Craftsy Month – Sew Sturdy Home Organizers

This post is part of Craftsy Review Month on Sew Sweetness. To see schedule of all posts, click here! Today’s post is from Bree of My Crafty Crap! Please visit Bree on Instagram to see what else she is making!

Hey there!  Bree here from MyCraftyCrap on Instagram.  I’m so excited to be a part of this fantastic Craftsy series.  Today I’m sharing my thoughts on the Sew Sturdy Home Organizers by Annie Unrein. The projects in this class are a set of nesting baskets in three sizes and the Catch All Caddy.

Before this, I’ve checked out a few of the free classes on Craftsy, but honestly never made the time to sit down & watch them all the way through.  I find it hard to find the time to sew some days, let alone watch someone else sew before I can do it myself.  I wasn’t sure if it would be worth it to me, but I’m so glad I was able to try out a pattern class and find that it was absolutely worth my time.  I learned a lot of little tips & tricks throughout the class that I have already started using in some of my other projects. The class has a total of 8 lessons, two for the Nesting Baskets and six for the Catch All Caddy.  I like the way the class was broken down into multiple steps even within the lessons which made it easier to find what I needed when I had a question I knew had been answered in the video.  It was easy to jump right to the correct place so I didn’t have to waste too much time rewatching info that I didn’t need at the time. The first lesson includes an introduction to the class, general info on both projects, and some background information about Annie.  Annie suggests different uses for the nesting baskets, but my favorite by far is this snowman set.  Isn’t it adorable?!

The second lesson finishes up the nesting baskets.  One thing that really stood out to me was how much Annie uses a stiletto while sewing.  I have never used one, but am thinking about trying it out after watching how helpful it was for her.  I’m sure there’s a learning curve involved, I have a feeling I would stab myself with it a time or two before getting the hang of it!

One thing I noticed in the video that I hadn’t noticed in all the photos I’ve drooled over on Instagram is the way the final binding creates “grab handles” at each end of the caddy rather than starting & stopping on the top corners.  I really love this feature!

  As I mentioned, the class includes a lot of general sewing tips and recommendations that will be very useful in other areas of sewing, I especially like the way Annie does the binding (although I can’t get a nice finish when sewing it all on by machine, but finished mine by hand). When I finished up my caddy, someone on Instagram asked if I would be making another.  I knew that I would, it will make great gifts for a lot of people & really doesn’t take all that much time to sew up.  It does take some time & muscle to do the final round of binding, so I’ll take a little break before the next one, but will definitely make more.

And here it is already loaded up with all the odds & ends that have been scattered all over my sewing table.  It’s nice to have everything a bit more organized.

Thanks again for having me Sara!