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    Old 09-22-2017, 02:15 PM
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    For years, I said that I was buying fabric as an investment for my retirement. Retirement has arrived!! I spent hours over two weeks getting all fabric folded - or refolded - to fit the new wire cube storage. If it didn't fit and I didn't love it, I donated it to a quilts for the needy group.

    Wire storage was inexpensive and fit the inside of the closet completely from side to side. Although our house is a 3-bedroom and both children are grown and gone, DH does not want to make either of the empty rooms a sewing room. But I did take over the closet! The storage cubes I had before (from Target, they come flat and you put them together) didn't fit well - lots of wasted space at the end, but not enough to add another set. Plus they were only 3 tall, which meant I kept stacking stuff. You can imagine what that looked like!

    Eventually I found these http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 to fit the closet perfectly. The 20-cube set would have been less expensive, but I wasn't sure I would like them, so ordered the set of 8 (and then a second set of 8). They are 13" wide, so I wrapped fabrics around my 6.5" wide Creative Grids ruler and folded to length.
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    Old 09-22-2017, 02:17 PM
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    Oh how nice it all looks!!! Hope you have lots of fun now that you have more time!!!!!!
    Our taste changes and I will occasionally destash fabric I know I'll never use to donate. Win win!
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    Old 09-22-2017, 02:52 PM
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    Nice job of organization.
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    Old 09-22-2017, 03:08 PM
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    What will you be doing with empty rooms"
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    Old 09-22-2017, 03:39 PM
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    Wow! Looks like a store!
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    Old 09-22-2017, 04:08 PM
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    ​Looks great!
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    Old 09-22-2017, 04:14 PM
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    nice stash! congrats on your retirement
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    Old 09-22-2017, 04:19 PM
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    what a beautiful stash of fabrics.
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    Old 09-22-2017, 07:53 PM
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    I'm tickled pink that you posted this. I just got the same system for a closet. But I wondered how to fold fabrics to make them fit. Your idea is ingenious! Thank you!
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    Old 09-23-2017, 04:18 AM
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    Those are the neatest stacks of fabric I have ever seen. Enjoy your retirement!
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