A couple of months back, we ran a contest asking many of you what your favorite organizational tips were. In honor of National Organizational Month, we read through all of your tips and tricks, and have decided to feature a new one each week for the month of January. Because we obviously don't want to share tips with you all out there unless they work (and because we love a little DIY project here and there), we will be posting a new tutorial on creating these great space-saving organizational projects right here on the blog every Wednesday in January. Follow along and watch as we get our hands a little dirty, and our sewing rooms cleaned up!

This week's featured project is a framed pegboard. In her comment, our customer's tip said, "I put a decorative frame around a pegboard and hung it above my cutting table. It's great for hanging scissors, rotary cutters and more for easy access without cluttering up your sewing space."

I thought this was a great project, and one that I could do with some items that I had laying around the house. In total, the project cost me $18.58, and I love the end result.

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I planned to make some stockings last weekend, to put small gifts and holiday treats in for friends and family, but I got a cold. This week, I decided it was not too late!  I downloaded the Connecting Threads' free pattern for Homespun Christmas Stockings and promised myself I would only use fabric from my stash.

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I stippled and I didn't hate it!

Don’t you love it when you have a productive weekend of projects?  I had such a weekend last weekend. As a newer quilter, my greatest wish is to become better at free-motion quilting, especially stippling.

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Black Gold Appliqué/Sharps needles by Clover Mfg. Co. are my favorite new product carried by Connecting Threads! I am currently enjoying doing a lot of hand sewing for smaller quilted projects, so I decided to share why I like them so much...

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There is nothing better than stitching with wool when it’s a handwork project! I love the texture because it’s so soft, supple and cushy. When wool is felted, raw edges look lovely and seams aren’t needed. I also enjoy the rich, dark colors and my preference is hand-dyed wool if I can afford it.

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