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Straight pins, silk pins, long pins, short pins, safety pins...the list goes on and on. And then there is the whole assortment of sewing needles. How's a quilter going to keep all of these from becoming one big jumbled mess? This week's homework is to collect all of your pins and hand sewing needles (Click here to see how to organize machine needles). While you are digging them out, it might be a good time to take inventory of what pins/needles need replacing or you are running low on. There is nothing worse than being in the middle of a project and realizing that you don't have the proper needle.

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1. Jacquie Gering (Show 1202) uses a drawer system, as she prefers the store and dump system.

2. Sectioned stackable storage box. Bystephanielynn

3. Make your own custom needlecase. Everkelly

4. 3"x 5" lidded tote to hold needles in order. LaSewista

5. Plastic multi-drawer unit. Feeddog

6. Up-cycle pill containers. CreationsbyMitchie

7. Up-cycle old CD cases. PiecefulLiving

8. See through zippered pounches. Angelscrapquilting

Visually Stimulating Options:

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1.Sliding storage boxes using black contact paper and a white paint pen. Collete

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2. Re-purpose baby food jars. TipsandTreasures

3. IntoTheKingsGarden shares a unified painted collection of baby food jars in a little shelving unit.

4. Rectangular baby food containers. These hold snacks, but they would also work for your needles and pins. MakeandTakes

If those weren't enough ideas, the DomesticDiva has a whole host of other ideas for storing your collections.

Tupperware storage wedges. DomesticDiva

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