25 organizing ideas for sewing room

Fun post today, if you’ve been decluttering or organizing your sewing room, this one is going to be fun. Here are 25 sewing room organization ideas!

Some may be ones you’ve never thought of.

Some are probably common but will maybe spark new ways for you to organize your sewing space.

Let’s just get to it, shall we?

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Here are 25 organizing ideas for your sewing room:

Boxes

Boxes like shoe boxes are always a great organizer. Especially for little things. However, you do need to put the label on, otherwise you might lose sight of where you put things, forgetting what you put inside the boxes.

You can always wrap a good shoebox, or you can also get photo storage boxes like these with labels on the front, for super easy labelling.

Bowls

I love vintage pyrex bowls.

It was Jeni’s collection that has inspired me to buy some of them. I don’t have many, but the ones that I have are particularly used for non-cooking things. Like this one in my sewing room. Bowls can easily organize the sewing room tidbits like pins and little notions.

I used mine to store my precious little liberty fabrics.

There’s also this reproduced new vintage style bowls you can get too, but it is not the real vintage one.

 

Pegboard

Using walls as extra space for organizing is always a great idea. Pegboards make it easy to do so. You can easily customize the pegs and hooks and what you want to store on the pegboard.

I personally think that this is great for storing rulers, check out Marlene’s full ruler pegboard.

They are also great for cutting notions like scissors and rotary cutters.

And they can be pretty too. Check out this one that makes a great wall display too.

Check out a complete and ready to use White Peg Boards HERE>

Here is another good organizing idea for a sewing room –> If you have a closet door, hang a pegboard on it. Create a perfect space-saving storage system.

 

Scrapbooking boxes

Scrapbooking boxes are great storage for unfinished objects (UFOs) and for keeping blocks of your current quilt projects. They are large enough to keep the block as flat as possible and keep them organized.

I also like using them to store my fabric scraps as I like to keep my fabric scraps as flat as possible so I can use them without worrying about the wrinkles.

Drawers

Drawers can store so much more than you think. I love putting fabrics upright even way before the konmari went viral. I can just pull the fabrics out without messing them up and see each of them in a glance.

You can watch this video tutorial on how to fold your fabric to organize your fabric stash and make space!

Apart from fabrics, get these small drawers to organize tools, pens, and little things.  Put a label on the front of each drawer too.

Plastic Bins

Stackable plastic bins are great for organizing things. I used to have nine of these plastic bins to store my scraps in different colours. They live on the tabletop, making them easy to be accessed and they keep all the little scraps in place.

Bobbin donut

Bobbin has to have a static place for it to stay on. Do not just throw them all together otherwise you’ll end up with tangled threads and running bobbins.

I love the bobbin donut for this. It can store all of my bobbins in one place. It is also easy to pick the colours that I need.

 

Magnetic pin holder

How many times have you found yourself collecting  pins everywhere? Especially after sewing a project. Using a magnetic pin holder will not only keep your pins in place but makes it easier to tidy up and pick up all those loose pins everywhere.

 

Dvd rack

Does anyone still put DVDs on this thing?

I use DVD racks to display fat quarters. I love that the size is absolutely perfect for it and can fit many fat quarters all stacked up. It is also space-saving.

You can get one at IKEA or a similar one HERE>

Handmade Bags

Hm, you see that bag up there, not only does it work as a great display, it also contains some of the things that I don’t really want to display. There are leftover battings in there. You can hang and display your handmade bags and also use them as storage.

You can make smaller baskets (tutorial) and have them hung on the rail like that too.

 

Cubicles

I love cubic storage. They just separate things so well and make a good display.

Easy to assemble and readily available, this one is an easy one to set up in your sewing room.

Ikea Kallax ones are great too.

You can even set it up to become a table! Check this and this tutorial (for an L-shaped table) on how to do so.

 

 

Woven Basket/ Plastic Baskets/Wire Basket

Together with the cubic, you can also use wire baskets to keep your things easily accessible. Storing fabrics upright in a basket makes it easier to pull out rather than stacked up.

I also love the idea of having small plastic baskets like this to store fabrics for my current projects. Easy to grab and carry to the cutting table.

Multi hanger

When you have a project in progress and still need to use the fabrics as flat as you’ve pressed them, you’ll need to find a way to keep the fabrics flat so that you don’t need to iron them again.

