How do you organize your craft materials?

I used clear mayonaise plastic jars for buttons and screwed the lids to a board that I put on the ceiling . You can see what you are looking for .

Organizing always begins with the most used items. You can put many things on tall shelves but if you use them daily you need that item close by. Of course size and weight play a role in storage but oft used item must be accessible.

Hello Jewell, You need to create an organized shelving unit in the closet. Put your craft materials in same sized boxes. Try IKEA or Amazon for boxes. Make sure to label them. Save all the boxes you can. Tissue boxes, cardboard boxes, even food boxes. They can all be wrapped and labeled. Save your medication bottles and condiment bottles. They can all be washed out and labeled. Use them for your small items. Put all your ribbons and laces on wooden dowels. You can hang the dowels in the closet too. This sounds like a weekend project. So, pour your coffee and start organizing. Once everything is in it's place, you will be the happiest crafter in the world. Make sure to get a big work table. Good luck.

Hello Jewell; Take a deep breath, and begin small. Do not become overwhelmed.

If you need help, Please consider contacting a good Friend.

What I have personally done is to visit a Staples type of store, and I ask if they have any boxes which they want gone, which once held Computer printer paper. These boxes are large and can be used to hold anything. I just label them, and stack.

Also, I use some clear boxes, which I label and I also add like items together.

As far as having your Sewing and fabrics together, I have some of my Fabric stacked on a large table and smaller pieces rolled in huge baskets.

Take your time and go slowly. If you decide that you do not want something, Please donate it, so that someone else can enjoy it.

I hope that this helps you!!! Good Luck!

my craft room took over a 1 stall garage- it had been converted for a veterinarian's use. 1 long wall is nothing but shelving, fabric sorted by type and color. notions all in plastic shoe boxes all labeled. the current project gets the quilt rack. what items you use the most- make a parking spot for them- near where you use them. ie thread near the sewing machine,and serger, fabric cutting tools on the cutting mats. do 1 project at a time. my mom is adhd and very disorganized....

I like the sets of plastic drawers on wheels. Mine have 6 drawers each.

First, review what you intend to DO in the room, and what each activity requires. For instance, sewing requires a place for cutting that ideally is larger & higher than a surface for sewing. And you would need lighting in appropriate places for each task, and probably an ironing area as well. Needs will vary depending on what you are sewing (clothing, purses, quilts, mending, etc). "Crafts" could be wreathmaking, scrap booking, jewelry making, or dozens of other interests. How you organize will depend on what you will DO, what kind of spaces and supplies are needed for each hobby, and how you might adapt spaces and storage for each interest.

I sew all sorts of things from slipcovers and large lined curtains to clothes and quilts. I've used a small folding table with height adjustments for portable machine sewing, because it is better ergonomically for sewing, folds to store away when not in use. I've used a 6' table that folds to 3'x3' for cutting and sewing prep work of larger items, sometimes putting bed risers under feet to save my back from slight bending to work on it. Having recently moved, I found lighting to be poor on cloudy days and night work, so that will be changed soon. Location of outlets may dictate where some things need to be. Once you have planned out your work stations' needs, THEN you can plan what needs stored where and what storage methods to use, like on a shelf visible and easily accessible, or in containers, drawers, closets and "hidden." Some people work better with everything in sight & in reach, but for others that seems like distracting clutter & hinders work. What's your style? The rolltop desk would work well for scrap booking, with cubbies for supplies and tools, but not so well for sewing. Lastly, recognize that once you start settling in and working in your space, you may find layout isn't working as expected, and choose to rearrange setup. That is fine too! You won't know till you get working there. One thing I found helpful was putting labels on all containers, and keeping supplies of similar type together. I have decorative boxes with simple paper labels of colored paper cut in ovals, with embroidery thread thru the labels allowing for about 3" drop from top. I taped the free ends of floss to inside of boxes, so floss goes up over box edge and lids fit over a bit of the floss, with labels hanging about 1" below lid bottom edge. I have a box for elastic, another for lace, another for quilting threads and tools, etc. whatever makes sense for you is the place to start! I did labels after realizing how often I went searching thru 6 boxes before finding the one that held lace or whatever I needed, then had six boxes to put away before I could resume my project! (Or, more often they would stay out til I couldn't stand the mess and had 6 such hunting sprees to recover from!). Good luck!

Look under Organizing on Hometalk and I'll bet you'll find something to suite your needs. Maybe you need to purge a little bit as well.

purg sewing supplies?.... are you kidding? Do you quilt? I love the challenge of the scrappy quilts. There are special tools for quilting that make it more fun/ less work, more safe. Quilting bees are a social thing...any scrap 1inch or bigger can be used for quilting.

have you heard reduce REUSE recycle?

I am an interior designer and I trick out craft rooms all the time. My best source for organization is IKEA Kallax cube storage with clear plastic containers that you can see through and a label maker. IKEA is an amazing resource for storage with a clean look and great pricing. They also have table tops you can mount to the wall for extra, put away work surface.