How To Organize Thread ~ KonMari Method Organization ~ The Sewing Channel

Learn how to organize thread. Organise/ Organize with the KonMari method.
In today's video I will show you how I applied the KonMari method to organize my thread situation.
I found all my bins at Walmart :)
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#konmarithread
*This video was recorded on November 11, 2020
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[@deebuettner8017]

I have racks and a shelf. I put the thread from the serger away immediately. When I get 3-4 small spools and bobbins I put them away.

[@TheSewingChannel]

Yes. That’s the best way I’m thinking. Discipline!!!!! Lol I’ll try🤓👍✂️✅

[@LindaSzymula]

I created a cabinet using spice racks that are intended to be used when new cabinets are installed in kitchens. They come in 3 inch and 6 inch widths, so I have the storage for all sizes.

[@alvavaldez4404]

I made thin wood shelves with holes that I stuck in. I cut the pegs long enough to put a couple matching bobbins on top! I love it. It's nice looking too.

[@TheSewingChannel]

Great 💡 ✂️👍✅

[@dale3404]

Keep them away from the sunlight or the the threads will fade and deteriorate.

[@catsknit23]

When you get a poorly wound bobbin, simply place it on the spool pin and either use it as your top thread, or wind it correctly onto a new bobbin. No waste.

[@thefabricofmylife225]

The thread you are taking off your bobbins cut it up into 2" to 4" pieces and throw under trees so the birds can add it to their nests. Also cut it up if throwing it in the trash in case it ends up where an animal can get caught up in it.

[@TheSewingChannel]

I will definitely use your tip next time! I love it!!💛

[@petmomful2260]

I am a vet tech, and thread is not good for birds, sorry to say. It gets wrapped up and caught on their feet and legs.

[@vanessajohnson-storlie2029]

This looks great! I did something similar with my thread and it has helped me tremendously to keep things more organized! I tried to have my thread out on one of those fancy wooden pegboard things. It got dusty and looked cluttered. The great way about this method, is as you overflow, you just buy another container! Hope you have been able to be more organized with your new method!

[@TheSewingChannel]

Yes..I am much more organized with my thread now✅

[@ushalax77]

Very nice! I have sorted my threads out in flat boxes, grouping the reds/pinks/oranges, blues/violets, greens, yellows together. That helps me a lot. I bought a couple of cases for storing only bobbins and use those. For the serger threads, I have allocated one of the 4-bin drawers for them. This is how I cleaned up my messy thread collection! I have some serger thread in odd colors that came with one of my sergers. I was gonna toss them but your idea of turning them into bobbin threads has given me some ideas! Thanks so much!

[@TheSewingChannel]

*_Sounds like you are organized now! GOOD JOB! Happy sewing :)✂💜_*

[@petmomful2260]

I am struggling to organize my thread. I enjoyed your video. I am going to have to find some bins just the right size.

[@sandan2358]

I store my treads in clear plastic shoe boxes with lids by color. So in the blue box I have spools, cones, and specialty threads.

[@TheSewingChannel]

That's a great idea San Dan!✅

[@crystalsaari9020]

I love your videos! You are so talented!

[@TheSewingChannel]

Thank you!! 🤓✂️✅

[@mmmarm72]

I separate the colors into ziploc baggies---all greens in one, blues in another, etc. and then just put the baggies into my sewing cabinet drawers. To save extra thread left on bobbins, I will take an empty thread spool, and wind the extra thread onto it. Each empty spool can accommodate 4 or 5 windings of thread, and it keeps it all tidy, and frees up more bobbins for use.

[@TheSewingChannel]

So organized ✅

[@deannas1515]

I have close to 500 spools of thread. I store it in 6 drawer Bisley cabinets. Each drawer fits 40 spools. I use prewound bobbins, so they stay organized in the box they come in, and fit in a Bisley drawer too. I don't like that you can't see your thread colors, but I don't have to deal with it.

[@sherrolsaxon82]

I like to go fishing with hubby. I use plastic containers for fishing lures found in the Sporting goods department at local stores. Very handy. Keeps dust away! 🎣

[@TheSewingChannel]

Great idea!!!!✂️✅💡

[@mrsmcdonald9363]

I use leftover bobbin thread to piece leftover batting. Color doesn't matter. One bobbin up top, one in the bobbin case.

