I use wide-mouth canning jars and color organize my thread spools in them; have an antique muffin pan next to the machine to catch extra bobbins, leaders/enders, etc; baggies for small pieces; large ziplocks for entire projects, plastic ice cream tubs for pieced block units; a wood pop bottle case on end for stashing glue sticks, masking tape; machine oil, etc, a tin Russell Stover box for extra blade packages and the containers of used blades; mugs (one with fabric organizer) for pens, stiletto, rippers, etc;wire file racks for Accuquilt dies