I have a sewing business out of my home thereby giving rather limited space and a great need for being organized.
- Old dresser from garage sales double as notion drawers for everything you could think of. I make dividers in the drawers and smaller items (like trims etc) go into zip bags to keep organized and easy to find. Each drawer is labeled on the outside with its contents.
- Threads are in the smaller plastic drawers, fairly inexpensive to purchase almost everywhere. Inside each drawer I make tray dividers by cutting down Kleenex boxes both in height and width so a spool of thread can lay crosswise in the divider. Each drawer is labeled on the outside as to what colour is inside, ie:
1. black to white (includes all greys), 2. crème to beige, 3. blue to green, 4. pink, red and purple
- Another similar divided drawer holds all the machine and hand sewing needles, bobbins in cases and screwdrivers to change the needle.
- All remnants and/or uncut fabric is stored in clear plastic bins or clear leaf & lawn bags. All patterns are stored in clear bins labeled with contents: baby, children, adult, crafts, quilting etc.