Welcome to DAY 5 of our 12 Days of Christmas celebration!
For our 5th Day Of Christmas giveaway, we are doing a GIVEAWAY of one $100 Amazon Gift Card to one lucky winner. The gift card can be used towards any item available on the Amazon or Fabric.com websites. Woot, Woot!
Maybe you'll use your gift card to buy some things to get your sewing room organized! It is that time of year when cleaning things out and getting organized are top of mind. If you're interested in some ideas to get you going, be sure to check out Cinnamon's Sewing Room Tours and Organizing Videos! Your can see several of them on the SWC Youtube Channel and more in SWC+
Feeling Inspired? Check out the other organization videos too!
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We hope you enjoy our 12 Days Of Christmas Celebration. We are incredibly grateful for your ongoing support and wish you a happy holiday season, and a terrific new year!
Happy New Year!
Cinnamon & Pixie Faire Team
100 Comments
Mary Lasich
December 31, 2022
my biggest organizing challange is just getting started to organize
Chriss
December 30, 2022
my biggest sewing organization challenge is organizing in general!
Chriss
December 30, 2022
my biggest sewing organization challenge is organizing in general!
Judy
December 30, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is organizing my fabric. Would love to have it all in one cabinet organized by color and type.
Danah M
December 30, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is putting all of my fabric back where it belongs.
Marilyn
December 30, 2022
I’m comitted
Marilyn
December 30, 2022
My biggest organization problem is space for fabric, notions and tangled thread.
Margaret
December 30, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is keeping it clean and tidy especially when I am sewing all day long. I have purchased several items from Amazon Mini Stash and Store and regular size by Its Sew Emma ( come in different colors) and it holds my lint brushes, small scissors, seam ripper and they are all in one spot next to my sewing machine and serger. I also just purchases a WORX mini vacuum that uses 20V battery to help tidy up those threads and lint.
Oksana
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is organizing my supplies and finding the time.
Evelyn
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is having collected far more fabric over the years I’d have to live to be 150 to have time to use it all. I need to pare it down and better organize the rest.
Piroska
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization problem is the whole thing. I want to organize, but I just can’t seem to have enough containers, enough shelving, etc.
Ann M
December 29, 2022
My biggest organizational challenge is my own scattered brain. I never remember where I stashed stuff, and I usually forget what I have stashed away. I make a terrible mess looking for suitable materials when I have a project in mind.
Janet F
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is storing my fabric and trims. I’m also terrible about picking up as I finish
Elizabeth
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is all of my fabric addiction!
Charlene
December 29, 2022
Keeping my fabric organized
TXrungirl
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is finding enough space to store (and find!) all the little bits and bobs.
Jessica
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is that I do not have space for any of it; yet I continue to purchase fabric and patterns that just continue to get stacked.
Julie
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is the fact that I purchase top shelf fabrics and vintage and/or antique laces. Why would this be a problem, you may ask? Having purchased the most exquisite fabrics/trims I can afford, I am then reluctant to cut into them … because then I won’t have them anymore!.
Gracia
December 29, 2022
My problem is space.
Carma
December 29, 2022
My biggest organizational challenge is just not having enough space
Sherina Hernandez
December 29, 2022
I commented
Rae
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is remembering where I ‘just’ set that thing that I just used. [ggg]
Martha R.
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is running out of room in the drawers I have set aside for certain types of fabric. I end up stuffing swimsuit fabric in the flannel drawer because the drawer for swimsuit fabric is already full. Then a lot of recent purchases end up in sacks, totally unorganized.
Suzanne Krueger
December 29, 2022
My fabric. I get ideas for outfits I’d like to sew, then I find something new I want to sew. Then the season I want the outfit for passes and my desire to sew it is gone and moved on to the next. Fabric and ideas pile up fast!
Janine
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing challenge is I downsized in June. No place to store stuff and still looking for things I know I own.
