I have a small 3 -drawer plastic storage container where I put my threads, and I love the Hefty 2 1/2 gallon storage bags. I've been trying to get more organized (hopefully) and tired of going to start a project only to find I don't have the magazine, pattern, fabric, whatever. Now when I find a pattern/quilt I want to make, I put the magazine/pattern in the zip lock bag along with the fabrics to make the quilt, so it's all in one place. I think it will make my life a whole lot easier, as yesterday I was going through old quilt magazines and found a pattern for a wall hanging I've been looking for, it's going to go into a zip lock bag or at least into the plastic box where I have magazines for Christmas projects. It's amazing what "quilting supplies" you can find when you step outside the box and outside the fabric dept.