I also have 16" shelves and used to fold my fabric. Couldn't see all the fabric well, and messed up the pile getting fabrics out from under. I've now put them on boards with 1+ yards on regular size and 1/4-<1yd on mini. I put the minis in front of the regular, so I can see all at once. I don't go into my stash daily, so this works for me.