I have a hanging purse bag over the front of the door to my sewing room and I have lots of fabric in it. Pretty large pieces, too. I'm in the process of transitioning to wrapped on comic book boards, but the purse holder worked for about 10 years and I may still use it for something else.
I have a set of plastic drawers next to my sewing desk a little lower. On top of that is the small ironing board so I can turn from one to the other and press without getting up.
I use a picnic holder for keeping scissors, rotary cutters, skewrs, oilers, all kinds of things in where the silverware and napkins would go.