[@margaretbeard6564]

Yes yes and yes

[@lindap9079]

bobbins have a place in my sewing table. There are probably 20 spindles for them to sit on. When I have bobbins with multiple shades of a color, I stack the like colors on a spindle. That piece lifts out and I store empty bobbins there. I have multiple "Thread Beds" hanging on my sewing room wall. Spools of thread are stored there, sorted by color. Serger thread sit on homemade shelved with dowels to hold the cones. This is also arranged by color. White at one end, black at the other & a rainbow of shades in between. I don't usually buy extra thread because I've lost a spool but I do pick up multiples of favorite colors when I find sale prices. I used to keep my cones lined up on the window sill & several of the plastic cones disintegrated from the sun light. I think that may have been what happened to yours crushed spool. Thread & notions are not my problem I definatly buy fabric faster than I stitch it up.

[@TheSewingChannel]

Thank you for all the tips!!!!👍🤓✅

[@gailjones1408]

Thanks for the tip on how to corral the end of the thread when there is no groove in the top of the spool. I never thought of that clever method of pulling the thread tight against the edge to keep the ends under control. 👍

[@TheSewingChannel]

*_Glad to help!✅_*

[@carolbrumlow4395]

Bobbins that were wound unevenly can be used in place of the spool thread on top to use it up on small projects. My machine has upright thread pin so this works fine for me.

[@TheSewingChannel]

*_Great idea✅_*

[@audreygervais8508]

I use a rubber circle “Bobbin Saver” for all my bobbins. It holds about 35 bobbins. In the hole in the centre I put any spools of thread I am currently working on, if I have to switch colours frequently. I have a wooden “June Tailor “ spool holder on the wall for most of my spools. Mine holds about 60 spools. (They come in different sizes). Cones I keep in a clear plastic tote.

[@TheSewingChannel]

Sounds nice and organized!✅😎🤓

[@stephanieloffler8566]

I keep my threads in different boxes and bags and I have a ton of it. It's a mess. But I also have pretty small spools and bought several of them in the thrift shop or online second hand or the flea market. I smiled when you emptied your bobbins and throw Out the big spools with lots thread on in because I use every spool until the very end. If the piece left is long enough for hand sewing I even keep those 50cm and use them the next time when the color fits 😂 Yeah, this is how I learned it from my mum. 👍🏻

[@TheSewingChannel]

The word flea market makes me smile 😆

[@stephanieloffler8566]

Is flea market the wrong word? English is a foreign language for me, so I maybe mix up British and American English or some expressions 😉

[@TheSewingChannel]

Flea market to me means a big open place to walk around and look at everyone’s stuff they have for sale ✅

[@stephanieloffler8566]

Yes exactly, so we are on the same page. 😉 Due to known reasons there are no flea markets at the moment and I really miss them. And also thrift Shops are not open here, but luckily I got a looooot of thread before the pandemic 😂 Now I know why 😂 You should always be prepared for pandemic and lockdown 🤪

[@dianehuffman1326]

I have a great container that can hold numerous threads, found it a Joanns. For my bobbins, found a special container just for bobbins, at Walmart.

[@TheSewingChannel]

*_Thank you for the great tip on the bobbin container Diane✅_*

[@barbniantic]

Thank you for this video My thread Is a hot mess also and just dumped in a Ziploc bag my problem is I don't know how to arrange it so I do appreciate this video.

[@jeno264]

All my thread and bobbins fit into an old biscuit tin. Not pretty, but it works for me 😀😀😀

[@TheSewingChannel]

That sounds perfect! Thanks for sharing 💛

[@juliadixon6252]

Oh, the slit in the top for corralling the end also works on the cones.

[@freetosewandcraft1]

I have some of my thread organized. I have a pegboard that I have some of my embroidery threads on. I also have a couple thread racks with the common colors I use. I also have a thread cone rack for my serger thread. I also have a tote and a cardboard box with the thread that I can't get on the racks. So the thread is tangled up real bad. I also buy thread when it's on sale, because I can't remember what colors I have. So I will try your method.

