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I have a walk-in closet for my fabric stash. I had all the fabric folded on boards and by color. Every time I wanted to use a fabric I really had to struggle to get it out. Recently I saw on the internet how one person used hangers to store their fabric. Went to the store and purchased some hangers (actually I had to make 3 trips since I underestimated). My fabric stash is now neatly arranged by colors and accessible without the whole thing tumbling down

That is a great idea. Could you post a picture?

i would like to see that too, i cannot imagine it.

I have my fabrics folded by ruler and stacked. It may be possible for me to hang mine also. I would need to see a picture of yours to see if this would work for me. Thank you.

Sometimes it takes a trial or two to get it right, doesn't it.
I think it's a mark of the creativity of quilters that we have so many ways to store/display our tools and stash.

Pics please!

What a great idea! Thank you for sharing.

That's an idea I got from Leah Day. I have all but the small stuff and the huge stuff (mostly still on the bolt) on hangers and the closet rod is jam packed. I sure like that storage method. As soon as I saw Leah's fabric stash on hangers, I knew that would be perfect for me.

I tried posting a picture and can't figure it out. I am enclosing the url for where I got the idea. Weezie is right that it is Leah Day. I did not give her credit previously because I couldn't remember where I saw it. Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uAntRsUb4o

My 10 plastic bins of fabric will not fit on my rods and I have a walk in closet. Bins work fine when you fold fabrics so they are in a nice row. I have them on metal shelves that were cheap. Stored by color and holidays and backing and background.
Hanging quilts is a good idea.

i ordered a fat quarter selection of basic colors from CT and have them hanging in the closet with a pants hanger. Easy to pick out the color needed.

I organize the project I'm working on by hanging the fabric on a rolling clothes rack. This works great if you are doing paper piecing -- you just cut off a chunk of the fabric you need while you need it. I found smaller pieces fall off so I bought metal clips at Office Depot (that fit around the round plastic hanger bottom) to secure them.

I've got 28 plastic tubs full of fabric on shelves just on one side of my storage area and all my flannels, UFO's, and nonquilting fabric/craft on the other side.......don't think the hangers would work for me. Glad they do for some.

I hang some on hangers, but all my table clothes I hang on a hanger.

this is what I do to take out a particular fabric board....I use a file folder and cut it on the fold....I put one side to the left of the fabric choice and the other one on the right side then I can easily take out the fabric of choice and the fabric boards on either side of fab.of choice stay in place.

I would need 2 walk in closets if I tried to hang all of mine

Sounds like a great idea....

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I have all my backings on hangers -- they hang from an extra rod in the 2nd bathroom. We never use that shower so it is a perfect place to hang those big pieces of fabric. The rest of my fabric is ruler folded and in drawers.