Sewing mamas!Calling all AmityMama's who like to sew! Do you make quilts, clothes, diapers, bags? Do you love to run your fingers through fiber? Can't get enough just sewing, but want to talk about it too? Come on in!
I do horribly and it drives me insane. It has been this way forever!! My DH hates to even walk in it...LOL! Does anyone have any tips to keep it organized? I have bins, drawers, etc...it just doesn't work! Thanks for any help! I am so not as organized as I would like to be
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Heather~~Mommy to Alison and Holly
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I do horribly and it drives me insane. It has been this way forever!! My DH hates to even walk in it...LOL! Does anyone have any tips to keep it organized? I have bins, drawers, etc...it just doesn't work! Thanks for any help! I am so not as organized as I would like to be
Do you label your bins? I have one of those hanging plastic things with little drawers. I labeled everything. I also have a dresser and a hutch to put fabric and my machines. I have a snap-on metal toolbox with my tools (scissors, snips, etc.) thread, and markers. It locks too so I can keep the kids out of it.
Our freezer is in my "sewing room" and between the freezer and a dresser I keep my ironing board. Between my hutch and the wall I keep my folding pattern board, and cutting mat. My patterns are in a cardboard pattern box and a dresser drawer.
My room is messy at the moment because I have been busy with laundry, decluttering etc. I do have some organization started though.
Mine is on the back porch wich is only 11' X 8' and it is the laundry room too. ther eis only 3 1/2' between my tables and the washer and dryer. It also is out way to the back yd. It gets LOTS of traffic and is always a mess.
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Michelle
Wife to one Mama to four.
I can't sew unless mine is neat because I get frustrated when I can't find stuff. What I do is just clean after every single project. I have a shelf where I put fabric when I'm done with it so it doesn't sit out. It stays there until I re-stack it in my fabric closet. I have bins for everything. I keep a small-drawer organizer on my sewing desk for small notions as well as a tackle box that holds labels, buttons, etc. I heard the tackle box idea here and it's been the best organizing advice I ever received!
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Faith ~ Mama To Two Great Girls
This is a funny question to me ~ I just spent way too long yesterday organizing AGAIN my sewing mess. It looks good today, that means by the end of the day it will be a disaster. The cleanliness inspires me to dig in and make another mess.
Honestly though I am very organized and only make a mess during projects which I clean up afterwards. I can't stand to not be able to find what I need. I have lots of bins and totes that are labeled for their specific contents. I have built-in shelves that I keep all my sewing books/manuals and pattern books on, along with a spot for my machines ~ the two shelves are built-in beneath my sewing table, which is extra wide and also my cutting/tracing surface. I do not like to keep my machines out and uncovered, six little hands might try to use them. I have two giant totes that I keep patterns in and my fabric stash has a special room and closet.
There is so much STUFF to get unorganized and out of place, but I do a pretty good job of keeping it under control ~ most days!
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Becky
Mama to Three Texas Tornadoes
Quintin ~ March 1999
Trentin ~ December 2000
Miss Riplee ~ December 2002
My sewing area is currently on a patch of the bedroom floor, with nothing for storage, and the machine on the floor...the carpet makes a great pincushion
I usually have a tiny corner of nowhere to sew, and also usually have several projects half completed, so it is always in a constant state of chaos. I try to keep all my main notions in one box that can be transported from room to room, wherever I am working, and the rest I keep put away in a closet or whatever.
I would LOVE to have a dedicated sewing area, so I can do those cool things like build a thread rack, and space to store everything in one place!
It looks good today, that means by the end of the day it will be a disaster. The cleanliness inspires me to dig in and make another mess. 
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