Taking Care of Your Clothes

What’s in your closet? Do you have a shirt that you love but it’s missing a button? I think keeping your clothes organized is so extrememly important and part of that organizing process is having a mending basket and a sewing kit.

I was over at Simply Thrifty, a blog that I just love, and she was talking about having a sewing kit.

At another house we lived at, I actually had an area where I kept my sewing kit and all the clothes that needed to be mended. It was bascially my work area. Whenever I had a few minutes, or felt like sitting and watching some tv, I would grab the basket of clothes and my sewing kit and get to work. It’s amazing how productive I felt afterwards.

Another good reason to have a sewing basket is to actually have a place where you put those extra buttons you get when you buy a new piece of clothing. Do you usually just toss the button out or put it on your dresser? I’ve been guilty of that too and I always regretted it when a button falls off.

Later on I will give you all the ins and outs of setting up a work station. I’ll tell you how beneficial it can be and what all you can have there.

Your assignment: Alright, now look around your house and see if you have a basket you can use to put your clothes in that need to be mended. Also, see if you have any sort of container with a lid that can be used as your sewing kit. It’s okay to start small and it doesn’t necessarily need to have compartments. You can always upgrade later.

If you don’t have either one of the things, you can buy them both for under $10. You also need a needle and assortment of thread.

Once you have your basket and container, goto your closet, your kids’ closets and your spouse’s closet and pull out all those clothes that need to be mended. Put them in the basket.

Then, go round up all those loose buttons sitting around the house and put them in your sewing kit. Store the basket and the sewing kit together in either your laundry room, bedroom or somewhere out of the way, but also a place where you will remember it’s there.

Next time you sit down to watch tv, go grab your basket and sewing kit.

Feeling a little more organized already? I hope so!