I finally had some time off to clean and organize my sewing room. I re-folded my stash and organized it according to fabric type:
top shelf: knits
bottom shelf: wovens
Here are my nicer and more expensive fabrics:
top shelf from left to right: knits, wovens and miscellaneous fabrics
bottom shelf: wools and coating fabrics and my mom's fabric
As you can see I don't really have much of a stash; at least not as large as I've seen them online.
As for the patterns, I do have many of them.
I keep my patterns in brown manila envelopes which are then placed in plastic bins: (these are not all the bins I have)
I store my magazines in these magazine holders from Ikea.
(from left: Japanese magazines, Patrones - 2 holders, Rundschau Damen magazines and Threads magazines)
I don't save Burda magazines as they take too much space. I cut out the fashion pictures of the patterns I like and store them in 4-ring binders according to pattern type:
These binders also hold my envelope patterns together with their traced versions:
(yes, I trace all my patterns)
Every binder is labelled according to the type of pattern it holds.
I do photocopy Styles at Glance pages and keep them in a separate binder and I mark the technical drawings I like:
Traced magazine patterns and self-drafted patterns are stored in sheet protectors with quick reference and pattern number:
This is how I organize my stash. It took me a few days to get it done, but I really like having all my patterns stored in binders. I tried different storage options before and this one takes up least space and is the cleanest, at least for my taste.
Cleaning Up
Monday, June 29, 2009
Posted by Maja at 11:56 AM
Labels: fabric, organizing, patterns
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6 comments:
Thank you for showing how you organize. I need all the help I can get.
It is the first time that i´m here, in your blog.
This last post was so perfect!!! I loved the way you organize your patterns and i would like to make the same. You gave me a smart idea!!!! Now all my patterns are stored in a big plastic (just one plastic for a lot of patterns). It is terrible to find what i want.
Thank u for sharing your wonderful ideas.
Viviane Basile
Brasília - Brazil
That's a great idea, about not saving the whole of the Burda mags - after all, you could always go online to see the pictures if you wanted to. Thanks for the tip.
Well organized:-)
Quite frankly, I am in awe :)
I am going to take your pattern organizing advice! I also like the way you store fabric. I keep mine in bins, but you have to dig to see what's there. Love your ideas!
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