I'd like to think of myself as "fairly" organized and like to keep my fabric in one location in my room in a bookcase (I just started in January so give me time to grow my stash like some of you).

I've been drawn to the different "boards" that are out there where you wrap the fabric around the board. To me, they're a bit pricey if you consider 100 or more of them at 50 cents or so each. I'd rather use the money to grow my stash.

Anyway, a while back my girlfriend gave me some 22x28 chipboard that she had. It worked out great. Yesterday, I placed an order to www.dickblick.com for the chipboard. I ordered 25 sheets and with standard shipping of $7.99 my order vame to $22.79. Do the math. I will get 8 6x11 boards from each sheet which figures out to be 91 cents a sheet and 8 boards a sheet, I will get 200 boards at 11 cents each. I'd attach a photo, but I don't know how to get it off my Blackberry!!

Sounds good

What is chipboard?

Just make sure anything you use to wrap your fabrics around is acid free and dye free. I just use the ruler fold method which doesn't add any extra bulk and then I can save that money for more fabric. :roll:

This chipboard is nice and heavy like a good quality photo mat would be. I did cut mine to size with scissors, but it's almost too heavy. I ended up with a small blister. Maybe an Exacto knife might work better. Nice thing about this is, you can cut them to your preferred size

Ok. Educate me. What is the ruler fold method?

I checked out the boards description and it says ''not archival'', so is it safe for fabric storage?

There's no die in the chipboard. Excuse me if I offend anyone by this, but in my lifetime, I'm sure the fabric I put on the boards will even out-live me.I figure 100 years ago they didn't worry about these things and the quilts are still around. Again, I don't mean to offend anyone.

the ruler method tutorial is at

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-43871-1.htm

If it's "not archival," that means it has acid in it.