need to re-organize the stash

If you STOP wanting it , and want something else ,, the first one will Reappear !!!! tested and prooved a 100 times !!!!! mirjam

Last week i bought a big plastic Bucket , and it recieved with Open mouth /arms all the things [ cloth parts left overs , etc,,, fabric parts that were stored in a big cloth bag on the floor mmmm... THIS LOOKS SO NEAT ,, that i went out yesterday and bought anoother one that shop had , and collected all the cloth pieces that were `resting` on my loom , [while i am not weaving ] . on my sewing table [when i am not doing something else ... i feel i have `matured` a bit... these 2 plastic things are Great helpers ,,, wow ,, mirjam

This should be done more often but who has the time? I just moved so my stash has been gone through and rearranged! I think the most important part is having a place for everything (I use "kassett" boxes from Ikea for notions, ribbon, bias tape, etc). I have labels on all the boxes. I have folded my fabric in piles before like lining, lycra, patchwork but after a few months, the piles are often ruined.

Kirsten

I hope y'all realize that you've triggered an OCD moment in me and now I MUST re-organize mine!!! Ok, I've felt the urge to do this for some time now, especially since my spring/summer busy time (shows and festivals) is over and I have a bit more time to use as I wish.

Erin (well, after I've finished my cup of lemon tea!)

I did the thread this summer... Got fed up with never being able to put my hand on the thread I wanted without moving several boxes of other clobber and 5 sewing machines!

It's now housed in a 6 drawer stack from Ikea (their Antonius range, with plastic drawers), in boxes from Hobbycraft, sorted by colour and type, and hidden from light by a curtain fabric 'cozy' nailed to the frame with Velcro. Works a treat!

The fabric is still reasonably tidy. Sorting the thread storage did force quite a reshuffle in the sewing room, and a considerable tidy-up!

I have "Ivar" in the sewing room, it is narrower and that is what I need. I had a friend build me a thread rack several years ago, like the commercial ones but bigger (over 1 m tall). I do not have it protected from the light, however. Something to think about... Kirsten

My husband , kindly eats cookies that come in a BIG plastic Jar ,,, i realized i had a wonderful Jar for many tiny things i need ,,, and fill them and made some shelves for them ,,,, kind of him to like those cokkies !!! mirjam

I buy the biggest container of peanut butter I can find. After they are empty and go through the dishwasher, they make wonderful storage for buttons and other sewing things. Barbara in SC

Can you wash out the smell ??? mirjam

Antonius ???? what kind of storage is this ??? mirjam

I have these:

The frame:

drawers: top: (I have a white one)The wheels! have two more stacks with some of the deeper drawers in my bedroom for storing towels and bed linnen, and I need to make cozies for them to keep dust and light out. I have 3 of the 4 drawer stacks in the sewing room, with baskest, for holding other sewing stuff, and some with the cloth drawers in the kitchen for holding things that won't fit elsewhere! All but the ones in the bedroom have the wheels on because I move them about. The ones in the bedroom don't because I don't need to move them except for cleanong under every six months or so. I may still get them some castors, though... :)

snipped-for-privacy@actcom.co.il wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@a1g2000hsb.googlegro ups.com:

usually, yes, it washes out in the dishwasher. before i had a dishwasher i used to soak the plastic jars with a bit of oxygen bleach & detergent, which works as well. i still prefer the glass jars, which didn't hold smells to begin with though :)

lee

Usually, one turn in the dishwasher rids jars of the smell; I don't buy large jars anymore, but I do use the smaller ones for many things. Emily

I am not so kin to put plastic in the dishwasher ,,,,, i wash those by hands. Those cookie jars are really wonderful , mirjam

snipped-for-privacy@actcom.co.il wrote: someone>> I love Antonius! ?We have him under the stairs organizing the winter

Ikea names all their products. I assume this is one of them.

Pastel shirting check. Good test fabric.

Now to keep up with the reorganization.

And to find that Perl book!

Pastel shirting check. Good test fabric.

Now to keep on with the reorganization

And to find that Perl book!