Keepin it Klean and Komfortable
08-05-2010, 03:18 PM
#71
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: N E Pennsylvania
Posts: 208
Whoo...now I think I need to get started cleaning my sewing room, which is a very small area of a bedroom. I am not too organized but am trying. One of the item I found works for me is those "under the bed shoe storage cases" "as seen on TV" they have a clear zipper top and 12 divided spaces. When its full, its easy to slide out from under the bed and clearly views your fabric choices. Needles to say they are under all the beds at my house and even one is full of shoes.
My question....What exactly is thread catcher? Is it just a container to toss scraps and thead in as your sewing or is it a particular item?
My question....What exactly is thread catcher? Is it just a container to toss scraps and thead in as your sewing or is it a particular item?
08-05-2010, 03:35 PM
#72
Super Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Missouri
Posts: 3,255
I fold all small leftover pieces inside the larger piece of same
fabric to keep for another project.
To store my fabric, I have purchased tall storage cabinets (at auctions & garage sales) with shelves & doors. Fabric is folded and stored on the shelves sorted by color. (Christmas fabric goes together, 30's fabrics together etc.) Cabinet doors open to have a good view of what is inside. These cabinets don't take up a lot of room, are inexpensive & no lifting of totes!
Each unfinished projects go into its own container.
fabric to keep for another project.
To store my fabric, I have purchased tall storage cabinets (at auctions & garage sales) with shelves & doors. Fabric is folded and stored on the shelves sorted by color. (Christmas fabric goes together, 30's fabrics together etc.) Cabinet doors open to have a good view of what is inside. These cabinets don't take up a lot of room, are inexpensive & no lifting of totes!
Each unfinished projects go into its own container.
08-05-2010, 03:39 PM
#73
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: MN
Posts: 448
wow!!!
Originally Posted by Helen Bankert
I have my fabric on open shelves on the wall in a area out of the sun. My thread is on a rack that my husband make for me. Holds 215 spools. These are the left of my sewing machine. On the right I have my embroidery machine and the thread are on the wall behind it.
To the left of the sewing machine I have my lap top, 3 drawer cabinet (like what the store have handembroidery threads in) with the printer on top of the cabinet. I store my small block rulers,squares and triangles etc. and my note book with web site resoures, fabric on line and other notes.
My cutting board is on wheels. It is built just for me with the top at the level of my elbows. I have two large cutting boards on the top. When it is not in use I can drop down 2 leaves. Under the top there are 12 cabinets (hand embroidery foss size, got from store going out of business) This is where I Store my scraps. They are cut into 2, 2 1/2, 3, 3 1/3, 4, 4 1/2, 5, 6, 7 inch squares and sorted by colour in each size. I also have 1 drawer for each of the colours for pieces smaller than fat quarters. Large Rulers are on top of the cabinets and cutters in the top drawer.
I keep each of the quilt projects that I am working on in claspible boxes(from IKA)with materials and a note of what I have done and what needs to be done. They are stored on the shelve under the sewing counter.
Buttons are sorted by kind and colour in small plaste bags and store in a cash box. Ribbons are on hooks by the embroidery thread.
Scissors, marking pencils, etc are in a cutlery tray in a drawer between by sewing , embroidery machines. My embroidery supplies are in another drawer.
Tapes, rickrack, laces etc. are wound on cardboards and stand upright in square boxes so that you can see the sorted colours.
Misc supplies are keep in 2 (nuts and bolts) cabinet with little drawers. For beads, saftey pins, bulbs, cleaning brushes, needles, new cutter blades, etc.
And just for fun I have a thimble, and pin chushion collection.
IF I WERE LIVING CLOSE TO ALL OF YOU I WOULD BE GLAD TO ORGANIZE YOUR SEWING ROOM. I have done 4 for people in this area. I should love doing it.
My books are in a book case.
To the left of the sewing machine I have my lap top, 3 drawer cabinet (like what the store have handembroidery threads in) with the printer on top of the cabinet. I store my small block rulers,squares and triangles etc. and my note book with web site resoures, fabric on line and other notes.