Renee
December 29, 2022
My biggest organization sewing problem is space. My sewing table is in the dining room!
Deanna Hanlin
December 29, 2022
My biggest organizational challenge is in April I moved to a smaller house. Currently searching for my pinking shears 😞
Anne
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is limited space.
Jeannette
December 29, 2022
My biggest challenge is storing all the fabric…and that may be due to all the fabric people donate to me. Also, I tend to have multiple projects going at once.
Mema
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is fabric! I have it folded on comic boards, organized by color but now I think it should also be organized by material: cotton, wool, organza, netting etc.
Jacquie Corrigan
December 29, 2022
My biggest organizational challenge is where to put the fabric I am always buying! Going into a fabric store is downright dangerous!
Mema
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is fabric! I have it folded on comic boards, organized by color but now I think it should also be organized by material: cotton, wool, organza, netting etc.
Bev
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing challenge is organizing my fabric
Carol E
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing room organizational problem is how to deal with more than 20 years of scraps. My second is keeping my sewing room organized; I have a tendency not to put things away as I work, and then when I’m overwhelmed, trying to put EVERYTHING away in one fell swoop. The third is I keep needing and buying more fabric and/or notions for new projects before older ones are finished.
Melinda
December 29, 2022
Definitely, my biggest sewing challenge is having my fabric sorted so that I can find what I’m looking for!!! I find the perfect pattern, and just know I have the perfect fabric for it . . . somewhere. And then it takes forever going through tons of fabric and finding fabric for other projects and not the one I want to work on! Yikes!!
Janice
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is knowing everything I have.
Rachel
December 29, 2022
not having a dedicated cutting table or fabric storage
Shelley Stephens
December 29, 2022
My biggest organizational challenge is not having enough storage room to store material and projects that I’m working on such as fabrics for doll clothes, fleece for blankets that I make as well, etc. Since I do a LOT of doll clothes for children & donate them. (I make a LOT of them using Pixie Faire.com which is extremely convenient. In addition, they are VERY STYLISH, easy to make with the detailed instructions, very versatile, well designed & a lot of attention to detail which the kids absolutely LOVE) that are down on their luck health wise like with cancer or some terminal illness or maybe they lost everything in a fire, etc. or maybe to bring joy & happiness if they are going through a rough time in life. So when I am working on projects in order to save time (at that moment), I’ll cut the pattern out & then lay the fabric on the ironing board or on my office cutting table area, etc. then quickly move on to the next project as time is quiet valuable when I’m trying to get the doll clothes cut, sewn, etc. so I can move on quickly. But by the end of the day, week, etc. I have quiet a pile of fabric in piles that become a sore eye. But my cat helps me out & he’ll get on the ironing board & push them all on the floor. Lol.
Sarah Oswald
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is not having enough space because my house can s small.
Samantha S.
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is sharing my large table with other projects that I am working on at the same time.
Melissa
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is space, just like many others I saw above,
Carol
December 29, 2022
My biggest challenge is being in a very small house. I have all my patterns and fabric organized on lists, but I have no permanent place to sew. My sewing things are located in small spaces in 5 different rooms, so getting everything together to sew is an ordeal!
Cathy M
December 29, 2022
My biggest challenge is storing fabric.
Nadine
December 29, 2022
I just need more space!
Esther Hopland
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is getting a room big enough to put all my sewing supplies properly organized and to learn how to organize/
Beth S.
December 29, 2022
My biggest organization challenge is all the fabric I have!
Laura
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is finding a good way to store everything so it is easily accessible.
Diane R
December 29, 2022
My biggest challenge is that I see something I like, I buy it. Doesn’t matter if I can use it or not.
Judith Martinez
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is that half my stuff is in storage and half of it is in my apartment and it’s all a big mess. I know I need to pull it all out and just sort it but I never seem to have a big enough chunk of time.
