These tips are helpful with organizing your sewing space. I find it a bit of a pain to follow the steps in a new pattern due to lack of space to have the instructions open. I came up with an idea that is working really well. I have put up a corkboard on the wall over my sewing machine and I pin up the instructions. It allows me to follow the steps by simply looking up.
Aside from sewing clothes I also make dog hair bows and have a TONNE of ribbon. I had been looking for an organizer but all of the commercial organizers held only a fraction of the ribbon I own and at a really high price. I came up with my own organizer design and its working great.
Supplies needed.
wood boards 1x4 or whatever you prefer.
dowels 1/4 inch works well
white glue or carpenters glue
saw
drill
Decide how long you would like your ribbon holder to be and cut. Determine how long you want each dowel to be. Dowels are used to hold spools of ribbon. To decide where to drill my holes I placed ribbon side by side flat down onto the board leaving a cm between each spool and marked the center of the hole in each spool of ribbon. I then drilled holes 1/2 way into the 1 inch of my board. I used a small amount of glue in each drilled and inserted the dowels. I wiped up any excess glue and 12 hours later I had ribbon organizers that cost me less than 10 dollars and fits all my ribbon.
I bought thread holders that stand up to hold some of my thread. I was finding however that desk space is at a real premium so to conserve space I drilled a hole in the top of each side at the top and then screwed them onto my wall over my sewing machine. Much more convienient and less space
Hope you can understand my directions if not let me know and I will try to clarify
