November 5 ~ Passion for Organization
| Do you love things neat and tidy? Do you strive for a little more order to your days? Do you know someone who gets a kick out of organizing?… We have great ideas for you today! |  |
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DIY Rope Vases Creative in Chicago shows you how to use jute and piping cord to make these super-simple DIY Rope Vases to organize pencils and more. |
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Round Nesting Baskets Christina from 2 Little Hooligans shows you how to make these great Round Nesting Baskets! |
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Hoopla Rachel from Always a Project created these fantastic Hoopla organizers, utilizing embroidery hoops as the hanging hardware! |
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Grocery Bag Stuff Sack Erin from Dog Under My Desk showed us here at Sew,Mama,Sew! how to make this Grocery Bag Stuff Sack in our Summer Sewing series. Keep all of those extra bags tidy in the house or on the road! |
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Fabric Storage Boxes These Fabric Storage Boxes from Make It and Love It are fairly inexpensive and easy to make, and they feature side handles and a front window for labeling. |
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Lego Storage Bag + Play Mat Lee from Freshly Pieced designed this Lego Storage Bag + Play Mat to contain all of those little pieces! It would work lots of different toys, and it’s great for travel too. |
Related tutorials you might just love: Gifts for Organizers, Gifts: Organize, Back-to-School Desk Bag, Easy Knit Book Covers, Happy Hostess Gift Box
Bag a Day
There are so many beautiful bags to love out there… We’re sharing one bag tutorial every day this month for you to sew and give.
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Snappy Coin Purse Rashida from i heart linen designed this Snappy Coin Purse for SEW Timeless. We think a bunch of these would be a great help to organize cavernous bags, and they would also make nice little holiday gifts too (maybe with a small gift card tucked inside?!). |
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2012 12 Month Calendar This 2012 12 Month Calendar from Leah Duncan is professionally printed on 100% cotton paper. She writes, “The calendar features drawings and patterns reflecting geometry and nature in shades of dark indigo, gold, coral, beige, gray, and pink. There’s a space at the bottom to write notes and when the month is over, you can trim off the month and frame the artwork or send it as a note!” |
Here are just a few fabrics perfect for some of today’s projects. Click on the fabric images to visit the Sew,Mama,Sew! shop:
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Bread in a Can Mique’s Bread in a Can from 30 Handmade Days isn’t a recipe, but you can bake your favorite bread (banana bread, anyone?!) in a can in the oven just as you would in a regular pan. We love the inspiration photo, and the idea of using a favorite paper or fabric to wrap it all up. |
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Over 100 Envelope Templates + Tutorials Mel shares tons of envelope templates, and a great compilation of additional templates and tutorials at Mel Stampz. Use Over 100 Envelope Templates + Tutorials this holiday season! |
Win It
Tweet #handmadeholidays this week for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Sew,Mama,Sew!
Comment on today’s post for a chance to win one of these books!
Author: Erin Zamrzla
Publisher: Roost Books
The handmade books presented here offer creative ways for you to explore your personal styles and interests: Create a record of this year’s garden with a book made out of seed packets. Collect your favorite recipes under the protective cover of a plastic cutting mat. Make simple memo pads out of recycle bin scraps. In this collection of twenty-eight Japanese bookbinding projects, traditional techniques meet contemporary style, from easy-to-fold accordion books to the intricate and interesting Japanese stab-stitch bindings.
Countdown Calendars: 24 Stitched Projects to Celebrate Any Date
Author: C&T Publishing’s Design Collective
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Count down creatively – any season, any reason!
* 24 projects to anticipate and celebrate your favorite special events.
* Make one for Christmas, Chanukah, the first day of school, a new baby, and many more occasions.
* Learn innovative sewing and embellishing techniques using Lutradur, felt, and ribbon.
* Includes a few no-sew projects that you can make in just a couple hours.
The Knitter’s Life List: To Do, To Know, To Explore, To Make
Author: Gwen Steege
Publisher: Storey Books
Knit a traditional gansey sweater with indigo yarn. Tour a spinning mill. Discover five ways to cast on for socks. Use steeking to make a tube into a cardigan. The Knitter’s Life List is a richly illustrated compilation of more than 1000 experiences and adventures that knitters won’t want to miss. You’ll find unusual yarns to work with, classic techniques to master, time-honored patterns to try, innovative designers to know about, museums around the world to see, books to read, festivals and retreats to visit, and much more. Check off each item as you complete it, and move on to the next; you’ll find more than enough knitting adventures to fill a lifetime!
