How to Organize Quilting Supplies

re: How to Organize Quilting Supplies

Susie Johansson — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:36:35 GMT

Most of my "general" fabrics are stored in dresser drawers, but I have separate bins for "theme" fabrics such as Oriental, Southwest, batiks, seasonal, and one with fabrics I'd use for landscapes such as trees, rocks, sky, & ground fabrics. I have a bin for ribbons & yarns. Shelves above my cutting table hold my rulers (sitting in a ruler rack), quilt books, & painting supplies.

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deonn@quiltscapes — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:01:34 GMT

The beginning of a new year is always a great time to reorganize, after the hustle/bustle of the holiday season. You have some great tips! I traded quilting for cleaning, and a friend helped get me started by organizing my fabrics and a couple of drawers. I couldn't stop there, had to get going with more jars, bins, baskets and tins. Take a tour of my studio here:

quiltscapesquilting.blogspot.com/.../2012-new-beginnings.html

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emmer97006 — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:33:33 GMT

for me, out of site is out of mind. i use bookcases with glass doors so i can see my inspiration. these are oragnized by fabric type(quilting cottons, wools, fancys, etc.). the glass doors are necessary because my quilting cat thinks that lovely fabric is for nesting in. :-)

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bpwkhowell@lycos.com — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:27:48 GMT

I use hanging sweater and shoe organizers in the closet in my quilting room. It's easy to sort FQs in the shoe organizer by color. I store fabric up to 2 yds in the sweater organizer. For longer pieces of fabric I ask the store for an empty bolt core--they usually just have to throw them away. Then i stack the bolts on end in a large tub.

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Gisele Letourneau — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:08:05 GMT

What I have found that works for me are coffee cans (maxwell house) they have full size and half size. When they are empty I decorate the outside of the can with wall paper scraps and or paint and to identify the content I glue on the front of the can a button, a piece of wool or what ever I am storing in this can.

They work well, you can pile them up. It looks nive and his handy, Gisèle

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lizzygail — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:37:40 GMT

We turned a 3 car carport into a quilting/sewing and painting space for my mother and me. My favorites for storage - I have three triple dressers - 2 that support my cutting/worktop and another one for my 'big board' ironing surface. I also built a 12" deep cabinet with covered doors for a design wall. No wasted wall space that way and lots of shelving for my quilting and handbag supplies, tools and trims! I have pictures if there is a way to post them.

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debp33 — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:07:52 GMT

I use shoe cubbies for my fat quarters, and I also use one of those cubbies with some of the shelves taken out for my yardage. Here's a picture of what that looks like: debzpicaday.blogspot.com/.../day-57-of-365.html

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TracyAllyson — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:26:41 GMT

Those are some great tips. I am currently mid project of setting up my space. I have been blogging about it - basically I started blogging to keep me on track to actually finish the room. Is it okay if I do a post and link back to this post? This is my blog 3littlebrds.blogspot.com/.../2012-resolutions-my-sewing-room.html

(Sorry about the competitor 8/... )

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TracyAllyson — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:26:30 GMT

(Sorry about the competitor 8/... )

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dianedoran — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:17:43 GMT

Stored remotely - I love that! Thanks for the tips, Vivika.