Thread: Forced organization of stash

Originally Posted by mimiof4

I wish the organizing fairies would come to visit, I would even feed them. heck I would even pay them.

As long as they are there, ask if they do tops also? If so, send them over here!! LOL

Originally Posted by jcrow

I have not enough room for all my fabric and I don't know what all I have. I can't get organized because I don't have enough room. I really need to empty my sewing room closet and buy shelving and load those up with my fabric. So, I feel for you. I have not enough room or too much fabric. I prefer the first.

That's what I did with the closet in my quilting room. I was lucky to have 1 shelf between top and bottom in half of it since it was set up for double hanging. I went to WalMart and bought stackable wire shelves to put above the shelf, and 3 drawer plastic containers to put below. The other half of the closet has a short pole which works great for hanging tops needing to be quilted. Just to the right of that area (inside the closet) are shelves from floor to ceiling that I am trying to get cleaned of all the stuff you just need to stick someplace and that ended up being the "someplace". I'm still in the process of trying to get all the fabric that is stored under my cutting table and in a dresser, into that closet!! See the pictures below.

Ruler fold the fabric. it condenses the fabric alot more. Bonnie Hunter website has great scrappy quilt patterns and ways of organizing scraps.

I LOVE doing scrappies!!! Have soooo many strips cut and waiting, and when I do a scrappy it seems overnight my other scraps have multiplied...when will it end???

Hi, I had resolved after late night internet fabric shopping to go on a fabric diet from February. Then the shelves in my fabric cupboard collapsed under the weight and I decided to buy a new cabinet. Found a lovely solid rosewood cabinet with half glass doors and chippendale-like lattice on the glass --really beautiful. But I was sure that all my fabric would not fit in the new cabinet! So I started to ruler fold it (which I learned from the ladies here) and it was marvellous -- made fabric much easier to stack. Of course I found tons of stuff I had forgotten -- really stiffened my resolve for NO MORE SHOPPING! I think I have enough fabric for 100 quilts -- and I only make 3-4 a year.

See if you have a quilting friend who would like to help organize. I helped my friend do hers. ( She has a back problem so can't do very much lifting.) Then about a year and a half later she had to move and she called me to help again. She lives in another state so I went for a week long visit and we had a great time visiting while organizing. Everything is on shelves so she doesn't have to move any totes, etc. We put it on shelves standing up like books so it is easy for her to get out without having to move anything to get to it. It's easy to see also. Her scraps are in drawers.