3-Fabric Quilts: Quick Techniques for Simple Projects (US Winners Only)
Author: Leni Levenson Wiener
Publisher: Krause Publications
Selecting fabrics and making great quilts has never been easier! In 3-Fabric Quilts, Leni Levenson Wiener gives you the tools to make twelve fantastic quilts that each require only three fabrics. With each quilt composed of geometric squares, rectangles and strips, cutting and piecing has never been so fast and simple.
Inside you’ll find:
* Advice on choosing the three fabrics, including tips on understanding color, value and print scale, making fabric shopping easier than ever.
* Illustrated instructions for twelve 3-fabric quilts, each with yardage requirements and instructions for a small and large size.
* A unique quilting template for each project, specifically designed for the quilt.
* Basic rotary cutting, piecing and finishing instructions.
* Fun, fresh, contemporary fabrics, layouts and patterns, perfect for gifts or to decorate your own home!
Deck the Halls: Quilts to Celebrate Christmas
Author: Cheryl Almgren Taylor
Publisher: That Patchwork Place
In this rich collection of Christmas patterns, you’ll find festive quilts to deck the halls— And mantels, tables, floors, and more! These projects include delightful designs for children as well, so you’ll soon have everyone dreaming of Christmas!
* Choose from 10 warm and welcoming projects for decorating or gift giving.
* Prepare for the holidays with wall quilts, table toppers, a tree skirt, a mantel quilt, and stockings.
* Create pieced and appliquéd projects that include floral appliqué motifs such as poinsettias and mistletoe.
Don’t miss our Handmade Holidays photo pool, and check out our 2010 Handmade Holidays list for more fabulous ideas.
4 ~ Passion for Relaxation
3 ~ Passion for Clothes
2 ~ Passion for Play
1 ~ Passion for Accessories
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I need to make storage some fabric storage baskets for all my fabric scraps…
Love the Christmas Quilt book!
The hoopla organizers are so clever!
Lots of great ideas!
Love the round nesting baskets! I’m tempted to make a set for my daughter’s room.
What wonderful ideas today! The hoop organizers are my favorite.
Inspiring post! I definitely need to get organized!
Thanks again for the inspiration – I can totally see myself trying the fabric baskets and the lego tote!
I think I pinned three of these today! I will have enough ideas to use for the next two years.
Love the Hoopla organizers! So clever!
LOVE the lego bag/playmat idea!
How amazing are those envelope templates and tutorials! That is one list I know I will go back to again and again. I love handmade holidays!
That lego play mat is brilliant!
I love the Lego bag idea. Maybe I should make one and see if it helps my boys keep things clean.
My son so needs the Lego playmat–there’s always Legos all over the floor at our house. (I really need to start sewing. I’m never going to complete all the great handmade gifts I want to make!)
The rope covered cans would be a great idea for a dad, or brother, or any other guy. Thanks for the directions.
Another great set of ideas. I am so loving Handmade Holidays this year!
I love to discover new blogs each day, thanks for sharing all these, it’s my favorite month here.
Love those round nesting boxes!
wow, what awesome projects! my family is getting some of these for christmas. thanks.
The storage bag and play mat is a great idea!
Great ideas for day 5 Thanks
I made my kids a Lego playmat (although not as pretty) and they work wonderfully, so much easier than putting bricks back into a box!
Love the lego storage bag and the bag a day is sweet!!!!
I really love those hoopla organizers!
The bread in a can idea seems like a really cute idea to try out!
oh how I wish I was neat and tidy – maybe if I go make some of these cute projects, I’ll be on my way!
ooh, those pencil cans are fun!
Wow! I love those Hoopla storage bags. So going to do that in my daughter’s room!
What great storage ideas! Thanks!
Everyday with the great ideas??? I just keep pinning away…. saving all these great ideas for …. next weekend?? THank you sewmamasew!
I think my to-do list just got longer!! Love the round nesting baskets, hoopla and the fabric storage boxes…..great ideas for my sewing room re-organization project.
I want to play, and get organized!
But mostly play.
Thank you for the wonderful inspiration. I love the Handmade Holiday series, soo many new to me blogs to explore and tutorials. Today we are brainstorming for teacher gifts that an 8 yr old can make and I love the rope vases.
sigh, you are really spoiling us with all these terrific tutes@!