[@TheSewingChannel]

Sounds like you have a lot of thread. Wow. Let me know how the method works out for you. ✅✂️

[@MC1RPOSITIVESusieQ]

I have OCD this is a hard video for me to watch lol but I’m going to follow through because I want to see in the end how you organized it! (I have to put everything away where I found it when I’m done. My sewing room cannot be a mess when I go to bed at night. Just like when I was a kid I’d have my toys picked up before bedtime lol

[@TheSewingChannel]

I could only hope to be the way that you are!!! I'm totally envious of that "way"!

[@Classychickblog]

I try keep everything organization. Still not found a way I like to organize my thread and the bobbins. I like both be together same color. Also I like collecting things don’t know why lol

[@pamelafowler4406]

I have a 3 drawer roll around unit. The top two drawers have thread in them. My server thread in the second drawer, and smaller spools ans case of bobbin threads in the first drawer.

[@TheSewingChannel]

Your setup sounds very organized Pamela✅

[@nancyshaner8548]

I use the plastic boxes like you have but lay them on their side, and I can see the colors without taking any out or lifting them to see what colors there are. I used the label maker and put the colors on the end of the box.

[@TheSewingChannel]

*_I am really liking mine in the clear boxes too....so much easier to see.✅✂_*

[@deaniemeier-vates9845]

My sewing room is more than a sewing. I'm a crafter, I crochet, cross stitch, macrame project. I call my crafting room. I do my best to put thread back and macrame cord back. Yarn not so much.

[@carolbest253]

If you don't put you tools away as you go and just replace everything you can't find, you will end up on a hoarder show. If you also can't throw anything away because "someday you might need that" ditto.

[@debe8890]

I have 2 bobbin cases that each hold 28 bobbins in foam recesses whether the are wound or empty. They lay on their sides so I can easily see the colors. My smaller thread spools (non-cone type) are color grouped on peg-type thread holders that are hanging on the wall near my sewing machines. My serger (cone-type) threads are laying on their sides, so I can quickly see the colors, in shoebox-sized plastic drawers. I can slide open the drawer and easily see the colors. The are also color grouped. I like to spend more time sewing and less time searching.

[@TheSewingChannel]

You sound super organized 🤩

[@debe8890]

@@TheSewingChannel I need to be. My 'sewing room' is a 5 ft wide closet with a fold down table, in the corner of my dinning room.

[@reveccarodriguez3427]

I have wood shelf I bought at Hobby Lobby to keep my serger thread ,it hangs on wall in closet I found they fit better if you invert every other spool ( this helps me ) keep all one color spools together , my bobbins are kept in a smaller box ( similar to yours ) I do separate by colors , put dividers to keep from tangling, my regular spools are kept in another container, I found out if you lie down I can find color I need faster than , going thru 100 spools , my container has a caddy where I keep smaller spools ! I was at a store where they were selling displays etc , I found some small wooden racks with 2 rows of dowels , light flashed , I bought 3-4 for 50 cents apiece , these are ( or at least one) on my sewing table to hold serger spools after I finish sewing gets transferred to my hanging wooden rack , my regular spools don’t fit , but I might get handy , remove dowels , get smaller ones to insert in a rack , I don’t like to have my bobbins in a mess , I do unwrap bits of thread but do rewind on cardboards I collect , & do use to sew on buttons , hems etc usually while sitting on my recliner ! When I saw you sliding thread on spool , there are times it won’t slide in precut slit , so I get my utility knife ( very cautiously) will make another slit !

[@TheSewingChannel]

Wow you sound SUPER organized!! I wish to be like you lol 😂 seriously though you have some really great tips! Thank you!

[@TheSewingChannel]

Wow you sound SUPER organized!! I wish to be like you lol 😂 seriously though you have some really great tips! Thank you!

[@rebeccacamacho-sobczak4282]

Everything is in either on my thread holder or on the most awesome bobbin holder I bought on Wish. And since it's all on my crafting table, I can see my threads and can decide if I need more thread or not. Bingo!!!! Also: I put the thread away, too!!!

[@TheSewingChannel]

I wish I put my thread away after every use lol 😂

[@MC1RPOSITIVESusieQ]

Clear floating shelves are nice that way there’s no strings hanging. Some people like to use the spindles that they hang on the wall but the strings hanging like that and it drives me insane

[@ArabianShalifa]

I used my old bobbins with little on them making mask in 2020 so I would not have so many.

