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Week 5 ~ Creative Spaces Blog Hop ~ Storing sewing threads, buttons and other sewing stuff!

Aug 16, 2018 | A day in my life, Blog

OOPS, I am a litte bit late for this week’s Creative Spaces Blog Hop. This week’s theme is all about How to organise sewing threads, buttons and other sewing stuff ~ so I’m going to say, I was getting myself organised first! hee hee 🙂

* If you missed week 1 (My Studio before and after) you can read it here
and week 2 (My favourite Sewing Tools) you can read that here
and week 3 (Sewing Room ORGANIZING TIPS) you can read that here
and week 4 (Dealing with Scraps and/or Fabric) you can read that post here.

I’ve been having fun checking out all the fabulous organizing ideas from the other designers and seeing how they store sewing threads, buttons and embellishments! Don’t forget to visit the other blogs so you don’t miss an opportunity to win something fun from the fabulous sponsors: Aurifil, Bosal, Crafter’s Edge, Daylight as well as the giveaways on different blogs – you never know what’s there, unless you take a look!

**AND don’t forget to check out MY GIVEAWAY at the end of this post!!!**

 

Mondays

Tamarinis

Cherry Blossom Quilting

Tuesdays

Morning Glory Designs

Sew Many Creations

Wednesdays

Seams Like a Dream

Poor House Quilt Designs

Desert Bloom Quilting

Thursdays

Canton Village Quilt Works

Cranberry Pie Designs

Fridays

 Avery Lane Designs

Christa Quilts

Saturdays

Quiltoni

Swan Amity

Sundays

Simple Arts

Joanne Sharpe

 

OK, here goes ~ Week five: 
How I organize my sewing threads:

Reading the other blog posts in the Creative spaces blog line-up, I was blown away by the number of spools of threads some of the other designers have!!! I have to say I am quite jealous of all the lovely shades of thread BUT I consoled myself with the fact that they couldn’t possibly have as many craft eyes as I do! LOL !! 😀

I have so few sewing machine threads – I keep the colours I use the most on the ‘spikes’ of my sewing cabinet.

I don’t know? Is that the right word for
‘the things the spools of cotton slip onto’?

storing sewing threads

 

AND my extra threads go into one of my ice-cream containers! NOT very flash, I know, by it’s airtight and keeps them clear of dusts and cob-webs! 😀

storing extra sewing threads

 

How I organise my buttons:

I found this cute craft box at a thrift shop and it’s perfect for storing special buttons… and it’s PURPLE too – perfect!!!

storing buttons

 

How I organise my embellishments:

A sewing room isn’t complete without a biscuit tin or chocolate tin filled with sewing stuff, right? My ‘sewing-tin’ is filled with toy-making supplies like squeekers, bells, toy rattles,  baby-chew-ring-things and other such stuff to add to my soft toys!

chocolate tin sewing supplies

 

 

How I organise my embellishments:

I like to use wool felt, embroidery threads and ribbons to embellish my soft toys. I have a stationery cabinet/drawers that has been brilliant for keeping my embellishment stash in some degree of order..

It’s PURPLE too!

sewing storage

 

That’s all for today!

I hope that has given you some ideas for how to keep your sewing threads, buttons and embellishments tidy?

And now for

A FunkyFriendsFactory Giveaway!

I am giving away a complimentary Membership of my Sew Many Funky Friends Club as a prize for this Blog Hop.

What IS the Sew Many Funky Friends Club?

It’s a super cool community for people who love to sew Funky Friends Soft Toys and you can find out more about it  on https://sewmanyfunkyfriendsclub.com/

 

SEW MANY FUNKY FRIENDS

 

I will draw a winner just before my last post of our Blog Hop from all the comments on my posts…

So be sure to leave a comment on this blog post  – to let me know how you organise your sewing parapenalia –  to be entered to win a complimentary Membership for the Sew Many Funky Friends Club!!!

Thank you for letting me share my sewing room storage with you!

Pauline McArthur
 

bye for now,

Pauline

xxx

5 Comments

  1. Jenny C.

    I use fishing tackle boxes to store my beads, buttons and sewing supplies. Lots of small compartments and levels to store small things up top and then larger sewing items like scissors and other sewing tools down below!

    Reply
    • Pauline

      Awesome – so glad you enjoyed making Melody!!!!!! 😀

      Reply
  2. Gilad Suffrin

    I use my child pencil box for storing buttons and other stuff.

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  3. Willie

    I organize them depending on the color. This way, I won’t have to go though all the hassle of looking for without any clue in emergency situations. Also I organize them on top of each other with a glass plate between them.

    Reply

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