Unique Sewing Containers Contest

Well, I don’t know if my containers are “unique” enough or not, but here they are anyway.  Plus, you may have seen them in earlier posts of my sewing room.

First up, I have my Thread container that is just two stackable plastic drawers.  I have a real problem with my cat Cleo getting into my thread.  I don’t think she eats it, but she will pull it all over the house and out of my machine and other mischievous acts. So I bought these to put my thread in.  The bottom one holds all my neutral threads and the top my colored/quilting threads.

Next up, is where I store pins and such.  The aforementioned cat also liked to take my pins off my magnetic pincushions and drop them on the floor.  I had to find a way to put them away, but still be close to me.  I bought this little three drawer table container for they sit next to my desk on my shelf and is close to me.  I the top drawer are my pincushions and the middle drawer is my basting pins (I have a lot as you can see).  The bottom drawer is for my binder clips that I use in basting.  When I am ready to baste, I can take the two bottom drawers to the table and bind quilts.  When I am quilting, the pin drawer is open and close enough to me that I just throw the pins in there.

My next containers are ones that I have had a while but still love.  They are ones I found on clearance at Joanns in WA.  I use the smaller ones for projects.  They can each hold a couple of projects.  I then write the name of the projects on the outside and stick them in the clear plastic slot.  I put each project in its own large ziploc bag and stick it in the larger container. 

The larger containers are for my flimsies and my scraps.   There is about 10-15 flimsies in that container.

I showed this one the other day, but I will add it again, how I store my patterns.  In a basket that is just the perfect width to allow them to stand up and be flipped through.

My next container is one that is going through a transitional stage right now.  Currently, it holds a bunch of stuff I don’t know what to do with it and my scissors in the bottom drawer.  It is an old desk mail sorter ( I think that is what it was anyway).  I love that I can “hide” my scissors from my daughter, but still have them close to me. 

The reason the above container is going through a transitional stage right now is because yesterday I bought a new container.   I got a tackle box.  Ok.  A tackle box is definitely not a “unique” sewing container.  Those who have been sewing awhile know about this cheaper alternative to expensive sewing containers.  Well, let me tell you, this tackle box was not cheap.  It was $30.  I went to two stores to look for this specific type of tackle box. Here it is closed.

It has four different mini trays that pull out.  It houses my sewing machine feet (top row), my bobbins - filled and empty, along with machine needles (2nd row), Miscellaneous tools (seam rippers, pins, safety pins, binding clips, seam rippers, etc) - (3rd row), and Pens, pencils , my acid free permanent markers, and my clover marking chalk pens (bottom row).  The top  area holds my rotary cutters.

I have anything and everything at my fingertips that I may need for sewing.  And it is portable, so that I can take it with me when I go to bees, retreats, classes, etc.  When I go, all I basically have to add is a spool of thread and a small pair of scissors, and I am set.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my containers…