I love the idea to use embroidery hoops for the hoopla organizers! I seriously need to make some of those. And the snappy coin purse…awesome! I’ve made 2 of them already!
Love the fabric storage boxes and nesting baskets…who couldn’t use a little more organization!
What great storage ideas. Thanks.
My favorite today is the Lego bag! Thank you for all the fun ideas! I make sure to check every morning!!!
I love organization- this is awesome!
The books look so exciting
I love all these organizing ideas, so fun! And, what a great book list.
I need one of those fabric boxes for my car.
Fun stuff!
Learning to make my own envelopes will be very useful!
Liking the “bag a day”!
I love the snappy coin purse tutorial! Just perfect!
That countdown calendar book looks awesome!
I’m sure I’ll make my own Hoopla… it’s perfect
CAn’t decide which I love more the embroidery hoop organiser or the snappy coin purse!
Hope I can win one of those books.
Wow–so many great ideas. I’m especially intrigued by the hoopla bags — as I’ve been collecting embroidery hoops for a while now without a thought about how to use them!
That Lego bag is a brilliant idea! I have a little boy that would love it!
I love the idea of bread in a can!
I love the Lego bag/ mat idea – would be useful for so many toys!!
Love all the storage ideas!! Maybe I’ll finally get organized
I want that knitter’s life list book, it looks so pretty!
I love the Hoopla organizers! I am definitely going to have to make some of those!
So many goodies! I love today’s Handmade Holidays category.
Thanks for the amazing giveaways!
Thanks so much for featuring my DIY vases
I like the organization ides.
Those hoopla organizers will be perfect in my sewing room. I can make myself a Christmas gift right?
I’d love to have that knitter’s book. And I’m going to make that lego bag for my boys for Christmas. Great ideas!
Love those hoopla organizers. What a great idea!
I’ve recently moved and I’m still unpacking and finding homes for things, so I think I’ll be needing to make all of the projects from this batch!
Crazy. That snap purse seems like something I should already have in my life. Eeep!
I love the nesting baskets – hoping to make some soon!
Oh those round nesting baskets are awesome! Thank you so much!
I need an organizer for all of my printed out organizer tutorials. I love the idea of sewing and making organizers … now if I could just get to them. Thanks for sharing.
So glad I discovered your blog! I love it!
ooo, I love those hoopla organizers. I’ve seen that idea for a laundry bag, but now that I’m seeing it in a smaller scale, I feel the need to work them into my sewing room
I love it! I’m an organizer at heart and already have a place in every room for each one of these sweet little projects!
And the bread in the can is adorable;-)
I love all the different ideas for organization! The nesting baskets are my favorite. I make some similar but they don’t nest.
I need that knitters life list!
I’m an avid knitter and always looking for new inspiration!
The *Hooplas* idea is fantastic!!
I’d love to try out the rope vases, they look awesome and so rustic! And love the round nesting baskets.
I feel like I need to get organized… so I can sew things to help get me organized! Love the inspiration.
Love the fabric baskets!
Handmade Holidays always makes me with I had the ability to dedicate as much time to sewing as I dedicate to my full-time job(s). So many great ideas!
Oh my word, SO many great projects today! I don’t know where to start….
Definitely love the Lego bag/mat. That’s a neat idea! IF I have time, I may make one before Christmas for my girls and the train set they’re getting.
I’d love to win the book Three Fabric Quilts! The tutes today are so practical – and really nice for gifting! Thanks!
Such great ideas. Way too many projects are making it on to my list for Christmas gifts!
I need to organize- have to try the hanging hoop bags as I have no more floor space.
Those coin purses are super cute!
Love the grocery bag stuff sack, I really need one of those! The handmade books book looks very pretty too.
I have never gotten into quilting, but the book “3-Fabric Quilts” sounds like just the thing to convert me!
Those hoopla baskets are ingenious! I’m thinking scrap catcher for sewists, garbage bag for cars, smaller versions as jewelry organizers. I love it. Also, the snappy coin purse would be a super gift for teachers with a nice gift card tucked in or even just a sweet note from mom and kid. Great stuff today, thanks.
I love the lego storage/play mat, and I know lots of kiddos that could use this…and maybe even my son’s school. Thanks!
Love the Hoopla organizers. I’ve had them Pinned for a few weeks now, with the intent of making them for hats and mittens in the entryway.
