Comments on: Organizing Your Sewing Room Part 3: Quilting Tools

By: Kelly Arbogast

Kelly Arbogast — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 08:28:50 +0000

For my ruler storage, I use a finishing nail (it has no head on it) in the wall stud and depending on the length of the nail you can get quite a few rulers on it. I have one nail for the long ones and another nail for the square shaped rulers. I also use a finishing nail for my calendar, it makes it easy to change months.

By: Elizabeth Keay

Elizabeth Keay — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 02:21:51 +0000

My favorite ruler organizer are napkin holders from the dollar store. I have three: long rulers, square rulers and triangles.

By: Melody Strahan

Melody Strahan — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 20:25:53 +0000

In reply to Kay Frank. See above under Lucy, Sept 1, 2016

By: Melody Strahan

Melody Strahan — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 20:19:27 +0000

In reply to Lucy. I also have COPD. I have also had 2 artery resections and don't walk much anymore. I use a wheelchair most of the time. My suggestion is this...place the things you will be needing for a project within reach of your workspace. I like to set up my workstation in an L shape so I can cut, press and sew all in the same general area. All I need to do is back away from the sewing machine and turn to the other table. I can have them as near or far from the wall as I need for power availability, and I don't have to fight my oxygen tubing over much. I also find that it's convenient to store a trashcan, some containers for fabrics and a drawer unit for tools under the tables at the junction area.

By: Jean

Jean — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 14:15:32 +0000

In reply to shoshana. Check out Bonnie K. Hunter's scrap saver system. Quiltville dot com.

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 00:11:25 +0000

I use a wooden napkin holder for my rulers, the extra large hang on my wall with command strips. I also use another napkin holder for my plastic templates.

By: Judy Lyon

Judy Lyon — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 21:14:52 +0000

Pegboard is a great way to organize.

By: Carrie Caulfield

Carrie Caulfield — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 04:47:25 +0000

In reply to Lucy.

Lucy, I have to use a walker due to a broken hip in 2016 with complications and 8 surgeries. I recently “Konmari’d” my sewing room. Took me 2 weeks. It looks so nice now. I gave away all small scraps and tons of other fabrics to a friend who makes dog beds. I have so much fabric — it’s an embarrassment of riches really — that I’m not keeping small scraps.

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 21:46:13 +0000

Ruler storage: I have a semi walk-in closet, where fabric and boxes are stored on the side shelves that has a door that is made to hang my rulers on (I don’t have as many as you do). I used the large Command hooks to put my rulers on and a piece of masking tape at the bottom of my longest ruler that keeps it from swinging when I close the door.
For my cutter and 6.5″ square ruler, scissors, and other things I use the most I placed a cork board on the wall by my cutting table and another behind my sewing machine. I can pin patterns and samples to it as well as other momentos.
I have a rectangle shelf below my window that holds three piles of quilting magazines. My cat likes to look out the window.

By: Vivien

Vivien — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 07:25:25 +0000

I have a large glass vase for all my little scraps which I have in plastic zip-lock bags sorted by colour. That way when I’m paperpiecing it’s much quicker to find that right piece. Also I have drawers with each colour for my fat quarters. I use IKEA cubes.