Thread: Ruler Folded stash

Would someone please explain what is "ruler folded" for quilting materials?

yes please

You take your 6" (or 8" ) x 24" inch ruler, and fold the fabric around it. Then fold in half (or thirds).

This way, when you place it on the shelf, each piece is the exact same size, and they all line up and pile up nicely.

It's a beautiful thing.

Think T-shirts at Old Navy/The Gap.

Folding your fabric around a 6" ruler, then slipping out the ruler. The idea is to "wind" your fabric around a ruler like it is around the bolt in the store. Folds up nice and neat and all the same size and easy to cut from one end without unfolding the whole piece of fabric.

Do you mark how much of it you have or put it in stacks of certain sizes?

Well, I'll be darned...never thought of that! Geesh, the learning never stops!
Maureen

Originally Posted by xsquilter

Well, I'll be darned...never thought of that! Geesh, the learning never stops!
Maureen

Could not have said it better myself.

Originally Posted by FQ Stash Queen

Do you mark how much of it you have or put it in stacks of certain sizes?

You mean before I put the SKU bar code sticker on after I've scanned the information into my Peoplesoft fabric inventory system? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Nah, I don't. You can pretty easily tell the difference between 1 or 2 or 3 yard cut by the thickness of the fold (which would be facing you on the shelf). I'm sure, however, some folks do sort like that.

Personally, I think it's all just a measure of an individual's level of OCD . ;) ;) ;)

I use a 4" ruler instead of 6" or 8".

i just pin a sml sq of paper with the yardage on the corner