Sharon, I have a system that works very good for me. I use envelope boxes but shoe boxes works well too. I have a picture of the quilt I want to work on the front of the box, Inside is the pattern, any templates I need, all the fabric cut or otherwise, and if I get interrupted and have to put it aside everything is still in the box ready to go again. I have several projects going all the time so each box on the shelf shows me which is which. If the quilt top is finished ready to quilt I put a sticker on the box. That tells me that the backing is there also. Hope this helps. Elenore