folding fabric
01-31-2012, 01:28 PM
#25
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It truly depends on where you're going to be storing your fabric. For me, the shelving in my closet is a bit smaller than the height of the comic book boards so I trimmed them to fit my closet and then folded my fabric selvedge to selvedge and then in thirds. I absolutely love having the mini bolts.
01-31-2012, 04:55 PM
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Well, I did it today. I ordered 300 Comic book boards today on Amazon. It sounds like alot, but if I ordered over $25, you get free shipping. If I don't use them all will give some to a friend. I have a feeling I will use almost all of them. I can't wait to get organized.
02-01-2012, 03:16 PM
#27
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I use the comic boards too (buy them from Amazon) and love them. I use them for fabrics 2 yards or less...fold them selvage to selvage, then fold sort of in thirds, using the board as a guide. More than 2 yards, I fold on my 6 x 24 ruler, then fold in half and keep them all on one shelf so I know that I have significant yardage or enough for a quilt back.
Fat quarter storage was a problem for me, but this week I bought a small desktop organizer at Target called a Mini Cubical. Particle board covered in laminate and DIY assembly required, but not difficult. It stacks neatly on top of a bookcase in my sewing closet and there's plenty of room for fat quarters ('course I had to refold most of them). Now I can see them, grouped roughly by color or theme.
Now that I have everything where I can see it, I was able to easily pull a bunch of coordinating fabrics last week for a class at my guild meeting today!
AnitaSt
Fat quarter storage was a problem for me, but this week I bought a small desktop organizer at Target called a Mini Cubical. Particle board covered in laminate and DIY assembly required, but not difficult. It stacks neatly on top of a bookcase in my sewing closet and there's plenty of room for fat quarters ('course I had to refold most of them). Now I can see them, grouped roughly by color or theme.
Now that I have everything where I can see it, I was able to easily pull a bunch of coordinating fabrics last week for a class at my guild meeting today!
AnitaSt
02-02-2012, 09:55 AM
#28
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Ask your fabric supplier (LQS, JoAnn's, Hancock's) for any empty fabric bolts. They are happy to give you whatever they have (they just throw them away anyway). I take all that they offer, but prefer the 'flat' boards and just put the 'thicker' ones in the cardboard recycling. I then cut the flat ones into 7.5 " x 11.5" size and fold the fabric (on a king size bed for large amounts) as the blogspot mentioned above and stacked them vertically. I have folded as much as 8 yds on one board. I love the eye candy that you can achieve and how much more accessible my fabrics are at a glance. Have fun...it's addictive. Jinnie
05-04-2013, 07:19 PM
#30
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I haven't used the boards because of the additional space they would take up and the widely varying amounts of fabrics I have.
I do the flat fold stacking on shelves by color.
Yardage ends up wider (and fatter) than FQ so it is somewhat obvious approximately how much of a given fabric is available.
I do the flat fold stacking on shelves by color.
Yardage ends up wider (and fatter) than FQ so it is somewhat obvious approximately how much of a given fabric is available.
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