I can still remember when I got the whim to fold all my fabrics onto comic book boards. As I had put my sewing room into storage while my house was on the market, I got bored while waiting so started purchasing more fabrics, machine, etc. till it sold. Once I got moved, etc, I started pulling out the totes filled with fabrics and found I had duplicate fabrics. Obviously I must have liked that fabric a lot to buy it twice.......:-) Anyway, it took me a week and over 1,000 comic book boards to fold all my fabrics. Now I wait till I have empty boards before I go out to buy more fabrics. Plus I have no room for more anyway. Still have dress fabrics in plastic totes waiting for a space on the shelves.
And yes, I have lost fabrics in the past so now when I bring home new fabrics or they've been shipped to me, they get put onto the ironing board in plain sight until I unpack them, measure them and then fold onto boards. Haven't lost any more fabric this way.