Mae Lynn Beck
December 29, 2022
My biggest organization problem is putting things away while I’m sewing. I tend to just use what I need and lay it by the machine which causes a lot of clutter in my sewing area. Eventually I have to stop and clean up.
Sherry
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is keeping “like” items together in the same area, like snaps, buttons, etc. There are too many items I know I have them, but can not find them.
Ruth
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organizational challenge is how to organize all the notions and other little bits and bobs.
Shawn Coughlan
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is that my sewing room doubles as an office. There are piles of fabric and craft supplies on every horizontal surface so it always looks really cluttered. I would love to have a couple of cabinets and some drawers that are all the same height so that I could put things away as opposed to just shoving them in a closet (and then not being able to find anything.
Teresa
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is having only one project at a time set out.
Diana
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is I have way too many fabrics and supplies and not enough space and storage solutions.
Sue S
December 29, 2022
My biggest organization challenge is lack of a sewing room. I’m reluctant to convert my second bedroom as I need it for visitors. At present I’m using my dining table for sewing and my fabric etc is in plastic boxes in the hall and garage.
Linda
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is organizing my fabric and my projects (remembering what fabric I bought for what pattern).
Leslie
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is putting things away. I get in a hurry and tend to stack things which turn into piles and then I can’t find the items that I need.
Mary Cox
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organiization challenge is lack of space. Nothing is easily available to me as I sew. I need a makeover for my sewing space.
LaurieES W
December 29, 2022
Dealing with leftover fabric. I hate to throw out ‘leftovers’, even some of the smaller pieces. There are so many possibilities for using scraps, however, the space for it and plans for using it seem to leave me frustrated.
Dorothy
December 29, 2022
My biggest organizational challenge is finding space for fabrics. I have a group of ladies that come weekly to sew for charity and we have lots of fabric, but I can’t bear to throw/give any away because you never know when you might need just that color!
Sandra
December 29, 2022
To organize my fabrics.
Sandra
Stacey Squatrito
December 29, 2022
My biggest organization problem is storing fabric
Karole
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organizational challenge is having the discipline to sew one of the 300 doll outfits I have cut out before buying more fabric.
Vickie
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing room challenge is how to fit it where to put a sewing room!
Brandyn Barksdale
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is
printing patterns and then losing/mixing them up
buying fabric and NEVER using it!!
Judith
December 29, 2022
My biggest organizational challenge with sewing is how to organize scraps so that I can find useable pieces. Because I was fortunate enough to be given the leftovers of a quilting store, I have lots of scraps I didn’t create. Unless I can find a way to meaningfully organize them, it’s donation time.
Karen Funk
December 29, 2022
My biggest challenge is organizing and keeping track of all the fabric I have collected. I need to figure out a way to be able to see the fabrics and store them to keep them clean and wrinkle-free.
Fran R.
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization problem is that I have way too much ‘stuff’. It is all organized in a manner of speaking but I spend more time organizing than I do sewing. With everything put away I don’t see it so don’t end up using it.
Grace
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is fabric scraps. How to store them so that I can find the right ones when I need them. Also finding the right containers/shelves to put everything in/on!
Barbara
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is to make time to sew and somewhere to put my materials.
Debby
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization problem is of course finding space but also finding a way to sort fabrics and colors…
Pam
December 29, 2022
I know I could definitely add to my modular wall with the gift card and it would be such a great thing to do right now to fully organize my craft room to where I would like it to be!
Nancy S
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is having space for all my fabric. Everyone I know offers me more fabric, and I’ve run out of space!
Marjorie Brown
December 29, 2022
Plaster on ceiling started to fall so I moved down stairs to sew. Room is almost done but full of non sewing stuff! I need time to put it in another home. Ughhh
Patty B
December 29, 2022
My biggest organizational challenge is keeping track of where things are, how much there is, the colors available and where to put it when I’m done. My room gets out of control so quickly-an assistant would the best bet!!!
Lorretta
December 29, 2022
My biggest organizational challenge is not having enough space, and/or not enough hardware to store items within my space.
