In the modern world, there are quite a lot of craftswomen and needlewomen who do sewing work not only for themselves, but also as a small business. Therefore, such people need places to store accessories. This article talks about how to make a thread organizer with your own hands and what you need for this.
What types of sewing supply organizers are there?
If you need to store beads or beads, you can use a regular small box. For larger items, it is advisable to buy a plastic container with compartments. Professional needlewomen buy quite a lot of tools for work. Therefore, they need large organizers with compartments. They can accommodate not only sewing tools, but also many other small items.
This will be more convenient than hiding items in a closet. Small clothes, headphones or office supplies can be placed in such containers.
Convenient to use hanging container made of fabric - this is the most common type. Such an organizer saves work space, and will also be an original element of decor. Hanging organizer for sewing accessories can be bought or made with your own hands. It is also desirable to beautifully decorate the finished product with beads, a brooch or other accessories.
Please note! You can create a box for storing threads from a tin candy box. In this case, it is advisable to paint it antique, which will look very original and impressive.
A full-fledged large wooden box with compartments and varnished will look beautiful.
In general, all wood products look more aesthetically pleasing than, for example, plastic ones. Therefore, such an organizer is made not only for yourself, but also presented as a gift to some needlewoman. In addition to storing threads, you need to keep needles with them. A box for threads and needles with your own hands is usually made of plastic and with the use of foam rubber, it is convenient to stick needles into it.
A regular jar with a lid will look quite original. Threads will be stored inside, and a soft pincushion can be sewn onto the lid. If desired, the jar must first be primed and then painted with acrylic paints. Make some kind of ornament or animal drawings.
Well, if you don't want to bother at all, but need to store the threads somewhere, you can use a shoe box. You need to cover it with gift wrap. Put foam rubber inside and insert wooden or metal pins into it, on which the spool will be strung.
A DIY floss organizer is usually made in the form of a tablet. It is made, for example, from a CD disk. For this, holes are drilled in it, where the threads will be wound. The disk itself must be covered with felt or cotton.
Important! Any organizer should have a lid, because the yarn collects dust very quickly, which is unacceptable.
It is advisable to store in such items not only threads, but also various sewing trifles, such as needles, buttons or ribbons, so as not to lose such small things over time.
Fabric
To make the organizer truly impressive, you need to use all your imagination and talent.
A fabric organizer can be made in the shape of a house.
Such an organizer will not only be useful in use, but will also decorate the room with its appearance.
Materials for work:
- Pieces of different materials;
- Office paper or cardboard;
- Scissors, soap and a ruler.
A fabric house does not require much space. Everything depends on personal preferences and desires. For example, from 15 to 40 cm on each wall of the house. It is advisable to make more.
First you need to make a roof.
Using a template, make a slanted roof out of cardboard. You need two identical parts.
You also need to cut out the part for the bend. It is very easy to do.
Sew the top strips along the inside. Then turn them out. Insert a hard strip inside and sew the ends.
Now the walls are made, the most important part. You need to cut the walls out of cardboard and glue pieces of fabric to them. Make an allowance of about 2 cm. On the sides, make lines with soap along which you need to cut.
Decorate the walls as desired, make windows or sew on buttons.
Now you need to start assembling the house. Connect the floor to the walls. Next, you need to put the roof on top, sewing it along the edge. In the end, you get five parts that need to be sewn by hand. The organizer is quite easy to make, so you can create several houses at once.
Plastic
It is not difficult to make such an organizer. A plastic cookie box is used as a base. The main thing is that it should have a lid to protect items from dust and children. If the box is small, you can take it with you anywhere.
To work you will need a plastic cookie box, a small square of foam to put on the bottom of the container, and wooden sticks.
Step-by-step work process:
- You need to cut a rectangle or square out of the foam and place it on the bottom of the box;
- If there is no foam, then you need to put a piece of laminate;
- Cut the wooden sticks into pieces slightly smaller than the height of the organizer. If there is sawdust sticking out, it is better to clean it;
- There is already foam plastic on the bottom of the product, now you need to insert sticks into it. String spools of threads and ribbons on them.
Wooden
You can make a DIY thread box out of wood. You will need 10 cm boards or slats for the job. You will need to use wooden fruit boxes. Make a frame with nails. Put five crossbars for the spools in it. The gap between them should be about 5 cm so that the spools fit in there completely. Drive screws vertically into each crossbar at equal distances. You will need to string the threads on them.
The finished organizer for a seamstress can be hung on the wall or placed near the work area.
Decorate with beads if desired or paint the tree beautifully with acrylic paints, and then varnish. To keep it permanently closed, you can make a small transparent lid on hinges. It will look like a small safe for accessories.
How to Make a Fabric Organizer with Your Own Hands
These types can be made entirely of fabric and be soft, or using cardboard or plywood to be more stable. Fabric organizers for sewing threads are considered the easiest to make and most reliable. They can be machine washed, wrung out and steamed. You can store not only threads, but also various needles, knitting needles or scissors. The execution is so simple that you can involve a child in the work, teaching him needlework in a playful way.
What materials and tools will be needed?
The main materials that you will need for the work are:
- Fabrics of various colors;
- Scissors, or better yet, a rotary cutter;
- Fabric pencil or chalk;
- Needles, threads, buttons;
- Cardboard, paper or plywood;
- Sintepon;
- Beads and rhinestones for decoration.
Organizers can be made from absolutely any materials. The more imagination a person has, the more original the container for storing threads and more turns out to be. Below is how to sew an organizer from fabric with your own hands.
Sewing process.
Basically, sewing is done by hand, but if you need a stronger and more even stitch, it is better to seek help from a sewing machine. Decorate the edges of the fabric organizer on an overlock machine.
Here is an organizer in the form of a fabric box with plywood partitions.
First, you need to find a pattern for the desired container. Next, from plywood, you need to cut out four rectangular boards of 20 cm each, this will be the frame of the product and four boards of 5 cm each. Make a frame of the product from four large boards, fasten them between nails or a construction stapler. You get the base of the organizer, it needs to be covered with the selected fabric, leaving a small hole at the end. You need to fill it with padding polyester, from the inside of the box. You can not do this, but it looks more gentle and cute.
Next, using the same method, cover the plywood partitions with fabric, but preferably in a different color or with patterns. Insert the partitions into the frame of the box. Use cardboard covered with cotton as the floor. The product is almost ready, now you need to decorate it to your own taste. You can embroider some symbol or sew a few beads and rhinestones on it.
In conclusion, we need to sum it up. There are a huge number of forms and types of organizers. A DIY thread box is quite easy to make. There are many master classes on the Internet on how to make such things. Therefore, if it is very difficult to choose a suitable container, you need to look at them.
