Ribbons......

Organizing my ribbons......

I have tried different methods in the past. Most of the time they have been thrown into a clear plastic bin--quite messy and hard to sort through.

Once, I tried to mount the ribbon spools on metal rods attached to the wall. That won't work where I am now because I don't have the wall space.

This time around I am trying plastic bags organized by theme in a plastic bin. I took the time to remove all the cardboard spools and wrapped the ribbon with a clear rubberband or a strip of paper (taped closed).

I was unhappy to find that some ribbon had been slightly damaged by sticky tape holding it to the spool so I'm glad I got rid of the spools.

I thought about splitting the ribbon up in bags by color but I tried to think of how I look for ribbon for a project and decided that I usually look for a specific theme first.

Themes:

Floral,

 Geometric,

 Velvet,

 Lace,

 Grosgrain,

 Satin,

 Gingham,

 Dots,

 Stripes,

 Utility (such as bias tape),

 and Novelty

Ric Rac is in a jar all by itself

What ribbons do you hoard?? :-)