I love super satchels by art bin for my projects and threads. I store everything for one project in a super satchel, label it, put it on the shelf in my sewing closet, and then I can just pull it out of the stack when i am ready to work on it.
Same with threads.
Art bin also makes larger (Taller) bins and I use them for fats, but also for nail polish and make up! I just love them! You can also use them for scrap booking and anything else you want to store (used them for my dad's coins, baseball cards, etc too).
In the shop we use curtain rods with shower curtain hooks to hang patterns alphabetically. While i don't have that at home, it sure is a neat system and it makes it super easy to find all your pats when you need them.
If I have any plastic templates for a pattern, I just hang them in the pattern envelope right with the pattern.
All my quilting templates are hung on hangers in the closet in my sewing room.
You can use the separators with the satchels to separate blocks and their templates, or projects, whatever you want.
the thing I love about the thread satchels is that the threads don't gather any dust when you are not using them.
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