Comments on: Organizing Your Sewing Room Part 2: Fabric

By: Barbara Winkler

Barbara Winkler — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 05:51:44 +0000

I sort my cottons by color and size (1/4 yd, FQ, then 1/2 yard, 1, 2, 3 yard and backings) I do keep the flannels and batiks separate as well as my patriotics that I use for Quilts of Valor. This way if I need a certain amount of a color, I can go to the appropriate size and not be disappointed when I find the ‘perfect’ fabric only to discover there isn’t enough. And, I know 1/2 yard will bind a quilt or make a 3″ border, so this works for me!

By: Tammy sprayberry

Tammy sprayberry — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 01:24:57 +0000

For storing all my fabric I purchased 4-2 draw legal file cabinets. My fabric is wrapped on legal hanging file folders and I have it organized by color prints and have a full drawer for my solids and one for my batik s. When I am working on a quilt project, I have a rolling cart made for holding the hanging folders so I can pull all the fabrics I plan on using which helps to keep me organized and fabric off my sewing table.

For my scrap pieces, I have 4 bins that I organize as, blacks and gray, whites, solid fabrics, and last is all my print scraps.

By: Marsha Ransom

Marsha Ransom — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 01:01:04 +0000

My husband graduated to a gun safe for his rifles & shotguns which left his little glass-front gun cabinet. He took out the innards and added shelves, painted it inside & out and I store my precuts in it.

By: Barb

Barb — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:31:59 +0000

I don’t know if you should organize by type and color. Or if organize by scraps and others by color. What do people do with their small pieces you might use later?

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 14:21:50 +0000

Just finished organizing my fabric-again. I’ve used see thru containers w/lids-stackable but seemed like I always need something from the bottom. Then, I went to wrapping fabric around cardboard-like in fabric shop…I actually lost a lot of space-even though it looked good. Finally, I sorted by colored & folde to fit space on shelve- I’m loving this. I’ve only been sewing, crafting and quilting for 40 years. Hope you find your happy place. Pam

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 03:56:12 +0000

Old cd book shelves work perfect for fat quarters. Sometimes you can find them at yardsales and 2nd hand stores!

By: BARBARA

BARBARA — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 16:25:15 +0000

I purchased bookshelves with adjustable shelving at a garage sale. Books on some shelves with fabric on others. Fabric is folded in half lengthwise and then wrapped around cardboard cut 6″ x 11″. Stand up nicely just like the fabric shops.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 05:14:10 +0000

All I have for fabric storage is one bookshelf, thank goodness it is fairly large. I go to my local Joann’s store and get the cardboard fabric bolts, after they empty one they are thrown away and I can get as many as I need. I cut the two flaps off and also cut the long solid piece into two parts it gives me four pieces to wrap fabric on. Just measure and cut fit your shelves. I then fold the fabric lengthwise one more time and can roll on the cards just as it was on the bolt. They fit perfectly on the shelves allowing me to see them plainly and I get much more stored away and it looks neat.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 02:44:37 +0000

I bought plastic crates put them on their sides my husband zip tied them together and mounted them to the wall. I stack my fabric in them and can see what I have , to use.

By: Gina M Pace

Gina M Pace — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:04:14 +0000

I probably own 1000+ unopened spools of thread, plus the ones actually put into service. I use an over-the-door style shoe organizer with clear plastic pouches to keep them handy, color-coded, and compact. For fabric, bolts are stored in floor to ceiling backless bookshelves that form an arch between my living and dining areas. I use the clear shoe box method for cut pieces.