January Sew Organized Round Up
Sew Simple with Rectangles & Squares (Part One, Part Two, and Part Three) is not only a sensible way to sew, but most projects in the book help keep your household organized. Everything from fabric bins to carry-on luggage, these simple designs stitch up quickly and aid in your New Year’s organizing resolution.
As you may already know, Nancy Zieman loved to streamline and simplify the sewing process. Making projects faster and more efficient frees up valuable time, and everyone could use more time! One of her most popular Sewing With Nancy three-part series, Sew Simple with Rectangles & Squares (Part One, Part Two, and Part Three), addresses streamlining the sewing process. Change the way you think about projects and patterns. Everything demonstrated is simply cut from rectangles and squares!
Fabric Bins
Don’t settle for basic boring bins for your shelf, customize fabric bins to accent your home décor by selecting coordinating fabrics. Made from, you guessed it, rectangle and square fabric pieces! The sewing is enjoyable and the end result is as fresh in appearance as it is useful. Grommets serve as both handles and a focal point.
Wall Pockets
What’s good for the shelf is good for the wall! With a little tweaking of the instructions, fabric bins turn into wall pockets that provide organization and style to any home or work office. Watch how these come together on Sewing With Nancy.
The Travel Trio
During this first episode, learn how to create a weekender tote, cosmetic bag, and luggage saddlebag. This travel trio is made using comparable sewing steps, straight stitching, and double-sided quilted fabrics.
Cosmetic Bag
Even if you’ve never sewn before, you can stitch this bag! On Sew Simple with Rectangles & Squares we’ll review the construction steps together, and making this bag will be a breeze.
Weekender Tote
After making a simple cosmetic bag, apply many of the same sewing steps to create a Weekender Tote. It’s a super-sized bag with the addition of sturdy straps and double pockets.
Mix up the fabric selection for a fun coordinated look. Or use all the fabrics you’d like—for a scrappy Weekender Tote bag.
Luggage Saddle Bag
For ease of travel, make a saddlebag for your carry-on luggage or rolling case. Two sizes of bags are attached with connector straps.
When not using this handy accessory on your luggage, zip the bags together and it’s a handy shoulder tote.
Sewing With Nancy Trivia—This photo was quickly taken on the Sewing With Nancy set. Notice the tape on the floor? Those are the positioning marks for my chair in the Nancy’s Corner area. We had to move the chair in order to take the photo. Now you see how we keep all our props and furniture in the right place!
Hold-it Sacks
The Hold-it Sacks are the first sew-simple projects in Part Two of Sew Simple with Rectangles & Squares. Prop up your cell phone or electronic tablet in the cradle area of a Hold-it Sack. Made from laminated fabric, they’re ideal to use throughout your home or office. The unique finished shapes appear as if they were made from complicated patterns, but not these gadget holders. They’re all made from rectangular shapes.
Mini Fabric Sacks
Toss them in a game or use them to hold down pattern pieces, these Mini Fabric Sacks can be both fun and functional. You can easily make three mini sacks in an hour or less.
Jewelry Caddy/Notions Caddy
Incorporating specialty fabrics, such as clear vinyl, can add functionality when sewing gifts and projects. This unique and widely available fabric is the star of the Sewing With Nancy program, Sew Simple with Rectangles & Squares, Part Three. Watch online by clicking here.
If you are planning to attend sewing retreats, sew-ins, or simply heading out on a family vacation, create a Jewelry Caddy, which nicely doubles as a Notions Caddy and is featured in Sewing With Nancy online.
12 Complete Projects in Sew Simple with Rectangles & Squares
All the projects featured in the three-part series, plus a bonus, are included in the book, Sew Simple with Rectangles & Squares.
- The book includes complete instructions for 12 projects using easy sewing with a basic straight stitch. Make an easy zippered cosmetic bag, or consider popular storage bins, or even a luggage saddle bag and a portable ironing pad for your next trip.
- Discover Nancy’s fresh approach for sewing projects with techniques that build off of each other.
