6 Craft Room Organizing Ideas to make Crafting Easier

Last week I showed you around my creative space that I have been  working on for several months- actually more like 6 months! Okay so I'm slow!
(If you missed the post- Click Here)

I thought I would show you a few of the ways I organized my space in this post.  One of my loves is sewing and fabric.  I had a ton of fabric in cardboard or large bins with no rhyme or reason in  organizing.  First I went through and thinned out my pile considerably as many pieces of fabric I didn't find as appealing as I did years ago when purchased.  I put these in my booth and they are selling quite nicely! 

I purchased 6 clear bins that had clear lids and fit perfectly under my bed.  Be sure to measure the height under your bed so that you are able to slide the bins in and out easily.  I found mine at Walmart.

I wasn't sure how best to sort my fabric- by fabric content?  Upholstery fabric, Craft fabric, clothing fabric?  I decided to sort the fabric by color. The exception to this is my barkcloth and vintage floral fabric which I stored in a cute little glass bookcase.

As you can see in this picture below these fabrics are in the red color range.  The small pieces on the right are , well, small pieces, and also mostly older vintage pieces so they got grouped together.

I didn't want to just lay the fabric in the bins and then still have to sort through each box to see the individual fabrics.  I measured the width and depth of the boxes.

Mine were  6 X 14.  I subracted about 1 1/2 inches from each measurement so the top would go on and they would slide down easily.

Each of the six boxes fit nicely under the bed and with the see through tops I can see at a glance just where the piece of fabric is that I am looking for.  So much easier then sorting through boxes and boxes of fabric and having the piece in the last box you look!

Another organizational feat was all the ribbon and laces I have- I found some strange looking contraptions at an antique store in a 10 cent box.

You can read my tutorial on how I made this ruler trim holder HERE- These are perfect for those little bits of leftover trim.

More laces and trims on the music mobile piece- Tutorial for Card holders HERE

I have a ton of ribbon on spools and organized them by color for the most part too.  They seemed perfect to make little trees out of them and display their prettiness.

Another cute find was a plastic ugly little cupboard that had potential.

After  removing the red liner paper and spray painting white I distressed the little dresser with some sandpaper on the scrolly edges.

This is the perfect size for the packages of seam binding, rick rack and the like.

Another little organizer trick that I love is my magnetic container for my straight pins. 

 It is actually an item my hubby sold for holding nuts and bolts while working on vehicles.
 I spray painted it white and used some rub on decals to give it a little pretty.

Another little organizer is a key holder that was spray painted white
and now holds my scissors so they are easy to find and reach while working.

I hope these will give you a few ideas on how you might get your creative space a little more organized.
It is wonderful having things in a place where you can see them and use them readily!

I am excited to show you a little something I made for when I craft on the go-  you may remember that I used the old Scrabble boxes to make the lace storing cards.  Well I have an idea to show you to use the Scrabble playing board itself and I think it is a neat little idea.  Show you soon I promise!

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