i'm slowly getting things in order in my little 'quilting closet'. still missing a few labels, but the newest addition is the shoe storage for my fat quarters. i think it's going to work out ok (i think i saw the idea here on the board?). a little 'front heavy' but as i add to my stash, i'll push some to the back. still moving around colors, though. the third picture is my 'projects waiting to be started' collection (not including purchased patterns and the two that are on the dining room table to be started today. yuck, i hate pre-washing fabric)

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...01/closet1.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...01/closet2.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...01/closet3.jpg

Well, I for one, am so very proud of you!! :D

thanks barnbum :oops:

Nice job, Martha (Stewart)! LOL! It looks very organized and neat. You will have no trouble finding the perfect fabric for your next project.

yes, that was a $7 jobbie at the local discount store. it's 6" wide and 10" deep (i think). i think they are a little cheaper at IKEA, but they're not clear and that's an hour drive for me.

You've done sooo well, How about coming to my house tomorrow?

the sad thing is, i enjoy organizing it as much as working with it! :oops:

Oh that's not sad!! That's just your left brain coming through. :D

I get as much joy out of playing with the organization part as I do the sewing together part. Sort of like giving your right brain a rest before you start the next project. My daughter had a grand time organizing her yarn the other day. :wink:

when you get through PLEASE come to my house my cousin is ridding my back about my sewing room she does nothing i have a lot of animals i have about 30 goats a few chickens, and 2 cats and 3 dogs 2 in the house they are little dauschaunds and very loud and i try to quilt and do some cross-stich i love your organization thanks dorothy from tenn

Gotta ask - are any of them the famous Tennrssee fainting goats?

no i dont have any of the fainting goats i have 2 milk goats and boar goats and a few of bush goats . i blame my husband for the goats i had a thicket down from my home place and i asked what it would cost to get it cleaned up and he told me it would be cheaper to get a goat and a friend of mine had goats and i got a pair and we bought more and they multiplied and they are all pets i will not sell them to anyone that tells me they are going to kill them i have sold them at a sale as long as i dont know i am ok i want a pigmy goat they are very small thanks dorothy from tenn

Moonpi
What is a (Fainting Goat)? I've never heard of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we9_CdNPuJg
YouTube - Fainting Goats

wonderful job on the organizing

I am in awe!!! I have so much stuff--not "junk"--as it has been called, that I can't sew in the room any more. I sew (and mess up) the living room. I really don't like my disorganization but the idea of straightening up is overwhelming!! Congrats you did a great job. I think you inspired me a little!! Virginia

I need a left half of a brain! (come to think of it, the right side is feeling pretty hollow too!) :lol:

I recently took over a bedroom and made it a quilting room. I built a shelf in the closet. added 3 rolling plastic carts and took the bifold door off and added a curtain. Also had the lightswitch moved. Now when I go wild buying fabric, I can put it in the drawer or bin with similar colored material, or theme, or type of material. I have a flannel bin ( includes baby flannel), an outdoor bin, a landscape bin, finished quilt top bin, a denim bin, and daughter-in-law bins. (We share the room and I didn't want to mix her projects with mine). I used an office supply paper organizer for books and patterns. I have 2 ringbinders with sheetprotecters to organize the patterns I print off the internet. Now all I have to do is quit working so I can spend all my time in my quilt den.

Oh brother. :roll:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Get working on your barn quilt--that ought to balance you right out! :D

That is just too funny!
I think if I had seen them, not knowing what they were, I'd cry that they died or somthing.

Come do mine???

When I was a kid, we lived in the country. My friends all thought it was hysterical that my dad would put the goats in the yard when the grass got too tall. Quite often, the little ones would come right in the house with my brother and me. We thought it was funny, Mom not so much :) !

My area is small too, but I am in a sun porch with all windows, so hardly any storage. But at least I have a place to sew now. Can at least see the ocean a little! Your room closet is wonderful.

Wow, you are doing a great job on organizing! I will send you my address in a PM and you can come here next! :lol:

You did a great job organizing!

How much would you charge to come organize my 2 sewing rooms? :lol:
I'll prewash your fabric while you organize. :lol: :lol: :lol:

geez - that was back in january! forgot how nice it looked! you wouldn't recognize it now! guess i better get back at it!

i do have lots of fabric that needs prewashed! hint hint . . . :D

dang, girlfriend! two sewing rooms? let's see . . . Virginia is 'home' . . . the weather is very nice these days . . .

thinking . . . thinking . . . thinking . . .

OO I really like the shoe holder thing as an organizer. Now if only I had a closet in my craft area..... :(