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    Old 07-21-2010, 04:09 PM
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    Originally Posted by luvstoquilt301
    I want to have my stash out where I can see all the fabric. I have those shelves you can buy just about anywhere. I try hard to keep the sun out and have not yet had problems with fading.
    Wow! I think dust would be my problem more than sunlight.
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    Old 07-21-2010, 04:40 PM
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    Originally Posted by GailG
    Originally Posted by luvstoquilt301
    I want to have my stash out where I can see all the fabric. I have those shelves you can buy just about anywhere. I try hard to keep the sun out and have not yet had problems with fading.
    Wow! I think dust would be my problem more than sunlight.
    Nope......dog hair at my house.....then dust :)
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    Old 07-21-2010, 04:57 PM
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    WOW....Now that's a STASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Old 07-21-2010, 06:00 PM
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    Originally Posted by elkridgequilter
    I found out that you CAN have too much fabric in your stash! I store my stash in sweater organizers that hang from the bar in my closet. The bar is part of a wire shelf. We returned from vacation to find that the entire shelf had ripped out of the wall! Fortunately the shelf above had mostly empty boxes on it! The only machine that fell was my embellisher and it seems okay. (Maybe it was the tiny Maryland earthquake that happened while we were gone and not just the weight of my stash). Anyway, I need to redo my closet and am looking for suggestions.

    elkridequilter, go to the tutorials and look up alaskasunshine. You might be able to use her ideal. It save room and easy to find the colors you need.
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    Old 07-21-2010, 07:26 PM
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    Originally Posted by sewmuchmore
    Originally Posted by elkridgequilter
    I found out that you CAN have too much fabric in your stash! I store my stash in sweater organizers that hang from the bar in my closet. The bar is part of a wire shelf. We returned from vacation to find that the entire shelf had ripped out of the wall! Fortunately the shelf above had mostly empty boxes on it! The only machine that fell was my embellisher and it seems okay. (Maybe it was the tiny Maryland earthquake that happened while we were gone and not just the weight of my stash). Anyway, I need to redo my closet and am looking for suggestions.
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    elkridequilter, go to the tutorials and look up alaskasunshine. You might be able to use her ideal. It save room and easy to find the colors you need.
    That is an awesome tute. Glad I revisited it. Thanks. I'm not sure if I know what cocoplast material is. Is it like the corregated plastic board? Where can it be purchased?
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    Very nice! :-)
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    Old 07-21-2010, 07:52 PM
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    Originally Posted by BettyB
    Originally Posted by elkridgequilter
    I found out that you CAN have too much fabric in your stash! I store my stash in sweater organizers that hang from the bar in my closet. The bar is part of a wire shelf. We returned from vacation to find that the entire shelf had ripped out of the wall! Fortunately the shelf above had mostly empty boxes on it! The only machine that fell was my embellisher and it seems okay. (Maybe it was the tiny Maryland earthquake that happened while we were gone and not just the weight of my stash). Anyway, I need to redo my closet and am looking for suggestions.
    I just have to tell you about my storage space. We had an outdoor swimming pool built in 1984. Sometime in the 90's
    my husband decided to enclose it and attached it to the house. In the last few years it was used about 3 times. He decided to fill it in and make me a big quilting room. At first I said no, but the more I thought about it the more I liked the idea. Here are a few pictures, as you can see you cannot keep your workspace neat if you are using it lol, at least I can't. I didnt take a picture of my cutting table because it is really cluttered, and by the way it use to be a hot tub. The hottub cover is wooden with a vinyl cover. I have a 56 inch cutting board on it.
    Awesome space!!! Let me know when your swimming pool quilt store opens for customers. Hehehehe WOW!
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    Old 07-21-2010, 08:05 PM
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    I have several tall bookshelves where I store my stash, plus 2 more that hold books and magazines! I also keep my scraps under the ironing board in a ouple of baskets and have several plastic boxes for in-progress projects. Seems to work pretty well, but I keep adding more fabric!
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    Old 07-21-2010, 08:18 PM
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    I am a newby and my stash is so small, I don't even have enough to divide into color groups. I am sooo envious. Just kidding ! Just looking at fabric makes me happy, so, you have a lot to be happy with.I look foreward to building a biiiig stash of fabric.
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    Old 07-21-2010, 08:25 PM
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    I have a large commercial chest of drawers with six large deep and wide drawers and a cabinet with shelves I store my fabric in.Also 30 gallon plastic tubs with lock down lids.
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