I sort my fabric by color and some by style: Christmas, dog and cat, plaids, Holidays, Mary Englebreit, Liberty of London, batiks. I keep fat quarters in a separate space completely and don't cut it up. I keep the larger pieces of fabric in bins. I do cut up my scraps and leave in containers, but have never went to use them so far. They just sit there waiting for inspiration. I keep my cut up HST's by my sewing machine and sew them up and put in a box, my inspiration will come one day for all of those too. I have gone into my fabric so many times looking for yardage that I would never just cut it up. I think you know what type of quilter you are already, I know I am not a Bonnie Hunter person either. I know I am happy with how I have things set up, when I go to make a quilt, I go to my bins and dig and I find exactly what I need. Unless it's a weird color like mint, I had to buy that fabric recently.