Hi Everyone! Welcome to 2019! Not only is it a new year, it's also a new month and time for us to kick off another Sewing With CInnamon topic. The holidays are over. The Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and 12 Days sales are over. We've all shopped til we dropped or maybe even received some sewing supplies as gifts. Now it's time to get it all put away, create some new habits, set up some project goals, and increase our productivity!
Organizing For Productivity - is our #1 most requested topic and over the next four weeks, we'll work together to get organized, streamlined, and mentally and physically prepared to sew sew sew. Sounds fun, right? This is one of my biggest challenges, so I'm super excited to learn and grow with you!
We are revisiting the topic that was originally posted in the summer of 2017, but with added content throughout the month. For some of you, this will be a bit of review, but honestly, I have been re-watching these videos, listening to the great advice I'm giving and am thinking... "Ok, Cinnamon - there's some great advice here, time to put all this into action!" (especially, the clean it all up and put it in its proper place when you are finished, part... haha!)
In the videos posted below, I share with you an overview of the month-long topic as well as take you on a tour of my personal sewing space! So grab a cup of coffee (or tea) and come on over for a visit to sewing room :) I'm also excited to show you how I've transitioned my space into a new room in my house in the last follow up video.
Organization Tip - Dress forms are a great way to create beautiful display pieces! We have them available in several sizes. 18-Inch dolls, 14.5- inch dolls, BFC, Inc dolls, and Ellowyne Wilde Dolls. The BFC, Inc size works perfectly to display the 16" A Girl For All Time items too!
Resources:
- My Sewing Room Inspiration Pinterest Board
- Pegboard Hooks
- Command Strips
- Thread Rack Wooden
- 10 Drawer Craft Cart - Tall plastic drawer unit for storing "projects in progress"
- Cascading Wall File Organizer - Plastic Inexpensive
- Metal Grid Magazine Wall Holder (just like mine in the video!)
- Desktop File Box (clear -change it up with new decorative file folders!)
- Fabric Organizer Boards - Mixed size set
- Art Bin 12x12x2 Storage box - Great for storing "projects in progress"
- 25x35 Bulletin Board - Cute & Stylish!
- Portable Kitchen Island (similar to the one shown in the video, a bit larger)
- Drawer Organizer Insert
Week One task:
- Watch the video :) Then share your tips and suggestions with me and the group! If you have pictures of your own space that you want to share - please do! We'd love to see where you work! If you have questions or need help in specific areas, ask!
- Post questions as comments under the Facebook Group Post
Next Tuesday - Week 2: Sewing Essentials
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Are you hiding fabric somewhere else? I have so much it is in buckets! I wish I had a bigger space so I could put it on shelves and see what I have. Someday!
Storing fabric on mini bolt comic boards was a major organizing turning point. I have been able to see what I have and put together some combinations that I would not have thought of. Looking forward to more this month.
I had just started redoing my craft/sewing room. Started with organizing all my Pixie patterns by dividing them into general categories in my computer…like Dresses, then slacks/pants/shorts, skirts, shirts, coats/jackets, dresses, historical, etc. Then I drug a copy of the pattern in each category. I tend to start with a general idea then whittle it down to the final pattern choice. So if I wanted a dress I could just go to the dress category and look for what Wanted. Then I printed a copy of the cover page of each pattern and put into a plastic page an have all the patterns in the same category order as in my computer. If I want to use it, I just go to that category and print the pages I need. After I’m done, I add it to the plastic page behind the cover already in the book.
Started the fabric on the comic book board and love it. I’m securing with 2 large paper clips at each side to hold it all together. works great. I have a lot of fabric…mostly 1 to 2 yds of fabric so it will be great to actually be able to see what I have instead of digging thru plastic containers. Was happy to hear that Cinnamon reduced the footprint of the space her fabric took up before. I’m hoping to at least be close to that. Scraps will be the next issue…the large one will fold like fat quarters with a board. Those smaller, probably will roll up an make a stick, holding it with a strip of paper. The little scraps…just keeping in a lg gift bad. I do a lot of dollhouse dolls…5"…and it only takes maybe 6" sq of fabric depending on the outfit. Plus I do quilt blocks and am doing ones that are 1.5" and 2"…piecing in the hoop on my quilting machine. some of the pieces I use are less than a 1"…so I really don’t toss any fabric…yet! I’m excited about being able to get to my supplies easily and getting more sewing done…thanks ’Cinnamon!!
I was wondering if something like a paper towel roll or toilet paper roll would be nice to roll the small fabrics around and have them on a peg of some kind to be able to see? What do you think? What is a comic book board? I never heard of that? Where do you find them? I saw that video of the woman who wraps her fabric around empty bolt card boards from the stores that they gave her to stack vertically her fabrics. I like the color coded way better than by fabric types. I have mostly 97% cotton so the other way would not work for me. Boy Cinnamon,your room would be so tiny for me. I have way too much stuff that I have collected over the years. I would be buried with my stuff in that room and unable to get out. HELP!!!
Love this whole topic. I really need to organize my space and fabric. I have way too much and it gets lost in the shuffle. Thanks.