I had this issue with my Blue Patchwork Barn Quilt. I had a problem with storing the readily pressed fabrics for the next cut because it was a block of the month and I was not batch cutting all the pieces.

What I’ve found is that storing them on this multi hangers works and keeps them flat till the next time I need to use them.

They are also space-saving. So, if you are looking for space-saving organizing ideas for your sewing room, check the possibilities of using these hangers. 

You can find similar hangers HERE>

 

Multi zipper hanger or make your own zipper organizer

Travel bags like this are great to store little notions that you need to carry along in one go. It is especially useful to have for the binding kit, hand-sewing etc.

It makes a great grab-n-go English Paper Piecing.

You can make one yourself too. Or make many to organize all the little things.

Find the Pattern HERE>

Magnetic bar

Have lots of scissors? Use a magnetic bar like the one for the knives in the kitchen to store your scissors.

Now you know where they are and they’re easy to grab.

Sewing mat

Sewing mat creates an extra room for organizing sewing notions that you want to keep close to you while sewing.

You can always make one which is fun and lovely: Try this FREE pattern.

Comic board

I haven’t used these personally, but I love the idea of having little bolts of fabrics. Just like a mini-fabric store. Shop your stash first!

They are useful for storing larger pieces of fabrics, I own lots of fat-quarters and find that it is not that great for fat quarters.

Placed in rainbow order on a teal shelves – Heaven. Check out Angela’s Stash! Drooling here.

Check out the comic boards HERE>

Check out this Youtube Video on how to fold them using the comic boards.

 

Chalkboard

Organize your sewing room with little notes on the wall. Get organized with a scheduled time. You can even put in important dates that can remind you to make gifts or stick to a project.

I personally use mine for blogging and to remind me to stick to a certain project.

You can check out similar chalkboard decal HERE>

Tackle boxes

There are so many use for this little organizing toolbox.

It comes in many sizes, so make sure you buy the one that fits the things you want to organise.
I use mine for organizing English Paper Piecing pieces and for little hardwares.

Pattern Organizer

How to organize printed paper patterns?

Patterns are always going to be a part of the sewing room, whether you are a quilter or a dressmaker. How do you organize your patterns?

In my opinion, patterns must be organized in such a way that it is easy to find and access. 

Patterns can easily be stacked and lost.

Having it stand upright and labeled in categories will make it more accessible.

For small patterns, this box is super cute for storing them, otherwise, for larger A4 printed ones, this acrylic box combined with pretty hanging file folders is perfect to store them.

Otherwise, Do-It-Yourself. Use a divider and label the dividers. Look at this recipe organizer – perfectly done. You can find the tutorial HERE>

 

Jars

Jars are great for little collective things. Tiny scraps, buttons, basting pins.

It is great to reuse the jars you already have too.

Make these Jars with a pincushion on them. Tutorial HERE>

Trolley / cart

Ikea Raskog trolley is popular around the craft room, and ideally, it is useful to organize current projects and tools.

I see a lot of use of this trolley and it is surely one of the best organizing ideas for a sewing room that can easily be switched for various functions.

If you are looking for extra storage in a small space, this handy slim cart can easily be in between, next to or under your table.

Or any of these carts similar to the Ikea Raskog would be great too > Check Price by clicking Images.

Quilt ladder

It makes a great display in the sewing room and doubles as storage for your quilts. If it’s not being used for quilts, you can also store your pressed fabrics on it.

 Check some of the choices HERE>

Labels. Labels make all the difference. Cricut for making labels, handwritten labels, label maker

With all the organizing ideas for the sewing room mentioned in this post, adding a label to them takes it to another level. 

Label it with a simple pen and paper label,

Label it with a Label Maker,

or Label it fun with a Cricut Maker, I am yet to do this with my new Cricut Maker.

However you do it, make sure you put a label on it.

This makes all the difference. Easy for you to come back to it and easy for you to keep your room tidy.

Once everything has a home, it is easy to keep them organized.

I guess that is one LONG list of organizing ideas for your sewing room. I hope you’re inspired and use some of the ideas to keep your room organized.

Let us know, how do you keep your room organized? We would love to hear more organizing ideas for a sewing room!

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