A few organizing tips

I’ve been working on a lot of scrappy blocks lately (secret blocks)

And they are sorted by color.

I figured I’d show you what I’ve come up with.

As you may have seen before, I have these nice red study boxes for my scraps, but I only have 6 of them, don’t have room for anymore.

And they are STUFFED!

Many of the boxes double up on colors.

Like this red one also has pink and purple in it.

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And the blocks I’ve been working on I didn’t want repeats so I’d toss the “used” fabric scrap into a plastic bag and plop it on top of the box.

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Then I got this idea about dividers and the only cardboard I had on hand were shipping boxes, so I cut 11 3/4” squares ( the boxes are 12”) and then in the middle I cut a slit up half way and the same on a 2nd piece and they fit together perfectly!

See how in my “black” bin I have Black, dark brown, light brown and tan.

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Ahhhh! all nice and neat now- not pretty but it works!

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Now onto quilt tops.

I have hangers with my quilt tops on a wire shelf, now I’ve added a zip loc bag on top so it can store the binding and quilt label.

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Meanwhile I have a dry erase board with the tops listed.

Name of the quilt, B = binding, I either put a check mark or a number of strips needed for the binding, size of top, batting and backing and R= ready to quilt.

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13 thoughts on “A few organizing tips”

  1. Patchlys-Marina

    Wow, a very good organisation for your scraps, as well vor your Quilts.Ha en fin dag!Greetings from norway!Marina

  2. how soon can you come over and play with my scraps? I think my biggest problem is the scraps pile up faster than I use them up. I need to dedicate more time to sewing them than making them, or just limit the amount I keep so I'm not so overwhelmed.

  3. I like the dry erase board idea for the quilts and the storage on hangers. I don't have a place for the hangers, but can come up with something different. I also did dividers in some of my boxes to separate different types of fabrics and with the cardboard boxes left from a shipment, it is totally free.

  4. Exuberant Color

    I like your idea of the Ziploc with the binding and label hanging with the quilt top. So many times I misplace the binding fabric.

  5. Petit Design Co.

    genius ideas! I have some of those canvas bins and never thought of adding dividers. I'm going to go make some now!

  6. I am definitely going to use that tip about the ziploc bag for binding. Thank you!

  7. Teresa in Music City

    My goodness – you are organized!!!! I have to always work on keeping myself organized or I just get lost and spin my wheels :*)

  8. I do the bags on hangers and a list like your dry erase board. Mine is on paper though. I like the dry erase idea!

  9. I do the bags on hangers and a list like your dry erase board. Mine is on paper though. I like the dry erase idea!

  10. Those cardboard dividers was a great idea. Now you can get your helper to keep all your scraps organized by color.

  11. Very organized Bea and I really like the idea of the cardboard dividers and also the ziplock that holds the binding and label!

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