Day 20
CREATE A CATCHALL
Designate a contained area
in your sewing space—a
small basket or tray,
perhaps—where you can
temporarily stash supplies
until you have time to deal
with them. Keep the catchall
out in the open so you don’t
forget to sort through it
periodically.
Day 21
ASSEMBLE A SEWING KIT
Make it easy to sew on
the go by gathering basic
supplies in a small portable
container or tote. Fill it with
needles, pins, snips, spools
of thread in neutral colors,
thimble, marking tool, seam
ripper, and pincushion, and
store the tote where you can
easily grab it on your way
out the door.
Day 22
LABEL YOUR STORAGE
Take the time to label bins,
drawers, or other storage
containers with a basic
description of what is inside.
You’ll be able to fi nd all your
supplies easily and to return
them to their proper places
when you’re done using
them.Day 23
TACKLE BOOKS
AND MAGAZINES
Organize books by topic,
such as a technique or
pattern type. If you bought
a book or magazine for a
specifi c pattern, mark the
pattern with a sticky note so
you can easily fi nd it in the
future. If you’re running out
of space, consider donating
books to your local library.
That way you'll know where
they are should you need to
reference them in the future.
Or, if you want to recycle
a magazine containing a
project, tear out the project
pages and keep them in a
binder. (Make sure you have
every part of the project,
including templates or
appliqué and embroidery
designs, before recycling
the magazine.)Day 24
ORGANIZE PATTERNS
Store paper patterns in
sheet protectors in a three-
ring binder so it is easy
to see them all when you
fl ip through it. If you own
a lot of patterns, consider
organizing them in the
binder by occasion, holiday,
or technique using tabs to
separate the sections. For
digital patterns, create a
system of folders on your
computer hard drive. Many
digital patterns are sent
with a download link that
will expire so download all
patterns right away, even if
you don’t plan to make the
project now.Day 25
CAPITALIZE ON
UNUSED SPACE
Look for space in your
sewing room that could
accommodate storage.
Maybe add a hanging shoe
organizer to the back of
a door or inside a closet,
install a pegboard or
fl oating shelves on a wall
by your sewing machine, or
slide a small bookcase or
mount a mini design wall in
an unused corner.A HARD PLASTIC
CONTAINER FOR A
SEWING KIT KEEPS
SHARP OBJECTS
FROM POKING
THROUGH, EVEN IF
JOSTLED AROUND
IN YOUR BAG.
Safety First
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