coaster in the photo below!
Which of these ideas excited you the most? Let us know, and then check out my blog!
Ann Strecko Koeman
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#1….will definitely be getting some to keep my foot pedal from creeping away
I agree! #1 is the best tip! Don’t know why I didn’t think of it! lol
that’s a good idea for the pedal and hangers. there will be two problems solved when I buy those shelving mats.
7, I really struggle with slippery fabrics!
#9 works for me!
I have put a piece of this under my Overlocker (Serger) to stop it it moving while I am using it. Have also put some under mats on my tiled floor and under cushions on my timber dining chairs. There are a couple of smaller pieces in the kitchen draw for opening bottles.
GOING to have to invest in a roll of this!
If you have a puppy or a small breed dog use in the sink during a bath so they do not slip and get hurt. Larger piece can be used in the bath tub for a dog bath.
What a great idea!
I have used some of these ideas. Also thought about using some as soles and sides (about 1/2 inch) for some warm winter anklr high slippers I want make. Had pair, but wore them out, cannot find in store.
I use little squares for machine quilting. I like that method better than the quilting gloves, rubber fingers, or the gripper hoops designed for quilting. The small pieces are so perfect and if i misplace then I can easily cut a couple more for my next machine quilting project.
I used a piece under my sewing machine, at home and in the camper, kerps it from wandering around the table
On #7, could you sew a glove or mit out of the liner and wear it to help guide fabric through the machine?
My thoughts exactly!
#9 sounds like what I’m needing to keep homemade aprons from slipping off of the hangers when they are being displayed at craft shows. Thanks for the tips.
Yes under that foot pedal !! Always slipping away.
I like #3.. Who would have thought. Great Idea
I like #4 for texture on cards .
#’s 1 & 9 are great ideas. I wonder if using contact cement permanently to fuse this would be even better. I have placed it underneath small rugs to keep them from slipping. Works good for that ,too.
Ha! #1 is exactly what I use my shelf liner for. Had a roll in a drawer for years and never bothered to put it on my shelves. Got my very first very own sewing machine a year ago, and the first thing I had to do was find a way to keep the *&^% foot pedal under my foot. Was going to buy one of those non-skid jelly pad things that go in your car to corral your cell phone, when I remembered the long-neglected shelf liner. (The non-skid jelly pad cell phone thing would have worked just as well if that had been what was on-hand!)
great ideas specially the one for your foot pedal
After sewing (and chasing that foot pedal) for 35 years had a piece of that shelf liner in a drawer and dug it out and put a piece under the pedal, – why didn’t I do it sooner, And the rest of the ideas are keepers also…………………………..
I am impress with all the ideas. I wish I had thought of them. Great Ideas!!!
#1 is a great idea, and on the So, Sew Easy website Mayra and Deby have a non-slip machine pedal pad made from this liner, but definitely much nicer looking. They give a tutorial, and no pattern needed.
#1 is my favorite! Only I cut out a shape to fit the bottom of my pedal & used a low temp glue gun to affix the non sling to the pedal. I sew in many rooms in my house & never have to play “catch the pedal!”
Like your ideas especially the foot pedal all simple ideas but never taught of it Thanks
Where can I get the purple liner
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