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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I store All my fabric in plastic – biggest reason is to keep it clean. My basement holds the majority of my fabrics in Rubbermaid 10 gal on shelves sorted by kinds of fabric & color. It is brought upstairs as needed. My doll clothing fabric is pressed in stored by color in smaller stackable Sterilite (15 X 11.5 X 3.25) ready for cutting.
I save the plastic zippered bags from comforters and sheet sets. They store my fabric trims and ribbons. I love that I can see what I have. It could work for small fabric scraps too.
I have a cube storage system; binders, books, patterns on top shelves, ribbons, sewing notions in clear shoeboxes, Boxes on lower shelves (the one that fit the cubes exactly) Fabrics separated in boxes…both by color, category, and planned use. I fold the fabric lengthwise and roll up like jellyrolls, I put the box on it’s side so I can see the top of the rolls and thus avoid digging through layers of fabric. I have one box for doll cloth fabrics, one for special items (lace, fur, tulle,satin. etc). one for remnants. I have been using this system about 4 months now and it’s working fairly well.
Love the picture frame peg boards and pulled 2 picture frames out of donate pile in garage!! My sewing room is pretty well organized. But, more times than I want to admit, I cannot locate an item that I “organized” to a logical place. I think little gremlins come in during the night and switch things around to drive me bonkers. Had to purchase another set of quilting gloves because I cannot find package I bought a few months ago. Thanks for all the tips.
Love all the ideas!