My cutting board is on wheels. It is built just for me with the top at the level of my elbows. I have two large cutting boards on the top. When it is not in use I can drop down 2 leaves. Under the top there are 12 cabinets (hand embroidery foss size, got from store going out of business) This is where I Store my scraps. They are cut into 2, 2 1/2, 3, 3 1/3, 4, 4 1/2, 5, 6, 7 inch squares and sorted by colour in each size. I also have 1 drawer for each of the colours for pieces smaller than fat quarters. Large Rulers are on top of the cabinets and cutters in the top drawer.
I keep each of the quilt projects that I am working on in claspible boxes(from IKA)with materials and a note of what I have done and what needs to be done. They are stored on the shelve under the sewing counter.
Buttons are sorted by kind and colour in small plaste bags and store in a cash box. Ribbons are on hooks by the embroidery thread.
Scissors, marking pencils, etc are in a cutlery tray in a drawer between by sewing , embroidery machines. My embroidery supplies are in another drawer.
Tapes, rickrack, laces etc. are wound on cardboards and stand upright in square boxes so that you can see the sorted colours.
Misc supplies are keep in 2 (nuts and bolts) cabinet with little drawers. For beads, saftey pins, bulbs, cleaning brushes, needles, new cutter blades, etc.
And just for fun I have a thimble, and pin chushion collection.
IF I WERE LIVING CLOSE TO ALL OF YOU I WOULD BE GLAD TO ORGANIZE YOUR SEWING ROOM. I have done 4 for people in this area. I should love doing it.
My books are in a book case.
08-05-2010, 03:57 PM
#74
Power Poster
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: West Roxbury, Ma
Posts: 10,353
I think for me it is a mood thing. I sometimes have a messy quilt room and then suddenly I go in one day and straighten it all up. I do have 2 cabinets with fabrics and magazines/books and about 4 clear bins under my quilting table with fabric and a closet full of about 5 more bins. Oh way too much stuff.
08-05-2010, 04:12 PM
#75
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Nevada
Posts: 650
I can not work in a huge mess. I need space and order to create. The rest of the house can be a disaster, I just close the door.
I have a huge desk with 6 drawers that is 6 feet long, 31 inches deep. It doubles as computer desk as well as a sewing desk. On it I have a flat screen tv on one side and a flat screen monitor on the other. The pc is near on a shelf. I also have two of those Expedit cubby units from Ikea. One has 25 cubbies and the other has 16. I have filled the cubbies with fabric folded on boards and books, etc. I also have several of those cloth boxes that fit in the cubbies and they hold thread and buttons, etc. On one wall I have a bank of those rolling drawer carts, filled with other stuff. Those are under folding narrow card tables. That side is going to get redone.
We plan to put in new flooring someday soon. When we do that, I plan to go to Ikea and get one of those cd shelf sets that someone showed in another thread. That will go on another wall and all the fabric will be moved to that space. (hopefully) I also have a walk in closet where I still have a ton of fabric. I am planning to get that out and folded and on the shelves, and whatever rolling carts I have left will go in the closet. That is my dream anyway. I am hoping to have enough room to set my vintage machines up on the shelves where I can enjoy them. I am thinking that I will have enough room to put a couple of the machines that are in cabinets in the room in front of the cubby shelf so I can use them.
I have big plans and luckily my hubby is so good to me and as long as we can afford it, he is fine with it. He knows my sewing room is my little kingdom and he thinks it is great.
I have a huge desk with 6 drawers that is 6 feet long, 31 inches deep. It doubles as computer desk as well as a sewing desk. On it I have a flat screen tv on one side and a flat screen monitor on the other. The pc is near on a shelf. I also have two of those Expedit cubby units from Ikea. One has 25 cubbies and the other has 16. I have filled the cubbies with fabric folded on boards and books, etc. I also have several of those cloth boxes that fit in the cubbies and they hold thread and buttons, etc. On one wall I have a bank of those rolling drawer carts, filled with other stuff. Those are under folding narrow card tables. That side is going to get redone.
