Organizing Hack: How to Save Time: Easy Sewing Hack
Save Time and Energy with this awesome and simple sewing tip.
Welcome to my first post in a new series, Organizing Hacks: Jul’s, WTF?!
WTF???! Ummm, yes. WTF, as in, What’s That For?
Whatcha think this acronym stood for? Gotcha 😉
WTF - Organizing Hack
WTF are mini organizing hacks to real life problems I’ve encountered. Because I know there has to be a better way! But I couldn’t find it!
When friends come over and see my latest organizing hack they say, “What’s That For?” because they’ve never seen the likes before.
In today’s post you’ll learn how you can chillax watching TV or a movie while creating this first WTF Sewing Hack.
But first a word from our sponsor - The Big Tease
I have a history of being a wee bit playful 😉
I have this scar on my inner thigh in the shape of a ¾” line.
I’d tease a new (read that as ‘intimacy not yet breached’) boyfriend when we’d reach the heavy snogging stage.
Brazenly, I’d lift my skirt and say, “If you can tell me what this scar is from, you can have me right now.” His arousal clouding his judgment, the chap would come up with plausible scenarios.
Not a one ever won the prize that day. Nor learned the secret till he was my serious boyfriend.
Lucky for you, I’m wide open and giving away my secret mini organizing hacks.
Sewing Repair Procrastination
My boys would often have buttons fall off shirts or rip their jeans. I’d discover one of my oxford striped shirts had a small tear in it.
I bought these, http://bit.ly/QwikSewKit, for quick sewing repairs. But couldn't find the right color thread for my repair. Plus, I used the white and black threads up right away.
After a long day, I’d have no motivation to go downstairs to rummage through my spools of thread for the color match.
Sewing Solution
Finally, while watching "The Big Bang Theory" with my boys, I created my Ready Thread, (patent pending lol)!
Pre-threaded needles to save me time when a minor sewing/hem repair comes up.
Ready to make your own Ready Thread?
Supplies:
Sewing needles
Scissors
Different colored spools of threads, especially white and black
Post-it® 2x2 (inch) notes
Mini boxes http://bit.ly/ReallyUsefulBox, http://bit.ly/ReadyThreadBox
How to Make Your Ready Thread Organizing Hack:
- Pre-thread needles and knot thread
- Fold sticky edge of 2x2 Post-it® note to non stick edge, then fold in half again
- Slide Pre-threaded needle between Post-it® folds to prevent needle pricks
- Cut a small piece of sticky edge Post-it® to place over loose thread edge to prevent unraveling
- Store Ready Threads in a small plastic box with lid
I keep my box of Ready Thread and scissors in a TV Remote Caddy near our couch in our TV Room.
As a result of this sewing organizing hack, I save lots of time and energy making sewing repairs as we watch a TV or a movie.
Hope you enjoyed the kick off to this series brought to you by the Queen of a new Organizing Hack 😉
Tell me in the comments, about one or two little organizing challenges that drive you crazy! Mayhap I can offer a simple organizing solution.
Or share a wee organizing solution you’ve come up with. Mayhap I can include it in my WTF Organizing Hack Series, with credit to you.
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What a great idea! I think that is also a good way to spend TV time – getting organized!
Hey Pam….I love getting organized while chilling watching some TV—or favorite DVD I should say, as I don’t have TV! See, organizing doesn’t have to take time out of your life.
What a fabulous hack Jul’s – so simple & practical. Looking forward to future hacks!
Brilliant! Can’t wait to have you read my future mini organizing hacks in my Jul’s WTF?! series. Simple, practical and hacks you can set up while watching TV.
Definitely another hack for the organizing books. I like how you provided details on making and organizing the hack, and they are very useful.
Glad you found my organizing hack useful! It’s all in the details 😉
This is definitely a hack for the books, Jul’s! It’s shear genius!! So easy and so helpful. You covered it all (mindset included) and provided a fantastic hack. Thank you for always having the coolest ideas!!
Thanks so much April! I love my organizing hacks, if I do say so myself 😉 So often silly as they may seem upfront…they save me time and energy and give me a boost feeling in the driver seat. It’s the little things that add up and make life enjoyable.