- Learn to simplify the sewing process with no fear zipper, pocket, grommet, and strap techniques.
- Find helpful tips and streamlined techniques for sewing specialty fabrics that save time and frustration, including double-sided quilted, vinyl, and canvas fabrics.
Watch Sew Simple with Rectangles & Squares (Part One, Part Two, and Part Three) on Sewing With Nancy.
For a chance to win a copy of the book Sew Simple with Rectangles & Squares from Nancy’s Notions, leave a comment telling us what area of the home you’d most use Fabric Bins?
The randomly selected winner of a Nancy Zieman’s New! Afternoon Picnic Fat Quarter Pack is Christie.
Her comment is: Oooh. Looks like summer. Can’t wait to be inspired by yummy colors to start off in this cold wintry month.
Love blocks of the month. Nancy was and continues to give me great inspiration!
Happy Sewing,
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Patti
I would like to make some organizer baskets for my sewing area.
Lorna
I would use fabric bins in my home office.
Judy Gilchrist
I have a small bathroom and I think organizer would give me added space and also add pizzazz to the room
maria elena blecha
My sewing room is in need of organization. I think those would be great for all the goodies we hold dear to our hearts. I have loved Nancy since the 1960s. She continues to inspire us from Heaven
Judy Gilchrist
I have a small bathroom and I think organizer would give me added space and also add pizzazz to the room.
diane c
Everywhere — i think several rooms could use some nice organization and making the baskets would be helpful
Sheila
I would use the fabric bins to better organize my sewing room.
Sharon
In the sewing room
BevM
I would like to make Hold It bags for my grandkids’ tablets.
Ann West
I have several areas in my home that could use these fabric bins, but I believe I would start in my sewing room. Then I could branch out from there. It seems like I am always in need of better organizational skills.
Anne Scott
Nancy was and is my sewing inspiration! I would use these bins in my sewing room for storage, in the kitchen to hold different packets, beside my chair to hold yarn when I crochet, and on and on!
Lois Taber
I would use storage bins not only for holding patterns and small cuts of fabric in my sewing room but also in my bedroom to hold and separate socks, scarfs, and underwear to easily see and grab what I need for the day.
Mary
Most likely in my sewing room and then our bedroom, so many areas in need of these bins.
Sybil Derderian
These fabric bins would be great to organize the toys for my grandkids I have on the shelf system in the family. They would be so cute done up in colorful kids prints!
Robin Hessefort
I would make the sewing caddy & bag to go over my suit case for the 3 day sewing retreats.
Jo
I would definitely use the fabric baskets all over my house. I need a small on on the table by my chair to hold my hand sewing supplies and medium ones in the bathrooms and large ones in my sewing room. I really love those
Linda Nelson
I’d have to make some bins for my closet. Love them!
Patti A.
For sure my sewing room and maybe in the family room for the remote etc.
Judith Sasse
So many possibilities! Children could choose fabric for their own fabric bins to hold treasures or clothing items like socks, underwear, hats, mittens etc.
Debbie Moen
My sewing room is crying out for me to make these fabric bins!!!
Teri
I would love to make some wall pockets and baskets for my craft area. Love the ideas.
Stacia
I’d make some bins to hold all of the things that get thrown onto the kitchen table.
Gail Zichittella
I am thinking these will be fantastic in my sewing room!
Renae Walters
In my sewing room!
Barbara Polisknowski
Wow! What a great way to organize and add design to a sewing room or any room in need of organizing.
Bridget
I would use the most fabric bins in my basement where I store my quilting notions and fabric.
Suzanne R
The big fabric box with grommets is exactly what I need to get my skeins of yarn off the coffee table. Thanks!
Marie
Such great ideas! I love to travel and so many of these ideas would make traveling so easy. Thanks for the great ideas!
Ennis A Weeks
I could use so many of these in my sewing room!!! Where else?? So easy and for such a good use. Thanks so much.
Karen Bryant
I Really need to make some boxes to get organized. Think I should make one for my car too.
I also like the idea of the little sacks to steady my patterns when cutting garments out.