[@pamelafowler4406]

I keep my bobbins in a container that is labeled for each machine. My bobbins do not work on every machine

[@fortysomethingbadgirls2173]

I put those stray threads in a dish and set them around nesting places because birds use them to make nests.

[@TheSewingChannel]

*_Love that!💛_*

[@petmomful2260]

Thread is not good for birds!! They get it tangled around their feet and legs!!

[@conniedetevis2119]

I keep a spool of thread with the matching filled bobbin in a snack bag in each color then place all of the bags in a wicker basket next to my sewing machine.

[@TheSewingChannel]

Great idea👍

[@patyake307]

I have a peg board on the wall above my sewing machine to keep my thread on. Used some dowels cut to size to fill the holes and put the thread on.

[@TheSewingChannel]

Nice! ✅✂️

[@JudyHart1]

Me too, sewing thread together, serger thread together, machine embroidery thread together. Can always see what I have.

[@CreativeGigi]

I keep my threads on a drawer. All in one drawer so I can find them. I loge how you organized your threads ❤

[@TheSewingChannel]

I used to keep mine in a drawer too until my collection grew and grew lol ✂️👍

[@CreativeGigi]

@@TheSewingChannel 😅 I have a big collection too 😅 you didn't see the drawer I'm using 🥴😬😅

[@TheSewingChannel]

😂

[@juliadixon6252]

I use an exact knife and make my own slit in the endcap of the spools. Then, I take a marker and color the slit. That way I don’t have to hunt for it, since I have trouble seeing things like that.

[@TheSewingChannel]

Great tip✅

[@MC1RPOSITIVESusieQ]

So when I have a bobbin that isn’t wound tight and even I put it on my spool spindle and I wind it correctly onto another bobbin. I never waste it.

[@darknessfierce4209]

Same

[@Jadapa]

I use similar bins like yours, however, my thread lies on the side so I can see the color without opening. II pull my thread and bobbins tight to lock the thread. All bobbins are in a bobbin container.

[@TheSewingChannel]

Sounds nicely organized ✅👍

[@keelyjohnston19]

I’ve been sewing just over a year I probably have about 3 times more thread. I think I have a problem 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheSewingChannel]

We all have some sewing related problem! Lol 😂

[@SewAndTellwithDori]

I could never find the bobbin thread that matched spool thread when needed. I eventually bought spool racks and use drinking straws cut down to lengthen the dowel so it will fit both the spool and bobbin. Works great! The thread is layered on the racks by color, making it easy to find the right color quickly. The only issue is straw size. Some brands fit over the dowel perfectly and through the bobbin, and other brands don't. Sometimes the hole in the bobbin is a bit smaller than the straw. From one box of 100 straws, you can get at least 200 pieces, which should be plenty for any seamstress. The lose thread ends don't tend to be a problem since the bobbins fit snugly on the straw pieces. My big serger spools don't fit on the racks, so they are put away in a plastic bin.

[@TheSewingChannel]

That is an awesome idea dori!💡💡💡 Thank you for sharing✅🤓

[@mrsmcdonald9363]

Put the bobbin on the peg first and the spool on top.

[@leslietinyhousebuilderwann3851]

I need to buy a machine with a bigger throat than my singer patchwork. I don’t want a fancy machine. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you in advance for any input about a machine.

[@TheSewingChannel]

*_The ones the advertise as "quilting sewing machines" typically have a bigger throat area✅_*

[@leslietinyhousebuilderwann3851]

@@TheSewingChannel thank you

[@shannona6533]

Husqvarna Viking Epic 980q or newer model have huge throat area.

[@lizbee726]

We call them long arm sewing machines in Oz. I have a Husqvarna but it's an expensive model. Don't know of any cheaper brands that have long arm. 🙋😂🙏

[@Classychickblog]

Do you like metal or plastic bobbins?

[@TheSewingChannel]

plastic✅

[@Classychickblog]

@@TheSewingChannel really I have both but I Mainly use metal was sKeats told plastic wasn’t good to use. But that’s also been years ago an stuff change since then. Thanks

[@lauriecr3690]

🙀