I've never had that many needles that I had to worry about it!! LOL! I use a toothpick holder, which is like the wooden needle case things but bigger. I found long ago that those wooden needle tubes were way too small. None of the longer or heavier needles would fit. But the toothpick one is perfect for my needs.
Machine needles are stored in the cases they came in, in the tool box that slides under the arm of the machine. For hand sewing, just so you know, I "cheat." I only use standard embroidery needles so that they're always easy to thread. Ha. All my misc needles are stored in that wooden toothpick holder, in my hand sewing tin (about the size of a deck of cards) that also holds a small pair of scissors, hand sewing pins, and a couple bone awls. (I used to do a lot of handmade eyelets for costume lacing so those are in my box all the time.) When not in use, that trusty tin is kept in a small vintage carriage case, where I keep what I use all the time: rotary cutters, spare blades, blade sharpener, measuring tapes, thread in black and beige, and a few other odds and ends. I know this is way more than you asked for but I have to say, I love not having to dig, at all, when I'm in the mood to sew. I can grab one little box and go, whether I'm machine or hand sewing. Or just pull my tin out of the carriage case if all I'm doing is hand-work. On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Charlene C <charlene...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm organizing the craft/sewing room and I'm curious: how do people store > all their various needles? > > For my purposes, I'm excluding knitting and crochet needles (those I have > under control). I'm trying to better organize my various sewing needles: > tapestry, crewel, yarn, sewing machine, hand sewing, beading, etc. I've > been keeping the tapestry needles in little wooden needle cases separated > by size; the hand sewing needles are mostly attached to the paper they came > on when I bought them; the machine needles ae mostly in the plastic cases > they came in. But then I've got the odds and ends that are attached to bits > of paper or fabric or in pill bottles or the like. Quite the jumble. > > Charlene > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
