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    #16
    Dogs are just as bad. We had a Siberian Husky who "blew" his coat at least once a year. Giant fistfuls of downy hair went everyhere. It floated on the air and rubbed off on the furniture, the drapes, and the carpets...Oh my! If we banished him outside, the shrubs were full of it as it blew in the air and caught on the branches. The doberman's little short black hairs were like little pins that stuck into the carpets ans furniture and me! But they're both gone now and I still miss them


    Looking out the window at Lake Leman in beautiful Switzerland

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      #17
      I have a CLEAN toilet brush. It works great picking up threads from the floor around the longarm.
      eileenkny 8)

      from the beautiful Hudson Valley of NY
      Gammill Classic Plus w/IQ

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        #18
        A much better activity than using it for its original purpose! LOL

        from the beautiful Hudson Valley of NY
        Gammill Classic Plus w/IQ

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          #19
          What a terrific idea. I'm going to get a cheapy when I shop next.

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            #20
            To pick up threads under and around my sewing machine I use a small long handle bristle brush. There are times I have thought about buying a toilet brush as with the extra long handle it would reach everywhere. The rollers are good but can go through those pretty fast.
            PattyS
            East TN

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              #21
              I have found this product useful for picking up threads and it also works well for "erasing" chalk marks on a quilt.

              http://www.uquilt.com/Toys_detail.as...D=Toys-CotPick


              It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
              That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived !

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                #22
                I keep scraps of batting and use them as dust cloths around my sewing room, quick, easy, cheap. I also cut them into rectangles to fit my Swiffer for those areas where I'd have to bend or reach. As Kaffe Fassett says, "It works a treat."


                It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
                That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived !

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                  #23
                  Yesterday I made tiny , well 2" square half square triangles and got a whole lot of them wrong. So I had to unpick them - truly my least favourite job. After it was done I had to get all the little threads out. So I carefully placed a longish piece of masking tape sticky side up on my table and taped it down at the ends and went to work, pressing the pieces down along the tape to remove the threads. Before I have wound masking tape around my hand sticky side out but that works best for big pieces. This is good for folks who live in countries where lint rollers are unavailable or prohibitively expensive.

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                    #24
                    Yes, I have used masking tape too. Good info for those newbies.

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                      #25
                      I sometimes use freezer paper to clean up. It's very efficient on the ironing board also. I don't know if you have access to that but think it should be among the advice for newbies

                      living in Central Denmark
                      Charlie Brown: The secret is to look fantastic at a distance

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                        #26
                        I seem to remember Ricky Tims cleaning up his design wall by ironing freezer paper on it. We get freezer paper here sometimes and I have a stash! Do you get threads on the ironing board or does it actually clean the ironing board - I don't get it?!

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                          #27
                          Yes Margarita, little threads that come off the blocks while being pressed.

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