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You made me laugh, because when you said you 'had your chocolate' before I even finished reading the sentence, the first thing I thought was, "Great going, she has her chocolate right there for when she needs it." It is amazing how we sometimes get stuck on one word and our minds starts to fly and make up its own conclusion. Obviously, you had me at chocolate.

By the way, I did finish reading the whole thread and you do have a great idea. Of course, I think adding chocolate would be an excellent idea.

mrs theo

My pegboard hanging in my sewing room holds rulers, a thread rack, scissors, rotary cutters, etc.

Rhonda K

Maggie, Not sure if you were asking me about storage but I will reply. Measure the drawer space. I use Elfa wire rack systems with single height baskets. The inside measurements are approx 18x 18.

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H0me dep0t will cut the dry erase board to your measurements. Use a sharpie marker and start one inch in from edge. Mark dots 3 inches apart in a grid on the whole board. Just a light dot with the sharpie will do. Glue golf tees onto the board. I use hot glue g*un. Golf tees purchased are 2 3/4 inches and already painted white. Each of the boards (18x18) hold 81 spools of EMB thread (Exquisite, Floriani and brother). I did 5 drawers like this and it keeps the threads from shifting in the drawers.

You can adjust the spacing of the golf tees as needed depending on thread spools. Someday, I will arrange the serger threads in a similar method.

Hope that helps!

Crispy_Frog

I have an over-the-door shoe holder with mesh pockets to store notions, fat quarters and precuts. The mesh is great so I can see what is in each pocket.

cathyvv

If you take it out and don't use it, put it back. All the organization in the world is useless if you don't do that.

Unfortunately, I was born without the 'put it back' gene.

tesspug

Command hooks. If I can hang it I do. Rulers and templates by the cutting table. I crochet little bags to hold FQs. I call them wall pockets. Both side of the shelf unit has hooks for tools. At Camping World I bought a drawer unit for an RV silverware drawer. Put two under my cutting table and in go scissors and cutters/blades. https://www.campingworld.com/add-a-drawer

Faintly Artistic

When I cut all my scraps into useable sizes it was a tremendous help. Now I cut scraps during/after each project. If I am cutting a bunch of pieces and have little bits left, those get cut at the same time so I don't have to do it later. I never used my scraps until I cut and organized them.

ctrysass2012

I do get it in the room, just not back in the proper bin. DJ I think I need to hang this quote, it is so perfect for my house. Thank you all for the grins & the practical suggestions.

quiltingcandy

For my embroidery thread I bought the bamboo flatware trays at Ikea under the Variera name. I can lay my thread on its side so I can see the colors better. For the regular cotton thread I use the thread racks I bought at Joann's (I think). I had planned to use the golf tee idea mentioned above but the drawers don't come out all the way so I needed something I could remove and if necessary stack. I also see the colors so much easier. But it doesn't fit as many spools as it could if I had them all upright.

My worst attempt was using the spice holder trays - too much work to get everything to fit the way I envisioned it should fit.

Moira in N.E. England

Years ago, when I was into machine knitting, I stuck 10 little suction hooks along the edge of the windowsill next to my machine. I then hung the numerous small tools etc needed for machine knitting on them. I was very pleased with myself for having such a good idea - the room I worked in was small, my tools were now organised and easy to find.

I then went and took a bath.

As I’m lying in the tub I could hear the sound of the tools falling onto the floor as the hooks detached themselves from the windowsill.

When I finished in the bathroom I put the tools back in the pot they had been in originally and binned the hooks.

Not such a good idea after all!