Easy Sew Cord Organizer
Looking to a quick little project to help organize your life? Here’s how to make an easy sew cord organizer.
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I have cords and cables for everything. There are power cords, charging cables and connector things. There are cords everywhere.
This is an easy to sew project that will not only help you get all those cords and cables organized but also use up a bunch of your scrap fabric. If you’re like me, you have a pile of fabric scraps that you don’t want to use but you don’t know what to do with them. Well, this is the project for you!
The great thing about sewing this is that the sizing is also very flexible. This way you can use up a bunch of scraps in no time.
Supplies Needed to Make an Easy Sew Cord Organizer
- woven fabric, such as quilting cotton, twill, canvas, upholstery/home decor fabrics
- interfacing; I like to use Pellon SF101
- sewing machine
- notions such as thread and scissors
- rotary cutter and mat
- clear quilting ruler
- snap kit
- awl (optional)
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Pellon SF101
Rotary Cutter
cutting mat
quilting ruler
snap kit
awl
First, Cut your Fabric
The beauty of this project is that the sizing is flexible. This way, you can use up your scrap fabric. Basically, you are just cutting a rectangle. For this reason, a rotary cutter with a mat and a clear quilting ruler make this quick and easy to do.
There are 3 basic sizes, based on the thickness of the cable or card you are wanting to organize. The smallest one works well for the charging cable for my phone, while the medium and large ones work for power cables and thicker cords.
The key is the length of your cord organizer. By length, I mean the overall length. The snaps go on the ends and essentially it is folded in half with the cord nested inside.
The height of your easy sew cord organizer is more or less, irrelevant. As long as the finished size is at least 1 inch tall, you’re good to go.
Here are the fabric cut sizes, based on the length. I’ve included seam allowances. You can either cut 2 pieces or make it easier and cut one long piece and fold it in half.
| Size of Cord Organizer | Cut 2 Pieces (Length) | Cut 1 Long Piece (Length) |
|---|---|---|
| Small | 4 inches | 7.25 inches |
| Medium | 5 inches | 9.25 inches |
| Large | 6 inches | 11.25 inches |
As mentioned, the height of the cord organizer is not too imperative. You will want a minimum height of 1.5 inches (finished height of 1 inch plus seam allowance). Around 2.5 inches (finished height of 2 inches plus seam allowance). But there is definitely wiggle room.
As you can see, there is a lot of flexibility in this. Thereby making this a great scrap buster. Since I had longer scraps, I went the easy route and cut long pieces.
I know it’s bigger than stated, but I had the fabric and didn’t want to waste it.
How to Make Your Easy Sew Cord Organizer
Since I cut a long piece, I will show you how to sew it up. If you cut 2 pieces, I’ll go through the steps afterwards.
Now that you have your fabric cut, you need to interface it. You only need to interface half of it.
This is a great scrap buster for interfacing as well! Do you keep all your little bits of interfacing? It’s expensive and so I do and so now you can use them up!
It needn’t go all the way to the edge. This is a great way to use up interfacing bits.
Fold it in half, wrong sides together and sew around 3 sides, but leave a 1 to 2-inch opening to turn right side out later.
Once sewn, trim your corners to reduce bulk.
Turn right side out and give a good press.
Topstitch, close to the edge, all the way around. This will close up the opening.
Now follow the steps of your snap kit to apply the snaps. If this is your first time, test it out on some scrap. I know I did one backwards the first time! Once correct, I actually keep an example in my kit so I remember which pieces go with what.
I personally find the hole punch to not be very sharp so I use an awl (optional, mentioned above) to help me puncture the fabric.
You’ll add the snap pieces to both ends.
Once the snaps are on, that’s it!
Now your easy sew cord organizer is ready to use. See how easy that was?
Making this Easy Sew Cord Organizer with Two Pieces of Fabric
The process is very similar if you’ve cut 2 pieces of fabric.
- Interface only 1 piece
- With right sides together, sew all the way around (4 sides), leaving a 1-2 inch opening for turning.
- Trim corners to reduce bulk.
- Turn right side out and press.
- Top stitch, close to the edge, all the way around. This will close up the opening.
- Apply your snaps.
It’s just as easy to make this with 2 pieces of fabric, instead of 1.
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I made cord organizers in a variety of fabrics. Most of them worked pretty well. The fleece one was a little soft – interfacing helped. Quilting cotton worked very well. I had some felted wool which I thought I could get away with sewing together immediately, thinking they wouldn’t fray since it was quite felted, but it did seem to fray a bit. I added Fray Check all around it to solve that.
Looking for an even easier, leather version? Check out my Leather Cord Organizer post here.
These are so quick and easy to sew. Sew a bunch of these! Go through your scraps and make some to organize all your cords and cables. Wouldn’t these make great little gifts as well?
