Tool Time Tuesday..."Weight" Til You See This

Get It..."weight". As my husband would say, "you really crack yourself up don't you!" I had other titles too, like..."Let Me Lure You To the Table" or how about "There's Something Fishy Goin' On Here". I think you get it by now, I was in the fishing department.
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This little baggie is filled with fishing weights, 16 pieces for $4.50. Not that I'm a fisherman, but I assume the weights help sink the hook with the bait on it down to where the fish are. Well, not here at Sew Many Ways they don't.
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There is a disclaimer with this post...some weights contain Lead. If you read up on it, they are not harmful to fisherman unless they put them in their mouth. Ok... The weights in this post will just be hanging from tablecloths, but they do sell lead free weights!
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Aren't they cute and they come in different weights too
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For this Tool Time, you will need curtain rings with the clamps on the ends
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or the badge clip holders. They come by the bag in the office supply section.

Here's a side view.

You may also want to have some ribbon, cording, ric rac etc.

Now here's what I use them for. This is the season for eating outside. Don't you hate it when you have a pretty tablecloth on your outside table and the wind keeps blowing up the corners? Well, this is your answer. Just clamp the corners of the tablecloth with either the curtain ring or badge clips.

Slip the ribbon through the hole on the top of the fishing weight...

and then tie it to the ring.

Now here you have it. A perfectly weighted corner of your table cloth.

Too cute!!

You can also take the clamp off the curtain ring.

Just use pliers to open the hook.

Now you can just slip the fishing weight directly to the clamp.

Another cute one.

How about ric rac...

The possibilities are endless...

and if you are certifiably insane like me, there is one more possibility. (make sure they're lead free)

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I know...I'm nuts...but it is Tool Time after all.

Not only do these weights keep your table cloth from flipping up in the wind, they would work great clamped to the corners of your quilt when you're having a picnic or attach them to your sheet or blanket when you are on the beach. You may have to buy the heavier weights of those blankets.

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Have fun making your own, but hope you don't "weight" too long to buy these. Ok, I'll stop!

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Have a great Tuesday,

~Karen~