Big plastic bins make it hard to store and know what is in them. I have 1 1/2" strips up to 6 1/2" strips in boxes made for pictures, they have a place for a label. In my big storage units I have sorted stripes, polka dots, plaids, floral, novelty, solids, etc. I have cut out 6" x 12" pieces of cardboard and fold my fabic to the 11" width, place these on top of the cardboard and use the #64 rubber band on each end. This sorts my fabric in large hunks, I can remove several as needed and put the remainder back. There is a little more to this but it is an idea. Hope this helps.