Organization ideas?
05-23-2011, 09:46 AM
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Thank you everyone for your ideas!
Candi, great to "see" you again. All is well, but hectic here.
My closet is pretty small. I rent the apartment, so I can't put in shelving. I might try and find some narrow drawers I can put in my closet, towards the back. It's deeper than it is wide. The doorway itself is pretty small. There's no hooks or bars to hang anything in. I have a very small, kid's bookcase in there that holds my tools and accessories on the top shelf and my little color bins on the bottom shelf.
When I get home today, I'll measure the door opening, though I know it's small, and measure how deep it is. I'll look and see how much those little plastic pull out drawers are. All of these are good ideas.
I did try the search feature first. Most people have these big nice sewing rooms to organize. I only have a closet and it has to fit all my stuff plus both my sewing machines, now that I have 2.
I'll try to post pics when I'm done. If you can imagine the big box a microwave comes in, that's what I have all my stuff stuffed in at the moment. I have to figure out a way to set it up so I can see what I have.
Candi, great to "see" you again. All is well, but hectic here.
My closet is pretty small. I rent the apartment, so I can't put in shelving. I might try and find some narrow drawers I can put in my closet, towards the back. It's deeper than it is wide. The doorway itself is pretty small. There's no hooks or bars to hang anything in. I have a very small, kid's bookcase in there that holds my tools and accessories on the top shelf and my little color bins on the bottom shelf.
When I get home today, I'll measure the door opening, though I know it's small, and measure how deep it is. I'll look and see how much those little plastic pull out drawers are. All of these are good ideas.
I did try the search feature first. Most people have these big nice sewing rooms to organize. I only have a closet and it has to fit all my stuff plus both my sewing machines, now that I have 2.
I'll try to post pics when I'm done. If you can imagine the big box a microwave comes in, that's what I have all my stuff stuffed in at the moment. I have to figure out a way to set it up so I can see what I have.
05-23-2011, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by debp33
My stuff is in a closet. I used shoe organizers and on the bottom is a bookcase on its side.
05-24-2011, 04:39 AM
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Originally Posted by luvTooQuilt
This is how my room is organized..
These are in tubs no matter what size they are:
Holiday- each holiday (xmas, 4th, halloweenie, easter, etc) have its own tub
Flannel
Vintage fabric (35in xWOF)- all goes in one tub
Authentic 30's feedsacks
All my Bolts (3+yards) are on the bookcase and in walk in closet.
All my 1-2 yards cuts are ruler folded, then separated by color on bookcases
Batiks are in a sterilite three drawer unitl seperated by light med dark..
Fqs are separated by color, floral, novelty in it's own sections on wall cd racks, closet maid shoe organizers.. Each area has its own 'theme' so i can find what I'm looking for.
My scraps are in specific see- thru bins, tubs and drawers depending on size..
Each Accuquilt Die cut shapes have a sterilite drawer all of its own
strips less than10 inches but longer than 5 inches of has a a sterilite drawer all of its own
Strips longer than 10 inches but less than WOF has a sterilite drawer all of its own
2 inch strips are hanging on the back of the door
1.5 x wof has a sterilite drawer all of its own
2.5 x WOF strips has a a sterilite drawer all of its own
3x WOF strips have a sterilite drawer all of its own
5x WOF strips have a sterilite drawer all of its own
all other strips x WOF are separated by colors and has a sterilite drawer all of its own
Crumbs have a sterilite drawer all of its own
Scraps less than a fq but larger than 6x6 has a sterilite drawer all of its own- these are waiting to be cut with my Accuquilt
2 in sq have a sterilite drawer all of its own
3 in sq have a sterilite drawer all of its own
4 in sq have a sterilite drawer all of its own
5 in sq have a sterilite drawer all of its own
And that's how my room is organized..
I followed Bonnies method.. www.quiltville.com.
These are in tubs no matter what size they are:
Holiday- each holiday (xmas, 4th, halloweenie, easter, etc) have its own tub
Flannel
Vintage fabric (35in xWOF)- all goes in one tub
Authentic 30's feedsacks
All my Bolts (3+yards) are on the bookcase and in walk in closet.
All my 1-2 yards cuts are ruler folded, then separated by color on bookcases
Batiks are in a sterilite three drawer unitl seperated by light med dark..
Fqs are separated by color, floral, novelty in it's own sections on wall cd racks, closet maid shoe organizers.. Each area has its own 'theme' so i can find what I'm looking for.
My scraps are in specific see- thru bins, tubs and drawers depending on size..
Each Accuquilt Die cut shapes have a sterilite drawer all of its own
strips less than10 inches but longer than 5 inches of has a a sterilite drawer all of its own
Strips longer than 10 inches but less than WOF has a sterilite drawer all of its own
2 inch strips are hanging on the back of the door
1.5 x wof has a sterilite drawer all of its own
2.5 x WOF strips has a a sterilite drawer all of its own
3x WOF strips have a sterilite drawer all of its own
5x WOF strips have a sterilite drawer all of its own
all other strips x WOF are separated by colors and has a sterilite drawer all of its own
Crumbs have a sterilite drawer all of its own
Scraps less than a fq but larger than 6x6 has a sterilite drawer all of its own- these are waiting to be cut with my Accuquilt
2 in sq have a sterilite drawer all of its own
3 in sq have a sterilite drawer all of its own
4 in sq have a sterilite drawer all of its own
5 in sq have a sterilite drawer all of its own
And that's how my room is organized..
I followed Bonnies method.. www.quiltville.com.
05-24-2011, 07:02 PM
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OH crud. I just had another thought. I bought some clear tubs to put all my fabric in a couple weeks ago - I turned them on their sides and stacked the fabric in so when I open it I am looking at a neat pile of folds. I use something that looks kind of like the shoe organizer for the kids toys. it has 9 cubes in it - and I have a handful of cloth baskets that fit in them. One of those would fit under the table I use as a cutting table.... but just how much fabric would fit in it??
05-25-2011, 08:14 AM
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I can't put my current tubs sideways as all the little scraps would come out.
I wonder about turning other tubs on their side and putting yardage in. My little bookcase isn't deep enough to put yardage in, but it's great for holding my smaller sewing box, my bottles of everything from starch to 501, my basket of tools like blades, cutters, small rulers, pens etc. I even have my tubs of scraps in it. It is now FULL!
So, now I'll be getting out my tape measure and figuring out what else I can get in there!
Thanks everyone!
I wonder about turning other tubs on their side and putting yardage in. My little bookcase isn't deep enough to put yardage in, but it's great for holding my smaller sewing box, my bottles of everything from starch to 501, my basket of tools like blades, cutters, small rulers, pens etc. I even have my tubs of scraps in it. It is now FULL!
So, now I'll be getting out my tape measure and figuring out what else I can get in there!
Thanks everyone!
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