Here's a mending must-have: A simple business-card organizer (from an office-supply store) that keeps all the fixings for your clothes in one place. Label and tuck your spare buttons, thread samples, cloth tags, and even those scratchy fabric-care labels you snip off garments (or pillows and blankets) into the compartments. It will be a snap to find them later.
Clothing Fix-It Kit
Martha Stewart Living, March 2007
Excellent idea! Can also use it to store loose buttons found in the wash, until one has a moment to sew them back on to their garment ...
Another use for these business card organizers is to place several sheets in a 3 ring binder to keep not only business cards, but frequent flier cards, rewards cards, loyalty cards, etc. instead of in my wallet. All of my cards are in one place, and it's very easy to find the particular card when I need it.
You could also use baseball card holders. This is what I use for my coupon organizing.
This would be a great thing to send along with your kids when they go off to college. I had a little "basic sewing instruction" session for my son and all his friends - it was hilarious but they told me years later that it had come in useful. A kit like this would have been a great send-along as well.
Very good idea ..instead of hunting for the items when needed ...it's at your fingertips!
This is an idea I wish I had thought of long ago. This may also be a good idea for garment tags that I want to keep, even temporarily, to remind me of washing instructions, etc.
Neat idea....I think I will use an old Pokemon album....now that my daughter has out grown the cards...recycling for a great idea. Merci!
What a "god" send. Set up in my master closet. One of THE best organizing ideas ever. Thank you.
What a great idea. For me, I am going to add a picture of my garment or I will stilll have a hard time finding what goes with each item. Thank for the tip!
Great idea! I can also see using this organizer for cross stitch thread and coupons too.
I thought I was organized putting these items in one place, but alas, it was still a mess finding what I needed, but this was simply BRILLIANT!! Couldn't have been simpler and stays right in my closet, rather than in the sewing basket.
I did it, it works brilliantly and once you've bought the ring binder and card holders it takes 5 mins to assemble. Now I just have to remember to add spare buttons to it whenever I buy new clothes...
Make sense. Love it!
I like it, I have tons, but when I need it I can't find it.
Easy to make and to use.It is very useful!!
I'm decluttering. Was wondering how I could keep the minimums on hand without the eight bins of sewing supplies. Great tip, thanks! www.xanga.com/rosemee1
Sounds like a good ideal to me :)