Ooh, lots of good ideas in this post! I *strive* to be neat and tidy, but I am outnumbered by the children…
I love every one of these ideas! I have a serious passion for organization
Love the countdown calendars!
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Bread in a Can. Who knew? I’ll have to try that!
I love all of these!
Those embroidery hoop hanging baskets are amazing. What a great idea!
I love those hoop organizers! So cute, and such a great idea!
The hoopla organizers look like a great idea!
That lego/playmat idea is awesome! Add it to the to-do list…
Love those nesting baskets!
AHHHH!!! I want one of these books! I think I want the homemade books the most.
What lovely ideas! I love the fabric storage boxes and I think a lot of those are in my future.
The bread in a can is super cute, especially for neighbors. I do want to caution people though that most all cans with a very few exceptions are lined with BPA (an endocrine interrupter) and heating it is going to make it leach even more so than usual. Eden organic and some of Trader Joe’s cans are BPA free so you may want to go that route.
This is the postni have been waiting for. I love all the storage ideas
Oh how I love the hoopla baskets! Brillant and beautiful! Thanks.
I’ve been using old spaghetti sauce jars to store my craft supplies-looks like I need to cuteness things up with some of these tutorials!
Love the organization projects!
I would love to learn how to make books it’s someting I have wanted to try for a long time
I love to organize & might have to make each of these!
I definitely have to try for those sweet books!
Found two gifts in this post! Thanks so much!
Oh, I love this day’s projects!!
What a great selection of tuts
Bookmarking the envelope templates – a handmade gift deserves a handmade card after all.
Love the playmat!
The fabric storage boxes are awesome!
coin purses! That’s definitely something I want to learn how to make. Thanks.
That coin purse is priceless! I think I will be making these for the girls in my scout troops.
So many great projects today! I really want to try the round nesting boxes
Thanks so much!
I want the countdown calendars book. it has such cute ideas for calendars, that I want to make them all.
I am loving all of these ideas! It just makes me want to do nothing but craft all day long
Love the grocery bag stuff sack!
I definitely need some of those fabric baskets for organizing my sewing room. Thanks!
I’ve had supplies stuffed into boxes and had to rummage through them every time I needed something for years. Our last child just moved out and I suddenly have a huge room all to myself; it’s a lot harder than I imagined to figure out how to arrange everything. This post was just what I needed t start getting it organized AND pretty!
3-fabric quilts may actually inspire me to start one!
Baking in a can, what a fun idea!
I’ll be honest – I really do not possess a passion for organization. But I’m sure someone on my gift list does! Thanks for the great ideas!
Everything looks so great! I always love the organizing ideas
Just the posting I was waiting for!
Love the fabric baskets!
Great ideas
Gift ideas galore
I may need to make one of each – those hoop bags are perfect!
Fantastic projects, as usual. I love the hoopla organizers, in particular. I’ll be reading all month!
These organization ideas are great! Thanks for such a great list.
Such cute ideas–how will I ever make them all?! Thank you!
Definitely making the Hoopla for my laundry room, and potentially a few other places! Thinking the corner where my girls’ play kitchen is too!
I WILL do those nesting baskets! Too cute!
Another great selection of tutes!
What a wonderful surprise…so many beautiful gifts to make…but not enough time….
Thank you for the chance to win.
Kind regards from Germany
Claudia
This theme is definitely for me! I LOOOOVE all these projects!
Great ideas! Thanks!
I like the stacking baskets.
What a great collection of tutorials and inspiration.
The grocery bag sack would work well in different sizes for different items – I love the look of this bag – I just need to get some cord locks and figure out some measurements to make this bag bigger to hold a quilt set I just finished
We definately need a lego bag and playmat at our house. All of these projects are really great. The Hoopla organizers would be really nice to have.
Oh, that handmade book… book looks great! I need to add that to my wishlist.
The envelopes are such a great resource! I like making handmade cards, just don’t do it enough!
I still need to make a dozen more of the fabric storage baskets – they are fabulous!
Saw those Hooplas on Pinterest. I’m noticing I see everything first there…THEN everyone posts it on Facebook, etc. Thanks for all of the project ideas!
Oh, I’m a sucker for nesting baskets. Love them!
These are such cute ideas! I’m entertaining the fantasy that I would be totally organized, if I only sat down and crafted myself some fabulous bins and baskets. Ha ha ha ha ha!
I want to make the storage cube!
