Straight up vs. Sideways
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I folded mine around the 8 1/2" ruler, then stored it standing up, without any boards to support it. As long as there is enough fabric it will stand up fine - and there's always enough fabric! I could store much more when I had it in horizontal stacks, because my shelves are higher than the height of the folded fabric - but I can get to it much easier this way.
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I folded mine around the 8 1/2" ruler, then stored it standing up, without any boards to support it. As long as there is enough fabric it will stand up fine - and there's always enough fabric! I could store much more when I had it in horizontal stacks, because my shelves are higher than the height of the folded fabric - but I can get to it much easier this way.
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If I had the room I would store my fabric standing up as I think it would be easier to get to. I have my in plastic drawers I purchased from Walmart. Each drawer holds a different color of fabric. But no matter how much fabric I have I never have the right color so need to get more!
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I have some of mine piled up after being folded using the ruler method, but I also have it folded slightly smaller and then piled using a collapsible fabric basket from the dollar store on end. I can still see what colors I have, but I can also pull out each individual basket to make my selection and then it slides right back in place on the shelf.
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The larger pieces of fabric I stand up. This is because I have trouble with my ribs due to a car accident and I don't have to do so much lifting to get the fabric I want. I adjusted the shelves on a bookcase to be the right height. Fat quarter are in drawers so that I can see the edge of each. Anything bigger than a FQ but smaller than 1 1/2 yd. is flat on a short shelf.
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I had my fabric on boards and then switched to ruler folded. I do agree that vertical on boards is easier to get to a particular fabric - but only if your shelves are not very deep. My problem was that I bought deep cabinets (one is 18 in. deep and the other is 23 inches deep), so that I could also keep bins of UFO projects in the cabinet. My husband wanted everything hidden behind doors/drawers since my main sewing room is also the living room. with my fabric vertical on boards I had to have several layers on 1 shelf - eliminating the 'ease' of access. Also my shelves could not be adjusted evenly so that all stood exactly vertical. If I arranged them with enough room for true vertical usage then I actually did not have room for one of my shelves.
Because my cabinets are deep flat ruler fold is a more econmical use of space.
Because my cabinets are deep flat ruler fold is a more econmical use of space.
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"No cost boards".....I took the very thin boxes that coke comes in and cut "boards" out of them. It's just enough support to hold up the fabric, but doesn't add a lot of bulk. I cut the boards all the same width so I can tell how much of each fabric I have by how many times the fabric wraps around the board. Works great, is basically free, and a great way to recycle trash.
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