quiltymama

Hi all! What are your favorite quilting and quilt-organizing tools? Most of my favorites are tools that help me quilt better. I love a quilt wall I made with with insulation and batting. I also love my big board and wool pad (both splurges) that make my pressing of seams and quilts better (I’m terrible with an iron and need all the help I am get). Would love to hear yours!

rryder

My design wall is one of my favorite tools. I made it out of two sheets of insulation so it’s 8’ square.

For organizing fabric-plastic drawer units from Target to hold fabric- deep ones hold yardage wrapped on comic boards cut to fit in the drawers so I can see at a glance what’s in each; shallow ones hold scraps sorted by color and cut into sizes I use most.

Rhonda K

I use the the small plastic boxes with dividers to store needle packages. Easy to sort by brand, type, and size. Another plastic box holds sewing feet. Plastic fridge bins are the perfect size to store fat quarters. Mine are 16 inches long and fit right on the closet shelves.

Double -sided fishing tackle box holds the sewing notions by my machine. It's easy to pack up for sewing class.

I search out containers for their specific size according to storage needs. Buy multiples so they can be stacked. Remember to label contents in order to easily locate the items later.

Organizing can be fun!

Jingle

My favorite thing is two big closets with wire shelves. One holds most of my yardage folded with a 6" ruler. The other holds a small collection of Christmas fabrics and small rolls of batting. I can easily see what I have.

linmid

Good question. A wealth of information. Thanks everyone.

illinois

Just this past week I used the piece of 1/2 round wooden dowel to press seams open. This can be purchased at any of the stores such as Home Depot in about any length you'd desire. The dowel lets the fabric drape enough that it's a lot easier to open those 1/4" seams to press them.

sewvicki

My Wahl Mustache Trimmer is my top favorite. It makes a fantastic and super fast seam ripper. Unfortunately, I use it much too often. My design wall is right up there on my favs list too. It has been so wonderful to have.

SusieQOH

Right off the top of my head:

Wonder clips
Machinger's gloves for FMQ
Matilda round rotating cutting mat
Comic book cardboards for folding fabrics

I'm not to good in the organizing department so I'm interested in what others do.

EmiliasNana

Clear plastic storage containers, with labels inserted in the inside front, so I can see my projects at a glance . Some hold many LOL They also hold my jelly rolls and layer cakes.
Clear ribbon boxes, without the insert, hold my FQs by color
Pegboard to hold rulers, glue, transfer paper, label paper, thread and fabric swatches by Kona & Superior, little boxes that hold needles, extra bobbins etc.
Command hooks and baskets that hold scissors, rotary cutters, sewing machine oil, 505, FMQ rulers
Comic boards to fold fabric

osewme

I use a wooden chopstick (the pointy end) for poking out corners and the square end for "finger pressing".
I also like the cheap metal hair clips better than the wonder clips for holding down binding, etc.

These are just two of my favorite things.