Originally Posted by
pocoellie
I'm sure that you'll get lots of suggestions on this topic. Try ones that you think might work for you and see how it works. I have my fabrics in big drawers by background colors. All fabrics are ruler folded with a 4x12 inch ruler, then is put in the drawer on the edge so that I can see what I have in the drawer without going through piles of fabrics. I don't have a lot of FQ's since I tend to buy yardage. I have 2 drawers full of fabrics and the fabrics to go with the focus fabric and the pattern I'm going to make with it, this way I don't mistakenly cut up fabrics that I had intentions of using for a different quilt. Batting storage can be a problem, but what I'm going to do(when I have the money to buy a full roll) is to put 2 U shaped hangers and a HD rod of some kind on the wall directly above my cutting table, then when I need batting I just "roll" off what I need.
This is pretty much what I did for several years, and it worked great. I used a 6 x 12 ruler to roll my fabric, as that worked well in my drawers. For batting, I put 2 eye bolts in beams in the ceiling and used nylon cord to hang a "mini" bolt. I bought batting by the yard and had them roll it onto an empty bolt so I had a roller to run the cord through. I left enough cord on one end that I could lower the bolt to refill it, or to set it on the cutting table.
We moved into a new-to-us house and I don't have room for the dresser in my sewing room, so all the fabric (folded the same way) is on shelves in the closet. I now have a full bolt of batting hanging on my wall. I bought 2 closet shelf/rod brackets at the hardware store, along with a wooden closet rod. They are mounted just above my cutting table so I can unroll as much of little batting as I need.