nursie76

...organize your fabrics? I keep trying to get organized, but every time I think I have a system, it falls apart when I have a piece of fabric that could fit everywhere...or nowhere.

I thought, color...but what about prints...the predominant color?
then...holiday, novelty, by season, animal! I need serious help here! I am wallowing in fabric (not totally a bad thing ;) ), but I need to be able to find stuff!

Marjpf

I organize by what I think the predominate color is and then I also have an area for ones that are just too mixed for that and another area for seasonal prints.

Bluphrog

I organize my fabrics mainly by type - Moda Marbles; Kona cottons; batiks; Asians; patriotic. If I buy several pieces of fabric from the same line, I try to keep them together. And, I also put all my fabric on these plastic holders that I get at http://www.polarnotions.com/. They are very stiff plastic, so don't bend. That way, my fabric closet is like a fabric book case.

Kathy N

I have mine in rubbermaid totes by color family. Make sure the totes are clear if you use them, it will save time in finding the right one.

Barbm

color, but have 3 totes of Holiday fabric.

nursie76

Thanks, keep the info coming....I am getting psyched to start!!!...almost...

ToucanSam

I bookmarked that site, might order some of those! I sure need them. :)

Honey

I organize by holidays, flowers, red white& blue, childrens, flannel.

JenniePenny

by colors works best for me. Even with the fabrics that are multi-colored, I can always determine what color family. Then is just a different section for the Christmas prints and the children's themes.

Some people organize by size too. I don't. So I have little baggies of small fabrics in the same bins as the whole color family. So if I need pink, I go to the pink bin. Only need 6 pink 5" squares? No need to look elsewhere. I'll see what's in a small quantity in the bin before I cut something else.
So contrary to many quilters, I don't have a 'scrap bin.' Small pieces of fabric that are leftover get folded neatly and put in the right color bin or shelf.

amma

Blenders, batiks, prints, geometrics, solids, juvenile, seasonal, I Spy, etc... I gave up on sorting by color :roll: Where do you put a piece that has 3 colors all throughout, and they are all promininent LOL I do sort the solids and blenders by color, but that is as far as I go in that direction :D:D:D