Craft space : Part 1

I never show how I store and organize my craft stuff because I never did :p. But the other day, my elder sister is coming over our house to visit us during this festive season, so I need to do something to my space.

I was so busy actually because I already in my working mode - meaning fabric here and there. So I paused for one day and did some cleaning which is still half way done.

I bought a white Ikea LACK bookcase sometimes last year the moment I think I seriously need a space to store my stuff. This bookcase is good because it is simple, meaning I can organize it as creative as I can on the shelves.

See, simple huh?

These are some ideas how people organized their stuff using the LACK bookcase. All pictures are googled.

Since I am not ready to show the other 2 bottom shelves, I showed the 2 upper shelves :p . Basically I store books, patterns (folded), the stationery, embellishments, buttons, etc on the 2 upper shelves.
This is the upper shelves. I use old jars as well as Ikea spices jars to store buttons. I separate the buttons based on sizes. Some labels are put in the plastic canister also I got from Ikea. Lately I work a lot with lace *hint hint* so I have some of the laces in the cans (also from Ikea). They are colorful and when I bought them, I dont know what to put inside, later I know they are so useful to store all my little and beautiful craft items :).

Books I have are mostly Cucitos, Cotton Friends and some Japanese books. I am a bit slow with English patterns, because I hate reading instructions, unless for recipe. I am into diagrams and pictures when it comes to sewing.

The top pink book with elastic is my precious book. Inside I store all my sewing secrets ha ha ha.



The 2nd shelves is an easily accessible shelves where I put all the items I use everyday. Pens, paper scissors and some is my daughter's stuff like the ribbon headband I got from old blossom box store. Do you know when you venture into business, calculator is your best friend? :p

I think thats all I can share at the moment. And I will find some time to snap the bottom 2 shelves. That are the space where I store fabrics :p but Im not really sure whether to share my fabric or not because I dont have many as Zura has hehehehe.

Ok, I have something to do with my lil girl. Will share it here later. Bye :)

Fabrics in the boxes

This is how I store my fabrics....

I got 8 boxes to store all the trims, remnants (most right), patterns (the most left), local bought fabric, imported fabric, used and new, work in progress and to be sold.

So this what work in progress boxes look like. :)

Happy Wednesday!

Share with you my colors

See some colors on my workspace as of today. All I can see is I need to add in more threads.


Happy Thursday!

Sewing hall?

This is my sewing area. Its in the living hall. Im using the dining chair to sew because I cannot find a perfect sewing chair for me yet.

I sold the previous table to a friend of mine and did some storage and furniture hunting last weekend. As expected and to my dissapointment, the white Vika Amon Ikea table was out of stock. And the black too! So I have no choice and picked the beige one to replace the old one.



Both have same colors, only differs in length and width. And I can put both machine in the table and no more yelling to my daughter when she tried to play with the serger.

See the dressform? Hopefully that will inspire me to sew more..And I think it did. I just finished sew a top for my LO while she was sleeping just now..

This afternoon, I sent my serger for service because it needs one. And hopefully can comeback to me perfectly before Friday!

Sewing storage hunting

Im going to hunt for storages for my fabrics, threads, buttons and many more embellishments this weekend. So I surf few other websites to get inspired and see how they organized their stuff.

Picture taken from the source (can be found when you click the images)

Fabric storage
1) I like this one because the color combination is so bright and happy. Fabrics are organized by rolls in the tiny bucket and neatly folded in the shelves. I like the vintage mini bag in the 2nd tier of the shelves too!


2) This is more to the embellishments and accessories organization. I plan to have the tiny buckets like those near the phone but not sure whether the big boss of the house agree or not. And there are lamps in the wall shelves. Pretty!


3) This is a practical one since fabrics are organized according to colors. Only that, do I have that space?

4) This is super duper cute!! I thought of getting the bookshelves for my lil darling to store her story books but seems that I can use that too for my storage!Hehehe


Thread storage
My current thread storage is like a mess! Mess because the thread don't have a standard size and the storage is smaller than the thread in terms of height, so the lid cannot close properly. Which end up, I stashed so many things on top of it. So, I'm looking for a practical one and important of all, easy to access.

1) Crystal clear box like this is the one I'm looking for! I hope I can find one like below this weekend.


2) This one also another option since it has a lid but don't know where to find it here in Malaysia, or to be specific, KL.


3) Anybody has this kind of storage? Same as the first one, this is a standing version of thread storage. So cute!

For those who thinking to get inspired from others, this is the link which I think is worth to check out!
http://the6oclockstitch.blogspot.com/2009/03/inspiration-for-designing-your-own.html
http://prettylittlethings.typepad.com/

Buttons Storage
I think will find one like this from Ikea. Its cheap and practical. And she got nice studio too!

Take care you all!