How to Sew a Hanging Jewelry Organizer

Keeping jewelry organized can be a challenge, especially when necklaces tangle, and smaller pieces get lost in drawers. A hanging jewelry organizer is a simple and practical solution that not only keeps everything in one place but also makes it easy to see and access your favorite pieces.

Hi – it’s Traci, I am lucky enough to be one of Melissa’s friends. We have known each other for over 10 years, ever since we both moved to the same area of Kentucky.

She is awesome, and I love bouncing ideas off of her, copying her ideas, and just sitting in her craft room to absorb all the creative juices.

I am glad she asked me to do the Tuesday Tutorial because it got my slow juices flowing again. So, here is my version of the Tuesday Tutorial – the hanging jewelry organizer for your necklaces and bracelets. This is perfect for hanging on the back of the bathroom door, from a hook in your bedroom, or from a pretty nail. The loops snap, making it easy to get to a necklace/bracelet or to easily add more to the organizer!

Supply List

2 pieces of cotton quilter’s fabric 34″long X 6″wide

1 piece of medium-weight fusible interfacing 34″long X 6″wide

1 piece of Warm and Natural batting 34″long X 6″wide

8 pieces of cotton quilter’s fabric 7″long X 4″wide

4 pieces of medium-weight fusible interfacing 7″long X 4″wide

1 pack of heavy-duty snaps (comes in a kit with tools to install)

1 pack of 7/16″ extra large eyelets (grommets) and 7/16″ extra large eyelet tool

Directions

1 – Iron the fusible interfacing. You need to iron one 34″ X 6″ piece of interfacing to the wrong side of one of the 34″ X 6″ pieces of cute cotton quilter’s fabric.

Then, you will need to take the 4 pieces of 7″ X 4″ interfacing and iron them onto the wrong side of just 4 of the 7″ X 4″ pieces of cotton quilter’s fabric. You will have 4 pieces left without interfacing fused to them.

Let’s (kind of) quilt! Take your other 34″ X 6″ piece of fabric and draw lines with a water-soluble marker where you want your lines. I did mine every inch with two in the middle, just 1/2″ apart, to add a bit of variety.

Sew along the lines with a slightly longer stitch than usual.

3 – Making the loops – what the jewelry is held by! Take your 8 pieces of 7X4 fabric; 4 with interfacing and 4 without. Pair them up, 1 piece with 1 piece, and face them wrong sides together.

Now sew around all four sides with a 1/4″ seam allowance, leaving about a 2″ opening to turn right side out.

4 – Cut the corners and turn right side out.

5 – Press the seams and sew a top stitch all the way around so that the opening gets closed up.

6 – Attaching the heavy-duty snaps – very easy to do. We need to attach them to the loops first. So, measure 1/2 ” from the top and 1.75″ from the sides, and that will be where you attach the top half of your snap. It’s the pretty half with the shiny silver button look. Follow the directions on the package to do this.

They will look like this when you have the 4 top halves of the snaps attached.

*Hint – the tool supplied to make the hole in the fabric might not work very well since you are going through about 3 layers. So, just get some small, sharp-tipped scissors and make a tiny hole with the point.

7 – Attaching the loops to the long quilted piece of fabric with the other part of the snap. You will place these bottom snaps 4″, 12″, 20″, and 28″ from the top (all 8 inches apart). You will snip the small hole in the base fabric first, then put the back part of the snap through.

Then, cut a tiny hole on the opposite side of the loop (opposite the end where you already attached the first part of the snap). Lay this on top of the base fabric and make sure the snap goes through it as well.

Attach the snap according to the package directions.

8 – Snap the snaps together to form the loops!!

9 – Take your piece of 34″X6″ with the interfacing, and this piece with all the loops and snaps, and put them right sides together. Sew all the way around with a 3/8″ seam and leaving about a 6″opening on one of the long sides for turning.

10 – Press out the seams and top stitch all the way around to finish off and close off the turning opening.

11 – It’s time to attach the extra-large eyelet/grommet. You can go ahead and attach it following the directions on the package, placing it 1″ down from the top and in the center.

12 – Now it is done, but you can add a ribbon if you want to hang it from something larger than the grommet opening. I cut a piece of ribbon 30″ long, ran it through the grommet, and tied a knot at the top. Hang your necklaces and bracelets from all the loops and hang them on the back of the bathroom door, from a hook in your room, or a pretty nail in the wall.

*This would be very cute in a teen’s room or in your daughter’s room to hang all her jewelry and headbands!!