I'm an absolute NO CUTTER before I know what the fabric will be used for. I arrange my fabric according to color, holiday, Nebraska, juvenile, flannel, food print and etc. Each fabric is prewashed before use. I measure EVERY full piece AND scrap piece (individual odd smaller scrap pieces are measured & sorted in another tote) and after folding all UNDER ONE YARD CUTS the same (like fat qrtrs from the LQS), I use my address labels with the measurements on the piece and sort the pile according to the smallest cut on top, to the largest at the bottom. That way if I need THAT particular color piece for something I'm working on, I know I don't have to go through the whole pile to find the right size piece I can cut from. The over one yard pieces are ruler folded on a separate pile next to the other. All fat quarters are stored in fat quarter bags separated by color and etc as above. This works for me. Good Luck.