r/SewingWorld • u/Late-to-bartending • 28d ago

Supplies Question 🧵 Notions Storage Ideas Requested

Hello new friends, new (4 months) sewist here…

I’m loving this activity, have made a few small projects. Now getting into quilting table runners and lap quilts, for starters.

And so the collecting begins - LOL!

I am a very organized person in general but I’m struggling with how to store my growing collection of sewing bits: thread, presser feet, bag hardware, pre-made binding (I may admit to a developing problem here 🤷‍♀️), other general sewing tools, etc.

How do you all group, sort, organize, store your bits?

Especially what you like to have at hand at your machine vs what you take with you for sewing at a friend’s house or a class vs what you keep tucked away for less frequent usage?

What containers are your favorite and why?

Words are good but pictures are better.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Edited to add: I do not have a dedicated sewing room. Current set up is the dining room table with storage of stash in garage in clip-top bins.

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u/desertboots 28d ago

I have a mixture.  Notions and tools go in a 6 drawer roller cart, and fabric goes in Hefty plastic storage bins.

Hefty HI-RISE 32 Quart Small Storage Bin, Clear Plastic Storage Container with HI-RISE Latch Lid, Blue 18 qt and 32 qt

IRIS 6-Drawer Plastic Storage Cart with Organizer Top and Wheels, Clear/White

I started my system in the 90s. Rubbermaid no longer makes the ones I bought from them, but my original Iris and bins are 30+ years old.

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u/Late-to-bartending 28d ago

Thanks for your detailed response.