October WIPocalypse Stash Storage

         

WIPocalypse is hosted by Measi's Musings

Each month we have to share the projects we want to complete before the End Of The World. Since 2011 I have chosen a number of projects to focus on that year, starting with my "11 in '11" and increasing to "24 in '24" for this year. This month I stitched on just 2 of them but did get both finished.

11. Hands on Designs [never.more]

24. Cottage Garden Samplings Halloween Sampler

Finally, Measi always gives us a topic to discuss:

October – How do you organize your WIPs and stash?

I have managed to get all my WIPs into 2 places.  The projects bags with the charts and any special threads all live in this bag:

If the design is small enough to fit into an A4 plastic wallet or rolled up inside a kitchen roll tube then it's in the project bag.

If not, then it's rolled up inside an old wrapping paper tube and stored on top of this cupboard:

Each of the tubes has the name of the project written on the outside of the tube so I can find the right one quickly.

My DMC all live in Floss Away bags on rings inside this large bag.  It holds the entire set of DMC in one easy to carry bag:

My speciality threads and metallics are in another similar bag.  Kreinik and beads are in boxes near my stitching spot.  Fabrics are in the cupboard where I store my charts and FFO'd pieces when not on display.

Unfortunately, all these places are in different rooms of the house!  I'd love to have just one craft room and keep everything in one place but that's not possible right now.  So the stuff I use every day is in the kitchen, stuff I use regularly is in the living room or the bedroom and stuff I need less frequently is in my utility room where I have a large cupboard to store all those things you only want once every few months.