We all need a place to keep our stuff!
Every sewer and crafter I know has a constant battle to keep their stash accessible and under control. Although being organised is often a constant challenge for creative souls a well designed area for sewing or crafts saves time and energy. This page points to tips tricks and advice on the dream of "a place for everything and everything in its place".
Sewing room organisation
- Tips on how to organise a sewing area
- Many of these tips from e how users are good since they come from solving real life organisational problems rather than an interior designers solution.
- Designing Sewing And Craft Areas
- Cynthia Ewer show us how to design a space around our sewing and craft activities.
- My Sewing Room
- Each month sewing.org publishes images of sewing rooms submitted by their readers. Once again these rooms solve real life "stash" storage problems, and the management of clutter.
- Sewing/Work Room FAQ
- A compilation of QUILTNET postings about sewing and work rooms which contain heaps of tips and tricks to store and organise your stuff.
- SewingRoom Showcase
- This site highlights the best in sewing room design
- Sewing/Craft Room Ideas
- Karen of Sew Many Ways has a long a well illustrated article on storage solutions she has used in her sewing room. Many items are recycled and cheap items are used creatively.
Storage solutions
Craft room organisation
- Create a stylish, efficient craft room
- A practical article by Chris Casson Madden on the key points to consider when planning a craft room
- Space for Crafts
- Economical solutions for craft areas and storage in the home
- Organizing Your Craft Room
- Some good advice on organizing a craft room by Karen Booy
Decluttering
- Claiming Your Space: A Guide to Reorganizing a Room and Reducing Clutter
- Judy Camp discusses planing the space, visualising the activity to take place in that space, clearing out the area and decluttering and then planing from there.
- Clearing Clutter To Create
- Scott Andrews suggests that clutter hinders creativity and points to clear steps to declutter your life
- Sewing Room Declutter
- Decluttering advice from Cynthia Townley Ewer
Books on how to declutter your life
Using Space Effectively
- 10 Ideas for Using Your Space Effectively
- Maria Gracia lists key ideas for controlling clutter in the home which can easily be applied to sewing and craft rooms
Reader Feedback
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futurefocus57
May 11, 2012 @ 11:01 pm | delete
- Great room. Happy Mother's Day.
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bikerministry
May 8, 2012 @ 5:21 pm | delete
- Great information. I'm looking for wall solutions to store yarn. But I need to see my stash so I'm not searching through storage tubs. I get inspired to weave or knit when I see the colors and fibers.
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mihgasper
Feb 27, 2012 @ 1:46 pm | delete
- Better organisation is vital key to improvement!
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LewesDE
Feb 19, 2012 @ 3:36 pm | delete
- I like the way you put this lens together!
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veryirie
Jun 22, 2011 @ 1:30 am | delete
- I sew and find the hardest thing for me is to stop buying fabric just because I like the looks of it or because it's a good buy. I need to wait until I have a specific project in mind.
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