I was completing a project & wouldn't you know it was after midnight, nothing was open! I was never going to get it done before they arrived @ 10 am that morning! What to do....... what to do......? You see I needed more stabilizer I knew it wouldn't work without it sew in the end I used a couple of coffee fitlers stuck together! IT WORKED! I have also been stuck without the correct stabilizer & I used "USED" dryer sheets & really if you think about it why wouldn't they work? They do in a pinch! But not all in a pinch stories work well... read on.. I had to try to piece a bunch of small bits of batting together & I used our home sealer & boy did it smell! whew! that was bad & not something I would ever do again or reccommend!

Not sure this is what you mean...but .....
I was making a Halloween costume for my DGD who lived in another state...I knew what size to make for her, but didn't know how long to make the angel dress. Told my DD to measure her from her neck down to her ankle. DD didn't have a tape measure (????? MY DD???) we thought about what we each had in our houses that would be standard that she could use. An egg carton! Yes DGD was 2.5 egg cartons long! It worked, the dress was exactly the right length when I sent it.

My most recent "didn't have" was green craft paint. needed some for a St Patricks's day project. What to do? Go to Walmart at midnight for 1 bottle of paint or use something else. Grabbed my green fabric,mod podge and covered my frame. It was much prettier than paint.
Bev

I wonder why we never run out of something during store hours.

I know I shouldn't do this but I just have to...Ran out of TP...Had to use Sears Roebuck Catalog
....LOL....Sorry Hope I don't offend anyone...