cashs_mom

I have a couple plastic boxes with little divided sections in them from Sears for needles and machine feet. I also use the little plastic baskets from Office Depot to hold thimbles, markers, seam rippers, gauges and all the little things that i use regularly and want to keep on my sewing table.

Edie

I keep my sewing machine attachments in large prescription bottles that I have labeled. Thank Heaven for 3M's hooks. I have those on my cabinet door (inside) and hang my scissors from that, and then I have a sweet wicker basket that my mother made several years ago and I keep my needle nose, my small rulers, my tape measure, my pencils, pens, markers, in that. I have a little shelf inside of my sewing table and I just plop that on the shelf when I am done and it is right where everything I need is. Needles, rotary cutter blades, treads, misc. stuff are in a plastic cabinet with drawers and I know where it all is. Nice drawer for keeping my tying thread. Little house, little space, works for me! Edie

teacherbailey

I have several plastic shoeboxes that I use for things like this.....I can see through them so stuff doesn't get lost. My pins stay in a ceramic cereal-size bowl and that bowl sits in the plastic box for safety. The rotary cutter and other stuff also fit in the one that I use for each project as I work.

abdconsultant

Frisby works for me.

cpower

I repurposed a tray!

cpower

[ATTACH=CONFIG]484462[/ATTACH]This is the other tray I repurposed!

Tartan

I have several empty diaper wipe containers close to my machines but not on the table as I find that too annoying. I have my thread snips on a retractable key string so I don't lose them. I have 3 containers....the one closest has the things I use all the time, the other 2 further away for things that I use occasionally.

FroggyinTexas

I just made a sewing caddy using an 8 by 11 plastic picture frame--acrylic that stands up by itself. Covered it with prequilted fabric for convenience sake, used some scraps to make two pockets, although most of my friends used three pockets. It holds scissors, rotary cutter, ripper, paint brush for cleaning, markers, screw driver, etc. Pins and needles have temporary homes in the quilted fabric. froggyintexas

tessagin

I have magnetic mechanics bowls at every machine and also at my computers. Get them at hardware stores. They hold pins and small screw drivers. Also have an actual tool/ sewing notions box.

tessagin

My sewing machine attachments are right near the machine they belong. Attachments for the 401 are in the top drawer of the desk cabinet it came in. The attachments for the other are in their designated area.