Originally Posted by
auntpiggylpn
I put all my whites, off whites, blacks, white on whites, cream on cream and black on blacks together. Then I put all my solids together using Roy G. Biv (the order of the color spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) then my prints go on the shelves according to the color of the background or prominent color in the design, again using Roy G. Biv. All of my holiday fabrics are sorted by holiday but are all together in the same section of shelves. All my batiks are together as are my Asian prints. My child prints are together on another shelf. My striped fabrics are grouped together. All flannels and fleece are together also. The fabrics that I have slated for a project are grouped together on another shelf.
This is pretty much what I have done. Though I do have some small collections on display in the studio for decoration and inspiration.
Once I get some more of my groupings for quilts completed I am hoping to have much less material available. To that end I am putting aside fabrics I haven't used yet and am not planning to use for a project to give to a new quilter as a stash starter.
I am very fortunate in that I live near the largest quilt store in our state. Also, that LQS honors Joann's coupons up to 50%. So it is relatively easy to get what I want when I want it.