That handmade books book looks sooooo cool!
The fabric storage boxes are great- now I can have some that match my deco, not just what the shop is selling. Thanks
The Snappy Coin Purses are very easy to make.
I love the fabric storage baskets!
Love all the bags and boxes. The Hoopla is especially cool!
This is my favorite day yet! I love organizers – if only they loved me back
The first one I’m going to try out? Hoopla. To organize all those hair pretties my girls seem to leave everywhere.
Thanks for the great tute roundup! Those nesting round containers look great
ooo yeah…’organisation’ is kinda topical living in a 80m square house with a kid! Love how you all keep coming up with new themes or fresh slants on old ones – i am constantly impressed.
I just love today’s list. I am always in need of storage ideas and these were all just wonderful!
So needed this post right now. I need pretty and organization. Thank you!
Bread in a can! Lego s in a sack! I love this blog
great theme.
Ooh, a LEGO BAG?!?!? Love it!
Love the hoopla project!! So many good things featured again -thank you!!
Oh how I would love to win the 3-Fabric Quilts book! I just found your blog this past week and have been LOVING it!
What fantastic projects, as always. The embroidery hoop thing is genius!
Adorable nesting basket. Love the fresh take on a classic!
Love these projects!
Love the Hoopla and the nesting baskets, but the lego bag has moved to the top of my list.
the coin purse is my favorite.
Love the projects! And love the books you choose! So many end up on my wish list! Thanks for the chance to win!
The embroidery hoops are my favorite organization idea ;}
Bread in a can was a great link which linked to more fun. Maybe a reward while quilting. thanks!
love the hanging baskets!
Love the fabric storage box with handles. I need to make one of these for sure.
I would love to get my hands on that count down calendar book!
My sons need a few of those Lego storage bags for cars, Mr. Potato Head, etc.!!
Great inspiration today. I am so glad that you are re-featuring these ideas.
i dont know what to make first
I loe those hoopla baskets fir my sewing room, and those nested ones would be a great gift!
so many cute ideas!! i need more time to sew & craft!
Love the round nesting baskets. We are being spoiled with all of these great tutorials!
I love that stuff sack – I need that for my knitting!
I love this category, beautiful organization!
So excited to make some of these!
Ooooo, I love all the fabric baskets!!!
the fabric baskets are great – and are a perfect pair with the knitting list book – a basket for each project!
WOW is it already the 5th. Time is flying by.
ohhhh, i would love the 3 fabric quilts book.
Really dig the fabric storage box tutorial. Might be time to get my organization on!
Using an embroidery hoop for the hanging hardware. I love it.
Love the nesting baskets!
I wonder how much of a mess I could make with organizational projects
I need all the help on can get with it come to organization. Love the hanging baskets!
Bread baked in a Pan! Totally going to try it out.
I’d love to make the fabric boxes or lego storage bag!
Love Rashida’s snappy little coin purses!
Love this series you all! Thanks for the inspiration.
I’m always interested in ways to organize my fabrics and notions. I especially like the fabric storage boxes.
I’d love to win the countdown calendar book! Plus, those Hoopla organizers are so great
I love the round nesting baskets. I think those would be great for so many things including one for the side of my bed for earrings and such.
I am drooling at the prospect of the three fabric quilts book!
this entire post has my bff written all over it!
Hoopla = what a genius idea!
I love the fabric baskets. Great ideas as we try to re-organize before Christmas!
Thanks!
I need to make a lego bag…..pure genius!
Those hoopla organizers is the most creative idea I’ve seen in a long time!
So many wonderful tutorials! I was going to list my favorites until I realized I was listing all of them! Thanks.
I love baking bread in a can!
Love the bags with the embroidery hoops!
I love all these organizing ideas, especially the hanging bags with embroidery hoops. These will be a perfect addition to my crafting space.
The hoopla organizer idea is pure genius!
Love this series…added lots of gift ideas to my stash!
Thanks!
“Homemade Books” looks fabulous
More organisation is always helpful!
Great gift ideas. Thanks
Love all the cute ideas!
I love the 3 fabric quilt idea. That seems easy.
love the round baskets and the hoopla organizers! Very fun and creative tutorials.
I love the hoopla organizer. Just what my daughter needs in her room!!
Love the “hoopla” and “grocery bag” – nice designs to play around with!