Thanks for the ideas!
Bonnye
I would use fabric bins in my sewing room. I would fill them with fabric.
Patty R
I’d like to make a few of these baskets for the bedroom. It’s amazing how many ‘little’ things sneak in there and park! I’d also like to make one for the kitchen to hold mail.
Leslie Schmidt
I would definitely use some bins in my quilting studio. They would make such cute storage, and who couldn’t use more cute?
Robin
I would definitely use the organizer baskets. Love the grommet idea. I’d also love to give that travel tote bag a try!
Beverly
I can’t think of a better way to store fabrics and supplies in my sewing room than using those bins, and the travel pieces are so beautiful, too.
Pat
I would make the fabric bins to use in my sewing room to help organize fabric scraps and notions.
Marylou
I would use bins in my sewing room-closets and shelf I have for odds and ends in my bedroom. Love the idea of the fabric weights for cutting out patterns too!!
Laura Hagedorn
I would use them the most actually two rooms, sewing and bedroom!
Nell
I could definitely use fabric bins to organize the fabric stash in my sewing studio.
Kathy in WV
DH just built me a wonderful 2-room sewing addition for my longarm and sewing “stuff”……these bins would be perfect for me as I am totally unorganized at the moment. I have a vision of my current shelving filled with these beautiful bins. Thank you for a chance to win. I still miss Nancy….so glad you guys are keeping her memory and inspiration alive. Blessings for a very chilly southern WV.
Paula Hilson
I so need theses bins for my sewing room. I have a hodgepodge of storage it would be great to coordinate
mary m
Love it. Would love to make the bins for our very soon newly remodeled open shelves in the bathroom.
Candice C.
While I definitely need some for the sewing room to organize all those ufo’s, I would start with the bedroom & bathroom. I think the small size to keep all those little things that keep falling over!
Clovis
I would use the fabric bins in my sewing room. I could keep a lot of things in my bins.
Rebekah Newell
I am in the process of redoing my sewing room to include my new to me long arm!! I am plannong on using these bins under the table to hold tools and fabric!!! I’m so excited to redo my sewing room!!! Nancy was so inspiring!! I love the way she taught!!
Debbie
The baskets are to die for. I am in the process of moving my sewing room and so desperately need these storage baskets to organize all the stuff I have accumulated. Help!
Rosie
I should say my sewing room would be the first place to use these fabric bins. But, I think I should start in my bedroom and bathroom first. So many little things need organizing there.
Marla
I’d use these on my table to hold the mail, etc.
Donna W
I would use them in my sewing room. The could hold fabric, notions, rulers, etc. So many items could be stored in these.
Janet johnson
These would be great in my sewing/crafting room. While I have most things in small boxes and they are labeled, it isn’t very pretty.
Jacqueline Samford
You know, I could use plastic bins for organizing….but since when does plastic have personality?
We are colorists! We choose the look and feel of fabric because it feeds our need to create something of real value.
These fabric bin ideas are inspiring us to do what we love!
Great ideas!
Vickie
I sew in the basement so pretty bins for all my sewing supplies would brighten the area up!
Lila Hendricks
These boxes could hold my scraps until storage.
Barb K
Those bins would be great in my sewing room!
Kathy Vanhorn
Am beginning to sew competition costumes for granddaughters ice skating and baton twirling. Any books in the area?
Ramona Kintz
These would be great in my sewing room, to hold my Grandpuppy Maggie’s toys, for my yarn and cookie cutters.
Janine
I love the bins and would use them in my sewing room.
Shirley C
I really need to do something about organizing my sewing room. Hopefully, Nancy’s book will help me get started.
Eileen
I would use them in my project area to keep all the parts of each project together for easy access.
Noreen
These would be handy in my craft room – for holding all sorts of odds and ends!
Suzie Burger
I love the bins and would use them in my sewing room. I would also like to make some for my sister and neice.
Karen L.