We plan to put in new flooring someday soon. When we do that, I plan to go to Ikea and get one of those cd shelf sets that someone showed in another thread. That will go on another wall and all the fabric will be moved to that space. (hopefully) I also have a walk in closet where I still have a ton of fabric. I am planning to get that out and folded and on the shelves, and whatever rolling carts I have left will go in the closet. That is my dream anyway. I am hoping to have enough room to set my vintage machines up on the shelves where I can enjoy them. I am thinking that I will have enough room to put a couple of the machines that are in cabinets in the room in front of the cubby shelf so I can use them.
I have big plans and luckily my hubby is so good to me and as long as we can afford it, he is fine with it. He knows my sewing room is my little kingdom and he thinks it is great.
08-05-2010, 04:15 PM
#76
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Bay Area near San Francisco
Posts: 1,213
Originally Posted by Gwyn
Okay. ... How can I keep from having my sewing space full of stuff that falls on the floor and my ironing space is only about the first 12 inches of the ironing board?
You just have to adapt.
08-05-2010, 04:18 PM
#77
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: High Entropy Zone
Posts: 1,247
Originally Posted by Katia
I can not work in a huge mess. I need space and order to create. The rest of the house can be a disaster, I just close the door.
I have a huge desk with 6 drawers that is 6 feet long, 31 inches deep. It doubles as computer desk as well as a sewing desk. On it I have a flat screen tv on one side and a flat screen monitor on the other. The pc is near on a shelf. I also have two of those Expedit cubby units from Ikea. One has 25 cubbies and the other has 16. I have filled the cubbies with fabric folded on boards and books, etc. I also have several of those cloth boxes that fit in the cubbies and they hold thread and buttons, etc. On one wall I have a bank of those rolling drawer carts, filled with other stuff. Those are under folding narrow card tables. That side is going to get redone.
We plan to put in new flooring someday soon. When we do that, I plan to go to Ikea and get one of those cd shelf sets that someone showed in another thread. That will go on another wall and all the fabric will be moved to that space. (hopefully) I also have a walk in closet where I still have a ton of fabric. I am planning to get that out and folded and on the shelves, and whatever rolling carts I have left will go in the closet. That is my dream anyway. I am hoping to have enough room to set my vintage machines up on the shelves where I can enjoy them. I am thinking that I will have enough room to put a couple of the machines that are in cabinets in the room in front of the cubby shelf so I can use them.
I have big plans and luckily my hubby is so good to me and as long as we can afford it, he is fine with it. He knows my sewing room is my little kingdom and he thinks it is great.
I have a huge desk with 6 drawers that is 6 feet long, 31 inches deep. It doubles as computer desk as well as a sewing desk. On it I have a flat screen tv on one side and a flat screen monitor on the other. The pc is near on a shelf. I also have two of those Expedit cubby units from Ikea. One has 25 cubbies and the other has 16. I have filled the cubbies with fabric folded on boards and books, etc. I also have several of those cloth boxes that fit in the cubbies and they hold thread and buttons, etc. On one wall I have a bank of those rolling drawer carts, filled with other stuff. Those are under folding narrow card tables. That side is going to get redone.
We plan to put in new flooring someday soon. When we do that, I plan to go to Ikea and get one of those cd shelf sets that someone showed in another thread. That will go on another wall and all the fabric will be moved to that space. (hopefully) I also have a walk in closet where I still have a ton of fabric. I am planning to get that out and folded and on the shelves, and whatever rolling carts I have left will go in the closet. That is my dream anyway. I am hoping to have enough room to set my vintage machines up on the shelves where I can enjoy them. I am thinking that I will have enough room to put a couple of the machines that are in cabinets in the room in front of the cubby shelf so I can use them.
I have big plans and luckily my hubby is so good to me and as long as we can afford it, he is fine with it. He knows my sewing room is my little kingdom and he thinks it is great.
08-05-2010, 04:23 PM
#79
Super Member
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 7,741
Originally Posted by Helen Bankert
I have my fabric on open shelves on the wall in a area out of the sun. My thread is on a rack that my husband make for me. Holds 215 spools. These are the left of my sewing machine. On the right I have my embroidery machine and the thread are on the wall behind it.
