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Old 03-09-2011, 11:38 AM
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I would like to store my fabrics on shelves as if it were on bolts. Are there any ideas of ways I could do this that would be safe for the fabric and inexpensive?
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Old 03-09-2011, 11:41 AM
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I would like to store my fabrics on shelves as if it were on bolts. Are there any ideas of ways I could do this that would be safe for the fabric and inexpensive?
Ask the store to give you some of their empty bolts. My local fab stores and walmarts do.
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Buy comic book boards at your local comic book store or online. They are usually 100 for about $10. They are acid free. Put 2 together and wrap the fabric around.
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Old 03-09-2011, 11:48 AM
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Look at this post on here:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-43871-1.htm
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this post yesterday showed a wonderful and reasonable way to store fabric. I ordered some on AMazon http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-105907-1.htm
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Old 03-09-2011, 03:22 PM
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I fold mine WOF and fold again down the center, then roll it on a cutting ruler . When it is folded then remove the ruler. Works great for me and it is free.
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Old 03-09-2011, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by LoriMe
I would like to store my fabrics on shelves as if it were on bolts. Are there any ideas of ways I could do this that would be safe for the fabric and inexpensive?
OK, I was bored tonight so I surfed the web looking for these plastic fabric sheet that I saw a few days ago and low and behold I found a website where they were really cheap, the first website I found the other day wanted
$14.95 per sheet. These let you store your material like they do in JoAnne's by bolt. I bookmarked the site.
http://www.shop.thefabricorganizer.com/
Hope you like it.
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Old 03-09-2011, 05:51 PM
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I use comic book boards and here's what mine came out looking like:
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Whoa do you make outcalls?? I'm working on mine, but they aren't as neat as yours!
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I just spent a few hours (okay, maybe more than a "few") refolding my fabric so it's uniform in size. It makes a huge difference in how the shelves look, as well as in how well I can see the fabrics. An additional benefit was that I got to handle all that fabric again, reminding me what I have, and forcing me to realize that I really do NOT need more.
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