I look forward to Handmade Holidays for inspiration on what to make for Christmas gifts. I love the snappy coin purses. So cute and sure to make any little girl smile.
I’m loving the book book and the knitting book!
Loving all the great ideas!
My 11 year old son just saw the lego bag and has begged me to make it for him by next week! I think he will have to wait till christmas! What a fantastic idea and I love the hoop organizers too!
Liked the fabric boxes most, but all the ideas and tutorials were great.
great suggestions. i think i need to make those round nesting baskets pronto!
Love the hoopla organizers!
Love organization, but not so great with the follow through!
Maybe those nesting boxes will help!
An inspiring collection — the round nesting baskets are cute. Great book prize selection, too!
Great ieas!Thanks so much!
Ohmygosh. Bread in a can!!! My grandmother did that, always. Our Christmas care packages always included orange bread and date-nut bread in soup cans and coffee cans. I am going to do that this year and send some to my cousins. Thank you!!! (There aren’t enough exclamation points to show how excited I am about this!)
LOVE the hooplas!
I really need to browse the Knitter’s List book. It sounds like a bucket list bound and ready to go.
Oh, how I love all those tutorials!
Christmas is too too soon! Your inspiring list every day is causing me to have indecisiveness! I’m procrastinating and there are soooooo many beautiful things to make! I LOVE it! Thanks
I love the organizing ideas. I constantly change how I have things organized, to find the “perfect” organization choice.
I really like the Hoopla bags and the nesting baskets. I’m thinking about making the baskets in Christmas prints, to give as gifts.
Love the Lego bag! And the round nesting baskets are so adorable!
So many great ideas! I need more organization in my life.
‘This year is my “get organized” year. I know where I’ll be starting…
Very fun! I like the snappy coin purse!
Wow – my daughter just moved into her first apartment; and while looking thru the IKEA catalog saw their version of Hoopla and wanted some for her desk area (she’s a Kindergarten teacher) to hold all of her school supplies. Perfect look, will hold all those colored pencils, markers, etc. Thank you so much for a wonderful web/blog site.
I love these storage ideas, especially the Hoopla Bags.
Hand made organizers would really make a difference in my sewing area – and they look so cute!
i really need to make some of those fabric boxes – pronto!
Yes! I needed that envelope template! Thanks!
all the projects look great ~ especially like the Hoopla and the Snappy Coin Purse.
So many great ideas. The Lego bag, the grocery bag holder, even the bread in a can! I’m gonna be a busy crafter this month.
The Lego bag is a great idea. When my boys were young, I kept a sheet in the lego tub to spread on the floor. This would make clean-up even easier.
I love the embroidery hoop organizers. Too cute for any room!
I love all of these projects! It’s great to see a book on knitting!
Can I love it all? Because I do. I surely do!
The Knitter’s Life List – what a great idea! How about the Sewist’s Life List? The Gardener’s Life List? The Baker’s Life List? I see a lot of list-making in my future!
I love the coin purses & the bag!
Love the storage bag for grocery bags … pretty & functional.
hehe…I think I already had all of those planned. Great projects!!
We need that Lego storage bag in our house!
Oh my gosh I never thought of making my own fabric boxes! So cool!
great ideas!
I like the Lego bag!
Love those organizers! Thanks for the inspiration!
Perfect ideas to get organized!! Love them!
Those fabric storage boxes are perfect for my in-progress sewing room clean-up. I think it will be time well spent, and much better looking than the cardboard boxes I am currently using!
I definitely need to make some of those storage boxes!
Oooh, good ones! I think my larger scrap pile is calling out to be made into some coin purses. Thanks for the great tutorials!
So many great organizer ideas, not just for presents!
I like the idea of the three fabric quilts book. Sometimes I have a hard time coming up with patterns when I only use a few different fabrics.
i love the enveloppes ! thanks !
Thanks for the organization ideas!
Definitely loving the round nesting baskets! I’ve got those bookmarked…
I love the fabric basket! cool organization ideas. thanks.
Now I know what to do with all those embroidery hoops!
I love the lego mat organizer, what a great idea!
Those little purses are really darling.
I love those Hoopla organizers!
Countdown calenders are the sweetest things. I’m currently working on an advent for my girls.
those round nesting boxes are terrific!
how amazing is the bread in a can!?
I am in love with the hanging “hooplas.” I am starting NOW on them, and hoping to put them all over the kids room!
More great tutorials!
Love those round nesting boxes!
