Organizing your Needlework Books

The major task in front of me today for studio organization is starting to sort the books.

Two of the four bookshelves have been made and I need to start filling the shelves. Before we moved me books had seriously overflowed the shelves I had, so I’m REALLY hoping that these shelves will be enough.

But the question for me is how can I organize the books to be grouped so I can find things. In most of the house I have books living in what I can “happy anarchy,” that is with no organization at all. Sometimes I think my DH would like more order, but just getting books up is hard enough, sorting them is worse.

There is no doubt that if your books are organized you can find things faster and you are less likely to buy the same book by accident (something I do all too often). So organizing the needlework books is the order of the day.

I’m going to have four major groups:

• design and art books
• needlepoint books and stitch dictionaries
• cross stitch and embroidery books
• other needlework books (knitting, quilting, etc.)

I’m putting my books of alphabet chart with the needlepoint books since those will be in the shelf closest to the desk. The design books will go into the shelf easiest to reach from the day bed. sp O can get to them to dream.

With the books out, the studio will be close to done except for pictures on the walls.