I like the shoe bag thingy. Same fabric I used to make my daughter a Big Board and sewing machine cover. As far as my storing, I use those plastic drawer thingy from Walmart..I have 4 stacked 2 high and side by side for some of the bigger stuff. I also store other non sewing things in them. I use the plastic shoe boxes to store most of the little stuff like ribbon, trims, zippers, crafty stuff. I TRY to keep things pretty organized, but we all know what happens when we start something new and start looking through the stash !! I also made wood shelves in the closet to stack the plastic storage containers with fabric. I had them stacked 4 high on top of one another and the bottom containers got all smashed up from the weight. Look luck, it's a tough job !!