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Thursday, January 6, 2011

The Best Ideas...

A spiral bound book will stay open and lie flat. Julie told me I could have a book spiral bound at Staples or Kinko's.I had bought an extra copy of Tonya's book to use in a classroom setting, and thought having it lie flat would be useful.So I brought it to Staples last night and they did it while I waited.

The cost? $2.99.

The best ideas can often be very inexpensive. This is a keeper!
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14 comments:

  1. AmyJanuary 6, 2011 at 12:48 AM

    wow, I might have to get all my books done!! thanks for sharing,Amy

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  2. TineJanuary 6, 2011 at 1:05 AM

    What a helpfun idea! I may do that to some of my books too!!

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  3. LizA.January 6, 2011 at 1:54 AM

    well doesn't this just make so much sense. I might just have to jump on this band wagon.

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  4. UnknownJanuary 6, 2011 at 6:46 AM

    Don't you just love this idea!!

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2011 at 7:44 AM

    I really like having a book lie flat, especially quilt books and cookbooks. The problem is I also want to be able to read the spine title when the book is standing on my bookshelf. Which is why I really like Krause publications; they're spiral bound within a hard casing. They lie flat and you can read the spine. Perfect. Wish all the quiltbook publishers would do the same.

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  6. Tonya RicucciJanuary 6, 2011 at 8:25 AM

    ooh, clever. will have to do the same.

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  7. Robin K.January 6, 2011 at 12:07 PM

    I did the same thing with my really thick textbooks in college. One of my professors suggested it to me.

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  8. QuiltdivajulieJanuary 6, 2011 at 5:33 PM

    I finally got my extra copy coil-bound at Office Depot today (they offer a choice of coil colors - red, black, navy, white ... I chose RED).

    $2.79 with tax ... WOW!

    Happy to share the idea that someone else had shared with me!

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  9. SheilaJanuary 6, 2011 at 7:05 PM

    Thanks for sharing! You and Millie have a great New Years.

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  10. DeborahJanuary 6, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    I am so going to do that! I think I'll do that with my teacher books at school too. Brilliant!
    Thanks!

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  11. JoyceJanuary 8, 2011 at 4:24 PM

    Love this idea. I've been doing it with any book that I might want to make more than one quilt from. So nice to have it lay flat!

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  12. BethanyJanuary 10, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    That is a great idea! Thanks for sharing it!

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  13. Quilter KathyJanuary 11, 2011 at 11:20 PM

    That's a great idea. I went to a Print Three at a mall by me, and they wouldn't do it. I'll have to look for somewhere else.

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  14. KimJanuary 12, 2011 at 12:19 PM

    Did you lose any of the print in the process? I thought of this as I was putting a heavy weight on the pages while I sewed :0)....I just don't want to lose any script :0)

    Happy sewing

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