Some great ideas! I love Rashida’s snappy coin purses!
Too many good ideas!!
I need to make those Fabric Storage Boxes badly!!
i’ve been thinking of making some baskets for my scraps – those round ones are great!
Definitely pinning that hoopla tutorial — very cool idea!
I love these ideas.
Love the coin purses, great for boys in the right fabric of course!
Wonderful organizers – like the fabric baskets and Lego container.
I love the little snap purses. Super cute.
I love the fabric storage boxes!
Love the round nesting baskets!
The hooplas are cute! And I am a sucker for any sort of fabric box.
I need some help in the organization department so I home that some of my crafty friends sew me up some project bags and nesting baskets. I’ll have to email them the link to this page as a subtle hint.
I am in love with the play at/lego organizer, I will be wiping up a few for Christmas, this would have saved my dad’s feet, there was a always a Lego left behind waiting for him to step on.
I love the hoopla storage baskets!
I am “de-cluttering” so this is the perfect giveaway for me! Love all the handmade storage…must try!
ooo! love the nesting baskets and the hoopla!
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I’m a sucker for storage baskets. I like the hoopla ones esp. The giveaway books look grest too.
This is what I need. hehe. Ways to get myself and my family organized! I love the hanging baskets, too cute. Thanks for all the great ideas.
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I think my son needs the lego organizer.
I love lee’s pattern for the lego playmat. I will need to make one of these for my nieces and nephews.
I think that Lego bag could work for Matchbox cars, Barbies, even as a lunch bag so that you could sit on the grass in the park during your lunch hour!! Maybe in a baby print to give a baby a place for tummy time when away from home. Maybe put a few toys inside. So many ideas!
I always love storage. I have wanted to make the baskets from make and love it but now I want to make the round ones too. Sooo cute!
Who can’t use some clever storage ideas? I’d love to make the Lego Cleanup Bag. My nephew is only one year old so that still gives me some time. So many great books! Thanks for the chance to win.
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love the ideas.
Love the storage and organizing ideas
definitely need to try my hand at the coin purses and the storage boxes! Thanks!
This is my favorite day so far. I think you can never have enough nesting baskets and other organizational containers! Especially if they’re made in your favorite fabric.
Love the nesting baskets!!!
Came for the Hoopla and stayed for the Bread in a Can!! Love it!!
oh to be organized…..
I love the bread in a can idea!
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Lovely ideas!
These tutorials are right up my alley! Can’t wait to give them a go!
I love the project with the embroidery hoops. And the knitting book is my favorite.
I have the fabric boxes and snappy coin purse on my “to do” list. Can’t wait to make them.
SewMamaSew consistently inspires me with ideas for projects and gifts, as well as helping me learn ways to work with texture and color. Thanks for all the tutorials which I eagerly study for new gift and project ideas!
So many projects…only one sewing machine!
I really want to make a playmat sometime.
I love the countdown calendar book, wow. And the fantastic nesting baskets, fun!
How ironic that the organization tutes were posted are my birthday. Are you trying to tell me something??
The lego bag looks like such a great idea for so many of my friends and their kids!
ooooh. so exciting!
Those rope vases are so stinking cute!
I love so many of these tutorials!
The Hoopla organizers are fantastic!
I need to make this rope vase now!
Lego play mat!
So clever using the embroidery hoop!
Off to check out that fabric box tute right now…
Love the lego mat / bag – super cool idea!
yet more fantastic ideas. I love trying to get myself organised – not that it ever works!
love the baskets!
The Lego bag is a great idea.
fun fun fun… i can’t believe i’m already so far behind with the november posts. I’m catching up, keep em coming!!
organizing is my bag! Love the tips….
That countdown calendar book looks really great!
I’ve always wanted to make fabric boxes!
Gen
I can see so many uses for the hoopla baskets! Great tutorials.
I love the idea of baking a bread in a can! And the fabric boxes, the lego bag.. nice!
Wonderful ideas! The lego mat is genius! What mom wouldn’t like such an easy way to clean up legos?
Thanks for all the links! Plenty of inspiration here, as usual!
I love the round baskets and the fabric basket – cute!
I can’t wait to make a lego bag!!
Those hoopla organizers are soo cool and so easy!
Can’t wait to make the lego bag for my son!
I enjoy it when folks come together and share opinions, great blog, keep it up.
I’m trying to get a passion for organization.
Love the hoopla organizers!