I would use these great looking bins in my sewing room, spare (guest) room and bathroom … or any other place that needs one. I really love that you can personalize them to match any decor by picking out the fabric that matches. Sure do miss Nancy but so glade that others have carried her name on and that she did so many shows.
Cindy K
The fabric bins would be useful in my sewing room for various sizes of fabrics-squares and strips and odd shapes waiting to be cut into useful pieces. They would also be great for the bathroom.
MoeWest
I would use the fabric bins mostly in my sewing room.
Debby
These bins would be used to hold grandkid projects! Currently, I have seven cardboard boxes, each with the name of one of our seven grandkids (ages 9 months to 10 years) attached with a clothespin. Each box holds patterns, fabric, yarn for current and future projects–American girl doll clothes, dinosaur drawstring bag, duffel bags, etc. What an upgrade these beautiful bins would be to my sewing room. Thank you!
Catherine Corlett-Carey
My craft room is desperate for organization like this!
Lorraine Alves
I am having a new bathroom cabinet installed. The fabric bins would corral the bath items and add a decorative touch of color to the gray of the cabinet.
Diane
I would use several of these in my sewing room and also make some for my grandsons. They enjoy having special places for their treasures!
Sandra N
I would use the fabric bins most in my sewing room!
Vivian Oaks
My entire house needs organized in the worst way, but I think I’d start with these bins in my sewing room. I have fabric EVERYWHERE!!! It’s ridiculous, and something needs to be done!! This would be a great place to start!! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
KathyK
I typically have more than one project going at a time and I have some plastic bins from the dollar store that I use to when I start a project. I put everything that goes with each project in a bin so to make my sewing room pretty and keep the house organized I will make these and place my patterns, notions and extra design ideas in them for each project.
These will be perfect, and so many other places to use them!
Dena M
I would use fabric bins in every room in my house.
Nicki
These bins are just what I need to corral all the stuff in my sewing room. I have the book, just need time. They look so pretty!
Lynette Wilson
I would use these bins mostly in my sewing room, but I also think they would be handy to put magazines in to sit by my chair in the living room.
P.J. Miller
Ooo, every project looks useful. I can see using a few immediately on our upcoming trip. I’d use these bins in my laundry room for my wool dryer balls, color catcher sheets, and various laundry products. They’d really cheer that room up!
Renea Yarolim
I just watched this on tv today. I would love to have these bins in my sewing room and my bedroom. Thanks for the giveaway
Debra Sova
I would use them in the bedroom for pretty storage
Judy
I would Use these in my sewing room and in the playroom for my great-grandchildren.
Dee W.
So many places to use these baskets. One good place I would use them (besides in my sewing room) would be for storing items on the shelves in my walk-in closet in my bedroom. So many items could be put in them!!
Julia Gary-Lumpkin
I would love to win Sew Simple with Rectangles and Squares to
help organize my Kitchen, Bathroom and Bedrooms. My Husband and I are remodeling an old Farmhouse and we really need to have a place for everything. Most old houses don’t have a lot of closet space, so creative organizing and storage is a must. Thanks for the opportunity to be apart of this contest.
Karen
I could use fabric bins all through my house, but especially in my bedroom closet and front entry closet.
Janel
I would use these throughout my house. Our space is limited, but personalized fabrics would let me use them in my office and sewing area, bedroom, kids rooms, bathroom and kitchen.
Michelle Hall
i would start by making some fabric bins for my office and sewing room
Donna W.
I would you the fabric bins in any area of my house for organizing. What a fun way to personalize each space!
Arlene
I would love to make these boxes to organize my mail in my home office what a great idea. Now if I could only find the time.
Mary MARKHAM
Holy cotton balls, q-tips and make up, a pretty beachy theme for all of you. Recipes, mail and electronics cords in red, black and white. Purples for the sewing room for patterns, patterns and more patterns!!! Bring it on from you wonderful people that keep this iconic woman inspiring us still.
Carrie White
After living in a 30′ camper for over 12 years, I’m moving into an apartment. It would be wonderful to be able to find what I need if “binned “.They would be used all over, but mainly in the bathroom.
