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National Sewing Month 2013: How to Organize Your Sewing Room

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National Sewing Month 2013

Why is it that one of the most important rooms in the house almost always ends up overwhelmingly cluttered? At least for me, top-ranking rooms in terms of mess always are the bedroom, the kitchen, and inevitably, the sewing room. Today we’re exploring how to organize your sewing room to maximize space, enforce functionality, and reduce stress!

Stash BucketsSewn Containers for All of Your Goods

At AllFreeSewing, we sew. We understand the importance of accumulated odds-and-ends around the sewing room. The sewn containers below are the perfect solution to reducing the family’s inexplicable uproar over your 500+ button collection or 2-inch wide strips of fabric. Learn how to make a basket or box to stash your stash. After all, what they can’t see can’t hurt them, right? These DIY containers allow you to hold onto your absolutely necessary 25 spools of blue thread (different shades, of course), without hearing a single complaint from your loved one.

Wall Pocket OrganizerHanging Wall Organizers

Learn how to sew a hanging wall organizer so that your sewing supplies are right where you can see them. These elevated, easy-to-make designs can hold clothespins, tiny tools, and more. Follow the instructions in these sewing tutorials to and apply them to fit your personal needs in your sewing room. You’ll absolutely love the finished product the each set of instructions yields.

Filing FabricOther DIY Organizers

Sometimes our needs in our sewing rooms are so specific, it seems like no single tutorial exists to properly address these needs. For example, many of us suffer from (or rejoice over) overflowing collections of fabric. In numerous cases, there aren’t enough boxes or bins to stash that fabric, or even put those containers that do carry your precious prints. We absolutely loved this innovative approach to filing fabric from The Thinking Closet. It uses up that desk space you might never use! Find more creative ways to organize bits and pieces below.

DIY Washable DusterHelpful Hints to Clean the Clutter

When all of the sewing is said and done and you have all of the packages, boxes, bags and more that you could ever want, chances are you still have some stray threads around the room. For that finished look, try these helpful tutorials to keeping your sewing room looking squeaky clean.

 

 

What item in your sewing room would others say you have “too much” of?

 

 

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Comments

  1. Kathy Gates says

    Well, I really can’t thik of anything that they would say there was too much of, More likely, they would say “Not enough of”, and they would be talking about how much room there isn’t in there. 🙂 Thanks so much for having this giveaway!

  2. Kristy Williams says

    I have to many scissors. I was teaching an art class for children and I bought supplies for them to you. When the class was over I brought all the items home. So now I have a lot of craft items, but I really have way to many pairs of scissors.

  3. Elizabeth Popovici says

    They would defiantly say I have too much scrap fabric!! I love my scraps and am always looking for creative ways of using them! From my clothing projects to small projects. I LOVE finding beautiful fabrics!

  6. Tina Bennett says

    Fabric. I have a room full of nothing but fabric that I couldn’t resist due to it was dirt cheap

  11. JoAnn Pope says

    Too much ribbon – I love using it in any project I can. Also, fabric. I love all the patterns and colors and will buy with all good intentions of using it.

  14. Toni says

    I have way too many books of different cute patterns that I want to sew. I just wish I had the time for all of them!

  15. Cindy says

    Take your pick, a 4 draw cabinet full of patterns, 30 52 gallon totes of fabric not counting the 15 bolts of fabric or over 3,000 embroidery designs. I can’t decide!

  20. says

    Scraps…I have way too many sizes of these pieces. But I always seem to “go to” them for a project when I need just a wee bit of color or contrast. i would hate to toss them then find it was just what I needed later on.

  22. Donna Stanley says

    Too much scrap fabric. I hate to throw it out because numerous times I’ve found uses for little bits that I’ve saved for years. I now have 4 boxes of scraps.

  31. Amanda says

    Actually, I can’t think of anything anyone would say I have too much of. If anything, I need more supplies and definitely more fabric.

  33. Cherry Hammon says

    I just started sewing again so don’t have to much of anything. My machine stopped so until I get another, I won’t be getting much.

  37. says

    fabric, of course! Most of it has been given to me, but a lot of it, I’ve collected over the years, always meaning to “do something” with it, but still haven’t gotten around to doing it. 🙂

  38. Brenda Hulsey says

    I would have to say threads! I have bunches of them in so many colors. I don’t have enough yet but I do have a lot! LOL!

  40. Connie says

    Too many needles and pins. They are everywhere. Most of the needles are threaded and ready to go when I need to do a quickie, but, I never walk in there without my shoes on.

  41. Barbara Wolf says

    The item in my sewing room that others would say I have too much of is fabric. Lots and lots of fabric and fabric scraps. I keep all the scraps and ask other sewers for theirs. I am collecting odd blocks that people don’t want for an odd block quilt. I think it will look spectacular.

  42. Courteney says

    Fabric! I love collecting fabric and everytime I see something that catches my eye I can’t help but get it because I never know when I will have that ah-ha moment where I say I have the perfect fabric for that!

  43. Paula Schefsky says

    Just began quilting in the last six months so I guess too many ideas floating around in my head. Now to buy material and patterns and get to work.

  48. Mrs. Veronica Camp says

    Mostly yarn and beads. I have 16 screw cabinets that contains 60 drawers each, and in each drawer is a different colored bead.

  50. Tammy says

    I have a lot of sewing thread, embroidery thread, quilting thread. crochet thread, yarn, string embroidery floss I keep it in baggies, boxes and tins – it is everywhere and the colors are all mixed up I have thread in cones spools bobbins etc I can’t get enough

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