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DESIGN AND EMBELLISHMENT TIP
Mini Design Boards

I work with tiny, portable design boards made with sticky rectangles pulled from an adhesive lint roller. I apply, remove, and reapply little snips of fabrics, trims, and yarns until I find a pleasing combination. The adhesive holds everything together, so there's no risk of forgetting my perfect combination.



To take my mini design board with me on shopping trips, I stick it face down on the shiny cover of my notebook or to a plastic bag -- there's always enough adhesive showing for it to hold. Now I don't have little unrelated snips of fabric floating around and getting lost.

-- Judith Neukam


Adapted from Tips department, Threads magazine, August/September 2005 (#120), p. 12.

© 2005 The Taunton Press, Inc.





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