Studio Organizing, Week 16

Posted on April 16, 2015 by prairiemoonquilts in Organizing, Studio Organizing Challenge

Well, I barely managed to clean up even one small area this past week. It wasn’t even that bad of a mess — my problem is finding the extra time to give it any attention!

But I’m so glad I did it. It looks so much better, and is like a breath of fresh air when I walk into my office. It even inspired me to pick up and clean up the floor area around it as well.

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My sister gave me those cute little stacking boxes, and I’m sure I can find things that need to be stored to put in them. It just gives me one more area to store things in that looks pretty!

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The wool penny rug was made for me by my friend, Meredith, who just turned 90 last week, and is still quilting up a storm! It’s one of my treasured items.

After I did that, the wall looked really bare, so I hung up my little shadowbox. I still haven’t put anything in it, but I’m sure I’ll unearth some things that will work just fine as I keep going.

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And now on to this week’s task:

Organize your ruler collection

This one is easy for me. I don’t have too many rulers.

I’ve always admired those tabletop ruler holders with the grooves in them, but I can’t keep any flat surface cleared off enough to have space for one of those.

Here’s how I have mine organized right now . . .

The large ones, and the ones I don’t use as often, hang on a nail underneath my cutting table. Within easy reach if I need them, but out of the way when I’m not using them:

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The ones I use every day, hang on this nail right where I stand to cut:

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And of course, there’s always my favorite one laying out on the table all the time.

I do have a couple of specialty rulers and plastic template sets, and I keep those in one of the drawers in my sewing cabinet.

My friend, Barbara, from guild, has LOTS of rulers, and she has a bag that she keeps them all in, and then when she’s coming to a sew day, she just grabs the bag, and has all her rulers with her. I think she even won a prize at one of our retreats for being the one in attendance with the most rulers!

How do you store your rulers?

Do you have a lot? or just a few?

Do you know where they all are? or are they all over the place?

Do you have a system for keeping them organized and within easy reach for using them?

Do you have some that you never use and should just part with?

I’m interested in seeing/hearing about how you handle your own particular ruler stash!

0 responses to “Studio Organizing, Week 16”

  1. Anne says:

    Well – I only have 4 rulers!

    A 12.5 inch square, a 6.5 inch square, a 14 inch by 4 inch one and a 6 inch by 1 inch.

    So far I haven’t found I need anymore – I just slide the 14 in along the edge of the 12.5 in when I need to cut longer lengths – which isn’t very often.

    I have more of a problem with my embroidery hoops for my new Janome – they are currently in a double width draw – maybe some ideas for rulers will suit them!

    Except for the little one which just goes in the draw the others hang on a nail above my cutting mat.

  2. Kathy says:

    I must have my own store. I have so many rulers and templates. I have hooks and push pins holding them on one wall in my sewing room. I guess you could call me a ruler-holic. My favorite rulers are my 6 1/2″ square up ruler and the 4 1/2 square up ruler. I also have a ruler with a cuter on it. Which I use for doing strips etc. I love my rulers and templates.

  3. Judy Smith says:

    Rulers rule my cutting table. I have a lot, but use my 6″ x 14″ the most. Square up rulers are my favorite, I have 5 different sizes. Also love the Easy Angle. They all reside in one of those racks with the grooves, although the collection has outgrown it.

  4. katie z. says:

    12.5, 6.5″, and 4.5″ squares, a broken 3×18 (so it’s more like 3×9), easy angle, companion angle, and a diamond make up my collection. They sit under the coffee table, which is my cutting table (someday, I’ll have a grown up cutting table). If I put them away, I never get anything cut, since cutting must be done between kids’ needs!

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