Lyn Heilman Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Very clever! What a great way to utilize your studio space- going up and saving the floor space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiltFaerie Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Linda, Where did you buy the shelving unit? The local stores might have a sudden run on them! Thank you in advance. Gail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Wow, what a great idea! I may have to make one and be a copycat:P:P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted June 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 thanks Kristina ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appr216 Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Love this idea. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 You've a great brain that brings up solutions like that. Job very well done. ritaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted June 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 I went online searching for shelving and found The Shelving Store..............www.shelvingstore.com . They shipped quickly. You can buy shelves in all sizes as a unit or you can buy the pieces seperately and build your own. I bought mine seperately, but could have just bought the 4 shelf unit. I thought I could get by with 3 shelves, but found I needed that bottom shelf for more stability. You put clips on the legs where you want your shelf , slide on a shelf and just keep going with the last shelf on the very top. Very easy to do. I did it by myself. Would have been easier to have an extra pair of hands to help with getting the first shelf on, but I managed. DH was gone and I didn't want to wait until he got home. It's a standing joke now, that it seems every time he goes off on a fishing trip, I have some project done when he gets home. For a while, I was painting rooms, changing things around..........now I am adding quilting toys. Any adjustable wire shelving will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njquiltergirl Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Hi. My hsband makes these for another rolled product. Maybe I can tempt him to make these for us! I showed him the photo and he asked: how heavy is the heaviest roll?? Does any one know?? This could be good... Lisa APQS Liberty Circle Lord New Jersey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted June 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 I think it would be safe to say the heaviest roll would weight 30# or less. I don't have any trouble lifting it.....more awkward than heavy. Maybe some sites that sell roll batting would give more information. I checked Batt Mart and found a couple - one weighed 12# and the other 30#............ The middle roll I have on is 100" wide, but rolled double, so the unit is only 50" wide. Most rolls over a certain width come rolled double any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollyrw Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 What a great solution! We have some wire shelving in our garage. I wonder if my DH would notice if I commandeered it? He would probably notice the pile of stuff that used to be on the shelves. Guess I'll have to go shopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njquiltergirl Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 OK, I just got the details on QD's heaviest rolled batt...let me get hubby to work designing something just for us...maybe even with a flip-down shelf for cutting the batting for each quilt. He has them also have flip down tables that hook on. He works for the metal wire shelving company...here in the USA. They make the really industrial strength stuff and lighter duty consumer stuff. He'll match the product to the weight/need. That's his job. Thanks Linda...those measurements helped! This is so cool. Stay tuned! Lisa APQS Liberty Circle Lord New Jersey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted June 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 OK..........so how heavy is the heaviest roll ? You've got me curious now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammi357 Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Those chrome shelving units are everywhere in my house! lol! sewing room, dh's hobby room, utility room, garage.... (yes, we have too much JUNK!) dh and I figured out that with two of the 6-shelf units from Costco, we can get 12' of storage area with four shelves in each 4' section. We space the units out 4' apart and stagger shelves over the space. One of my fav haunts is the mission bargain store, and I told the manager there about how to space the units, now he has them set that way all over the store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marycontrary Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Wow Sammi, what a great idea. We have those shelves in our garage and I thought I needed more. Never thought of spacing them out and putting shelves between them. Here in the midwest, Menards sells some really inexpensive shelves cut from laminate countertop remnants. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgene Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Linda, I think this idea takes the prize for the most clever and most ingenious one I've seen in awhile. Lisa, if you and your hubby work something out, let me know. I've GOT to find room in my studio for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy2018 Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Before I got my Milli I needed to organize a huge stash:o I went to Lowes and got several of these shelving units. Turns out they exactly fit 14 stacks of folded fabric on each shelf, ( like a fat quarter folded in half, half again, and then once lenghwise?) SO I was able to reduce several closets, chests, bins, and under bed storage to just a few wonderful, shiny, airy units. They are very friendly when I'm trying to find something. I really like your idea for the batting, will perhaps need "another!" Regarding weight, my husband said they were rated for enough pounds per shelf, even I couldn't overload them with fabric or books:P But watch out for your house's floors .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted June 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 I think I am safe with the weight on the floor. Mine is in the finished basement with cement floor under the carpet. I'm already thinking I might need more shelves though to store backing fabric and other things I don't need to store in my sewing room. It never ends.............Yeahhhhh :P:P:P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njquiltergirl Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Hi. My DH is getting a price. The heaviest weight batt is QD supreme and is about 36 puonds for a roll. Stability is important says my shelving expert. You must have a "shelf" for supporting the poles and stabilizing the whole thing on both the bottom and the top. I am seeing what he can do about a cutting surface of some type. the castors they have are very heavy duty and way too expensive for us. His shelves are available in chrome color and colors, but they get costly too. I told him to get the type to hold this weight in chrome color. I'll keep you posted. Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieG Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 I got my shelves at the Container Store and each shelf on the unit holds up to 300#. I keep my batting on one unit (I have 3) and just pull it off to take to the table for cutting. I like your idea! Very clever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iedquilts Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 What a great idea!! thanks for sharing. Irene in BC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattyC Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 How about this. I have two racks, so could I separate the two rack and hang my batting between the two racks by attaching the velcro to the racks. I could also add a couple of shelves. Is there a flaw to this idea? Pat in steamy GA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted June 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 Sounds like it would work to me ! You might need to lay a small board or ?? between the racts to have something to hook your velcro loops on. OR make your poles long enough to extend into the 2 racks far enough so you can loop the velcro over the wire selves. Make sense??? Also depends on what you have on the racks.......would there be enough weight to keep the racks from tipping in to each other from the weight of the batting hanging between them? Maybe fasten the racks to the wall ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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