Judy Schulte
Two grand girls are going to college next year. I’m going to get them involved in making a variety of bins for dorm decor and stuff storage.
Mary Jo Wippold
Fabric bins are awesome. I could use them in almost every room. My home office could use them most. The would help me organize and add a splash color to my home office.
Kathryn Englebretsen
I would use the fabric bins in my project room. They would help me organize projects. It is called my project room because it is where I do all of my projects – not just sewing. It is also called my project room because the room itself is always needing organization thus a project in itself.
Peggy V
I would use the book to make some baskets for my new sewing studio, just completed a month ago. Next will be my trip to Sewing Weekend to purchase a Regalia quilting machine. Thank you for the opportunity to win this book!!!
Sally Timbrell
I think this book will quite possibly the way I look at sewing!! My family of 3 live in a 37′ 5th wheel. We are currenrly redesigning the interior. Husband has a passion for boats, so we decided boat cubies. But what size? Can we Always depend on vendor consistency ?
MAKING MY OWN
Edna
She’s inspired me for many years! This book would allow me to make custom storage for my crafts/sewing room.
Linda Austerman
I would make some coordinated baskets for my closet and some of the tablet and phone holders.
Rita Skraba
I would love to get my sewing room organized. The luggage saddle is a very interesting.
Carol
These bins are so versatile. What a great way to personalize storage. The shelves over my desk are calling for these pretty, functional bins.
Paula Knight
Can use these bins and baskets in granddaughter’s room and in sewing room.
Esther
I’d make the mini sacks for my sewing, & the bins for lingerie & sock drawers. Everything would be in coordinating purple fabrics
Louise
I will always remember Nancy for her love of teaching everyone her sewing techniques. Her enthusiasm was contagious and always keeps me wanting to learn more!
I’m anxious to follow her instructions for the fabric totes to organize my sewing room shelves and the play area for my grandkids! Ages up to12 so you can imagine I will be making all sizes and shapes using the most appealing fabrics that I can find!,
God Bless Nancy’s Family & the Nancy’s Notions Family!!
Kyia
I would love these in every room in my house!! I know I would have a use for in every room. They look great!
Cheryl Seal
The fabric bins just SCREAM to be sewn up in a coordinating color to put on the shelves of my new Koala studio Outback shelves. I even think I could alter the pattern to make a lid for them so the notions stored inside them would not be dusty. I love the ideas that Nancy shared with the world and am very glad the Sewing With Nancy family is so aptly keeping her dream alive.
Julie Kill
I want to make some fabric bins for my Bathroom, Wall pockets also for magazines in the bathroom, bins for sewing room, office and living room.
Yaya
I would like to make some bins for organizing my sewing room as well as in the bathroom. I really like the caddy – it has endless possibilities – like all of these items!!
Martha
Actually have fabric and grommets ready to use to make bins for my daughter’s apartment (entry, kitchen and livingroom are open together; the bins will be for a small shelf space to the left of the entry and coordinate with her sofa and curtain hues.)
Debbie
My husband recently finished building built-in cabinet/bookcases beside the fireplace in our family room and I would love to make some bins for them. Thanks for the opportunity to win a copy of this book!
Susan
My sewing room cries out for fabric bins. It is a great way to get organized and have fun making the bins at the same time!
Linda W
My hubby loves woodworking so one of his first projects was a ‘project bin’ for my sewing room. It fits perfectly under the window, and has several bin areas for separate projects. Unfortunately, we cannot find baskets or bins that fill the spaces perfectly. Homemade fabric bins would be the perfect solution. Could even color co-ordinate the bins for added decoration!
Judith Campo
I would use them in the spare bedroom/guest room where extra fabric and supplies are kept.
Mary McManus
These projects would come in handy for me because I’m moving from a 1700 sq ft house to a tiny 500 sq ft apartment. They would be functional, useful and pretty. Since I also plan to keep up my daily sewing they would certainly fit with my decor!
Doreen
I really love the luggage saddle bag! I’ll need make one for my sewing totes and my travel luggage!