Please don't let me buy your fabric!! And stash coordination HELP PLEASE!!! :D
11-03-2010, 01:25 PM
#46
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Susan Margaret - I have a similar system to yours but sometimes I found that I took a color from the color-sorted fabrics that I had originally purchased for
a coordinate in another quilt. I now have 20 clear plastic sweater boxes of
fabrics with a pattern inside for quilts that I am committed to making.
However, now I cannot contain my fabrics to one room and am using the attic, the basement and my sewing area off the kitchen to store all the fabrics I own.
good luck - Judy
a coordinate in another quilt. I now have 20 clear plastic sweater boxes of
fabrics with a pattern inside for quilts that I am committed to making.
However, now I cannot contain my fabrics to one room and am using the attic, the basement and my sewing area off the kitchen to store all the fabrics I own.
good luck - Judy
11-03-2010, 01:41 PM
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Some of you have to be kidding. Organize fabric!!! Mine is all in a pile in plastic sacks in one corner of our living room. I'm going to ask Santa for a larger house with a room of my own in which to sew.
11-03-2010, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
Carrie, I just may get lost! What a mess I've stirred up!!
I really have a lot of fabric I no longer want, like cotton calico prints but I don't know if other people would want them. I have too much, that's all there is to it.
Maybe I should do another post when I get done in my room.
I will send yardage or pieces free to anyone if they can pay postage. I wish postage was cheaper :(
I really have a lot of fabric I no longer want, like cotton calico prints but I don't know if other people would want them. I have too much, that's all there is to it.
Maybe I should do another post when I get done in my room.
I will send yardage or pieces free to anyone if they can pay postage. I wish postage was cheaper :(
I would really like to help you out...Just let me know how much the postage is!!!
11-03-2010, 04:09 PM
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sounds great- now you have another room to fill up with new fabric. At least thats what happened to me , now I can't have overnight guest cause there are NO beds in our 4 spare bedrooms . good luck. nature hates a vacuum-ha ha :-D
11-03-2010, 04:36 PM
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Sue,
Sort and store your fabric in the way that is pleasing and helpful for YOU. Mine is folded in a particular way if I have a yard or more, and then folded differently if I have 1/2 yard, and then a third fold for fat quarters. Fat quarters are in their own larger-than-a-shoebox plastic bin.
My storage consists of plastic bins, sorted by theme and color. I have florals, butterflies (my fav), blenders/batiks, kids/brights, "groups" (I bought 3 or 4 as a matched set), WoW, and then "other." Holidays are in their own bins. This system works beautifully for me because I can tell at a glance if I have more or less than a yard of a particular fabric. If I have a "set" of fabric, I just need to go to the "groups" bin. I'm sure I will revise the system as I go along ... but for right now ... it works for me.
Start with what you think will work and then go from there. And .... I know the feeling of being overwhelmed with fabric! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Sort and store your fabric in the way that is pleasing and helpful for YOU. Mine is folded in a particular way if I have a yard or more, and then folded differently if I have 1/2 yard, and then a third fold for fat quarters. Fat quarters are in their own larger-than-a-shoebox plastic bin.
My storage consists of plastic bins, sorted by theme and color. I have florals, butterflies (my fav), blenders/batiks, kids/brights, "groups" (I bought 3 or 4 as a matched set), WoW, and then "other." Holidays are in their own bins. This system works beautifully for me because I can tell at a glance if I have more or less than a yard of a particular fabric. If I have a "set" of fabric, I just need to go to the "groups" bin. I'm sure I will revise the system as I go along ... but for right now ... it works for me.
Start with what you think will work and then go from there. And .... I know the feeling of being overwhelmed with fabric! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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