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Remember a while back I asked for advice about wire baskets for fabric storage? Well this is what I got, an Elfa system from the Container Store. Even though each drawer is loaded pretty full, they still pull out smoothly, and the drawers come all the way out which is nice.
The 9-cube unit on top is from Target. I've always loved the look of yarn displayed like this. And 3 vases for needles and crochet hooks. Oh, the possibilities! (I bought the smallest vase to hold my crochet hooks for $1 at Goodwill this week.) Up on top there are some more needles in 2 antique Japanese vases, a wire dress decoration from Pier 1 Imports, and my sewing box, which you may also recognize as the Online Quilt Museum's Suggestion Box. Haha. Adding a little color to the scene is a chair that I painted just for fun.
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The fabrics are sorted in categories like: solid red-yellow, solid green-blue, solid neutrals, Dots Stripes and Plaids, Kaffes, Pre-cuts, Novelty, Silk, Floral, Batik etc. One small drawer is just for greens and foliage prints! Some kind of jungle/garden quilt is on the horizon for me.
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I still have a lot of plastic boxes though. Above you can see my selvage stash. Three boxes full and an empty one on top for new additions. I have some wire wreath frames in there that I may cover with selvages. Not sure about that; it seems like a waste of good selvages.
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Hopefully these boxes of backing and quilt tops will be processed this year, reducing the quantity of stacked boxes. We'll see. The 7 boxes on the far left are scraps like one-inch strips and orphan bits (as opposed to bigger folded pieces).
There's still a long way to go to get organized after all these years of having stuff in storage, but it's coming along. My lower back is hurting this week. I wasn't careful about lifting, but I will be in the future!
Thanks for visiting me in my new quilt room. More photos to come as I make progress.
Your sewing room looks very nice and so neat! I love the way you stored the yarn. The pull-out drawers below look interesting....where are they from?
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O que eu gostaria de ter um espaço como este, o meu é mesmo muito pequenininho. PARABÉNS pela organização.
ReplyDeletei'm drooling over those boxes of selvedges
ReplyDeleteWOW !!!! :)
ReplyDeleteOh my, your room looks great! After more than 20 years with the same shelving its time to change mine. you've given me a great place to start.
ReplyDeleteI would love to come and play with you in your sewing room...mine needs a major clean up. I like your new storage drawers. I have one very full (overflowing) drawer of selvages just crying out to be made into a quilt! I have another idea percolating...
ReplyDeleteWow!! I love the new system. Just wonderful and so neatly organized. I just can't believe the amount of bins either. I want to come and play...
ReplyDeleteAnytime you are ready to purge those plastic selvage containers just let me know.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder you have a sore back after all that work! Everything looks so nice and neat. Does it stay this way once you start stitching? And drool, drool, over all those crates of selvedges!
ReplyDeleteYour yarn looks so organized and lovely. Great way to display colors. Isn't it fun to have things looking so tidy?
ReplyDeleteOH WOW I'M SPEECHLESS!
ReplyDeleteThat's EXACTLY how I would like my room to look - clean, neat, fresh - ready for anything!!!
ReplyDeleteWell Karen, I have to go change now caused I drooled all over myself :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is looking like a fabulous place to live, create and just plain hang out! Love it.
How neat and tidy and so pretty. I need a walk in closet of bins. This makes me want to organize my stash. Perhaps I'll wait while my machine is out for cleaning and service.
ReplyDeleteOh, my gosh. Such organization and so pretty. I love it. Thanks for the inspiration. I need to get busy.
ReplyDeleteThat new unit is nice with the translucent front..it makes things look cleaner and uncluttered. Regular wire racks would not have been as nice. Love the yarn storage too..nice visual. I'm getting my stuff sorted slowly. I need some uniform boxes or something...I want to sort scraps right now; triangles, crumbs, strings. My strips, fqs and yardage is done.
ReplyDeletewow that is looking good!
ReplyDeleteKaren, I think you deserve a full day at the spa for your accomplishment! Great job!
ReplyDeleteAh-ha! I am showing the picture of your bins to my DH! He says I have too many bins and have to reduce my stash because we're putting our house up for sale. Now I will show him your bins because you make me look great! Thank you very much, Karen!
ReplyDeleteFantastic!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove your new sewing room. And whew.... I am so glad I am not the only one with tubs full to the brim ;-)
ReplyDeletewow, it's coming aong nicely (and neatly!). I wanna play in those bins... looks like fun.
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I like those pull outs, lots of space and clean look.
ReplyDeleteDebbie
Oh man, that is one he'll of a fabric stash! Thanks for commenting on my blog - if I was in new York I'd take you up on that cup of tea!
ReplyDeleteI just am thinking about the treasures you will be finding as you empty your totes! I can't wait to see what you find that you forgot about.
ReplyDeletewow I want to come visit!!!!
ReplyDeleteI want a quilt room! all my fabric and yarn is stuff in various place all over the house. usually baskets that I can tuck away.
ReplyDeleteHi Karen, What a great process - and to have dedicated sewing and storage space. Bliss. Enjoy. It is looking great.
ReplyDeleteWow, Karen! So nice! I can't wait to show your photos to my DH, he thinks I'm the only one with lots of fabric! Good luck with it all and when you're finished there's a couple of rooms here in southern CA you can work on!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice weekend!
OMG - that's more like a quilt shop you've got going on there rather than a personal stash!!
ReplyDeleteSo jealous....and a weekend quilting in NY with Victoria and friends! You are a lucky duck :-)
ReplyDeleteYour Quilt Room is absolutely inspiring! I'm itching to reorganise my own room now!
ReplyDeleteLove your Elfa storage system!! I have mine in plastic drawers, but the wire mesh ones would be so much nicer so they breathe...so far I haven't had that dreaded yuckky plastic smell, but I'm keeping an eye on it :-).
ReplyDeleteYour space looks so amazing. I would love to be that organized. I have to wait until daughter #2 leaves the nest in a couple of years and gives me my super sassy sewing room (previously known as her bedroom). Looking good.
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