PJ
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is keeping all the tiny things like buttons, snaps, beads, etc all in one place and sorted.
Jackie
December 29, 2022
My biggest challenge is living with my many blessings. I do mostly hand sewing these days. My chair with the best light is in the living room. The iron is in the kitchen. Spools of thread are in big mason jars so I can see what I have. [I got that right.] The sewing machine is in my bedroom. The fabric is all over the house except for the bathroom. So are the dolls.
Grace
December 29, 2022
Love the great advice and giveaways
Olga
December 29, 2022
My biggest organizational challenge is having very little space to set up a dedicated sewing space to sit down and start sewing when the mood strikes.
Kathy
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is fabric avalanches. I have waaaay too much fabric that I don’t put away. It sits in piles atop bins of other fabric and eventually it all slides down to the floor. My sewing room is just too small.
Linda
December 29, 2022
My biggest organizational challenge is trying to reclaim my Sewing Room! My Granddaughter (5 years old…) has referred to my special room as “Nana’s Junk Room” for quite a while. I have added too many hobbies since I retired and my Sewing Room has had to share space. My New Year’s Resolution is to try and store my different hobby stuff and SEW—SEW—SEW!!!
barbara
December 29, 2022
My biggest organizational challenge is having too much stuff to organize. I have a roomful of fabric, notions and craft supplies and another room full of doll related things, dolls, clothing, patterns. My sewing area is my kitchen table and my storage for many other things is the hallway leading to my fabric room and doll room, making them unreachable unless I do a lot of work to get to them. So, anything I need at present is stacked and piled around my sewing area. It’s a mess!
SashieGirl
December 29, 2022
My biggest organizational challenge is that I don’t have a sewing room. I could commandeer one of the upstairs bedrooms but that distances me from the rest of my housework and the family. So my sewing machine is on the dining room table, fabric upstairs, patterns and notions in the back room downstairs. It’s no fun running all over to get supplies and equipment together to do a project. Sometimes things stall while I look for all the pieces and parts.Thanks
Leslie Jo Gatti
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organizational challenge is finding a way to organize all of my large bags of fabric so that I know what & where everything is!
Grandma Freckles
December 29, 2022
My biggest organization challenge is keeping up with all the newly acquired fabric & trims (all the time), keeping my cutting table usable instead of buried in fabric, trims & patterns.
Jill
December 29, 2022
My biggest challenge is storage.
Diane LaRue
December 29, 2022
Is to remember where And how I sorted and Under what title I Organized things !
Cynthia dishman
December 29, 2022
My biggest organization is keeping my sewing machine table decluttered while I am sewing.
Jacqueline
December 29, 2022
My biggest challenge is choosing what project to begin first. So many choices, so little time!
Karen
December 29, 2022
My biggest challenge is definitely space, and finding what I need without have to move things around to get to what I need. I’m sure I have more fabric than I need.
Barbara
December 29, 2022
My biggest organizing challenge is being able to fit 4 sewing machines in a circle and still be able to get out of the middle.
Cynthia P
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is clearing out a spare bedroom that has become our store everything in room. We have no basement or useable attic so things go there by default.
Jenn
December 29, 2022
Sharing my sewing space with the family room!
Marion
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is my thread spools with bobbins. I want to keep each spool with matching bobbin together and dust-free.
Patty Gennario
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organizational challenge is keeping my fabric neat so I can easily find what I need. I also need a better way to store my bobbins- they are always unwinding & tangling.
LeAnn. (JJ)
December 29, 2022
Being able to find the thread color I need.
Carol
December 29, 2022
My biggest sewing organization challenge is keeping all my patterns filed neatly and in a way I can find what I’m looking for without thumbing through all of them.
Nanette S
December 29, 2022
My biggest organization challenge is lifting the boxes/bins of fabric to find the one I need.
Mary Lasich
December 31, 2022
my biggest organizing challange is just getting started to organize