Let's get organized

Even though I have not been doing much sewing or quilting lately, there are things going on in the sewing room.

I save lots of scraps, and they end up being deposited into a basket here, or there.

One day I said, "Enough!!"  I had purposed to head down to IKEA and buy one of those cute turquoise rolling bins.  But as I never made it down there, I ended up buying this.

It works great to stash the scraps and charm packs.  And it was a fraction of the cost :-)

Then there was the closet, which was totally unorganized.

(this is only the bottom shelf, as I already started reorganizing the upper shelves)

Karen at Sew Many Ways shared a post about organizing her Kitchen Cupboards.        She used Fabric boxes to hold all sorts of things.  And the great thing is......... they were only $1.00!!  So I headed out to my Dollar Tree to see if they carried these boxes.  I found a large selection of smaller boxes, like the kind you would put in a drawer.  But the other day I went to a DT close to my house, one that might not be so heavily shopped, and found several of the larger 11 x11" size. 

So here is how the closet looks now.

Yep, much better!