Funny this question just came up 'cause I'm looking for my 24" long 6'" wide ruler. Any know where it might be?
I cleared off my ironing table and cutting table to prepare a quilt for quilting and somehow the ruler disappeared.
It will turn up somewhere!
The best organizer I have for pencils, pens, note pad, protractors, 1/4" rulers and seam rippers, etc. is a plastic make up holder. It has individual slots for lip sticks and eye liner, shadow and such. It holds all my pencil like tools and small note tablets, my chalk pounce machine screw drivers and that sort of stuff. after 12 - 13 years it still holds up.
The other great keeper of small things is a divided silverware holder. Scissors, cutters, sharpener, masking tape, calculator, all keep nicely in one spot.
I don't like to put stuff in drawers. I can never find anything in the one that is in my studio.
peace