To the left of the sewing machine I have my lap top, 3 drawer cabinet (like what the store have handembroidery threads in) with the printer on top of the cabinet. I store my small block rulers,squares and triangles etc. and my note book with web site resoures, fabric on line and other notes.
My cutting board is on wheels. It is built just for me with the top at the level of my elbows. I have two large cutting boards on the top. When it is not in use I can drop down 2 leaves. Under the top there are 12 cabinets (hand embroidery foss size, got from store going out of business) This is where I Store my scraps. They are cut into 2, 2 1/2, 3, 3 1/3, 4, 4 1/2, 5, 6, 7 inch squares and sorted by colour in each size. I also have 1 drawer for each of the colours for pieces smaller than fat quarters. Large Rulers are on top of the cabinets and cutters in the top drawer.
I keep each of the quilt projects that I am working on in claspible boxes(from IKA)with materials and a note of what I have done and what needs to be done. They are stored on the shelve under the sewing counter.
Buttons are sorted by kind and colour in small plaste bags and store in a cash box. Ribbons are on hooks by the embroidery thread.
Scissors, marking pencils, etc are in a cutlery tray in a drawer between by sewing , embroidery machines. My embroidery supplies are in another drawer.
Tapes, rickrack, laces etc. are wound on cardboards and stand upright in square boxes so that you can see the sorted colours.
Misc supplies are keep in 2 (nuts and bolts) cabinet with little drawers. For beads, saftey pins, bulbs, cleaning brushes, needles, new cutter blades, etc.
And just for fun I have a thimble, and pin chushion collection.
IF I WERE LIVING CLOSE TO ALL OF YOU I WOULD BE GLAD TO ORGANIZE YOUR SEWING ROOM. I have done 4 for people in this area. I should love doing it.
My books are in a book case.
To the left of the sewing machine I have my lap top, 3 drawer cabinet (like what the store have handembroidery threads in) with the printer on top of the cabinet. I store my small block rulers,squares and triangles etc. and my note book with web site resoures, fabric on line and other notes.
My cutting board is on wheels. It is built just for me with the top at the level of my elbows. I have two large cutting boards on the top. When it is not in use I can drop down 2 leaves. Under the top there are 12 cabinets (hand embroidery foss size, got from store going out of business) This is where I Store my scraps. They are cut into 2, 2 1/2, 3, 3 1/3, 4, 4 1/2, 5, 6, 7 inch squares and sorted by colour in each size. I also have 1 drawer for each of the colours for pieces smaller than fat quarters. Large Rulers are on top of the cabinets and cutters in the top drawer.
I keep each of the quilt projects that I am working on in claspible boxes(from IKA)with materials and a note of what I have done and what needs to be done. They are stored on the shelve under the sewing counter.
Buttons are sorted by kind and colour in small plaste bags and store in a cash box. Ribbons are on hooks by the embroidery thread.
Scissors, marking pencils, etc are in a cutlery tray in a drawer between by sewing , embroidery machines. My embroidery supplies are in another drawer.
Tapes, rickrack, laces etc. are wound on cardboards and stand upright in square boxes so that you can see the sorted colours.
Misc supplies are keep in 2 (nuts and bolts) cabinet with little drawers. For beads, saftey pins, bulbs, cleaning brushes, needles, new cutter blades, etc.
And just for fun I have a thimble, and pin chushion collection.
IF I WERE LIVING CLOSE TO ALL OF YOU I WOULD BE GLAD TO ORGANIZE YOUR SEWING ROOM. I have done 4 for people in this area. I should love doing it.
My books are in a book case.
Your organization sounds wonderful. Are you able to post photos of your room? Your discriptions are very clear but I also learn from visual.
Thank you so much.
08-05-2010, 04:27 PM
#80
Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 27
I admit to the same ironing board problem although I am getting better about keeping my fabrics organized. I have three large plastic bins with lids for fabric storage. several smaller bins hold scraps or projects in progress. miscellaneous sewing supplies are in containers stored in an old step back cupboard. Most of the time I can actually walk through the room without falling!
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