I say, pick a pile and start at the top. Set a timer for 1 hour, this way you can get a little done at a time.
Go in several times a day, you can have it done within a week. Make sure you have shelves ready to put the organized fabric on.

Fold each piece nice and neet pile them per color then store. you can store by yardage or color. I work at Joanns part time and I fold the fabric in 1/2 long ways then in 1/2 again then fold sideways a couple times that works wonderful. good luck to ya. We all know the pain.:thumbup:

I am abit far away but it is a great deal for someone.

Hi, you sure you wasn't in my home taking those pictures.
I need your help to doing the same thing.
I live In Pennsylvania by the Lake.

I would if I lived closer to you. Then I could give you my boxtops. lolol

debra

You have a wonderful selection of fabrics so it is time to give them their due! Set up the ironing board, put on a movie, and press as much as you have space to lay flat. Then take the iron off the ironing board and using the 6-6.5" wide rulers start folding on the iron board (fabric drapes nicely and stays so pretty). Start making stacks according to color, Civil War,
1930s, batik, blenders, however you want to organize it. It will truly inspire you but remember it may take a week to do it.
So many great ideas here on the board!

I have a similar situation... Ugh!

Will try this one more time. Keeps saying the QB is not responding and will not post my message.

Wish I was closer! I'd be glad to help. It's always more fun working on someone else's stash.

I've been doing a lot of sorting, destashing, rearranging, reorganizing, downsizing in my sewing room. I have found starting with 15 or 20 minute sessions works well. If I am on a roll and want to keep going, then I just work until I am ready to quit. Really helped and after you get some of it done, the rest gets easier.

Wish I could help, but I'm on the opposite coast! :) Good luck!

Get some comic book boards and start! You take the normal folded yardage and fold it once more, lengthwise. Then it's the perfect width to wrap around a comic book board.

You will be so glad when you have it all organized, easy to pull fabrics for a quilt.

What really inspired me to get my fabric organized was purchasing the fabric boards. It really helps. I also purchased two shoe cabinet/storage units w/25 slots in each. I rolled up the smaller pieces of fabric for those slots, and have them sorted by colors. A little bit of time each day....my girlfriend used to tell me "You can only eat an elephant one bite at a time!" LOL

would gladly help you but I live too far away . . .

If I was closer, I'd be there in a flash. :)

That's all you've got to fold??? I have several times that much in boxes, stacks, drawers (about 300 yards).

I did this several years ago and folded mine with my ruler. Put on shelves into my 48x72" cabinet with doors. Looks very neat and easy to choose fabrics. I had the stacks in my dinig room and didn't like the look, so I just kept at it until I was done. It took me all week after work and finished it up on the weekend. When I buy more, I wash and dry, fold and stack with the others. I have mostly 4yd pieces or larger. Smaller pieces are easier and faster.

“And this mess is so big
And so deep and so tall,
We cannot pick it up.
There is no way at all!”
― Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat

If I just lived closer, in the same country even! Sorry, I truly wish that I could help you with that! Honestly I offered to go help my mother in law, however we don't live close either!

But it has that I've been busy sewing look. Nothing wrong with that. But wow thats alot of fabric. Good luck

Number 1. I live too far away; Number 2. I have enough of my own to organize; and Number 3. I really hate to organize, I'd rather do something with the fabric like sew.
But that being said, I'd love to come and sit with you and talk about what you could do with all the fabric and ooh and aah over it!

600 square feet ....wow that`s almost the size of my house...ha ha ha......i`m sure you can find room....

I'm with you, Jen. I have at least 2 rooms that need moving and setting up.
Charlie

First start sorting by theme, then color after that you can start folding and buy a cabinet with shelves, so you have a place to store it all. Learn to use labels on those shelves. I live in Idaho, so can not help. Good luck.

Where in NY? I'm in Vestal!

Where in in NY are you ? lol, would love to help you...........

would be glad to help if I were anywhere near you...it is always more fun to clean / organize for someone other than yourself.

I rang your doorbell but you never answered,,,hummmmmmmmm ??????

I wish I lived closer. I helped a friend with her stash and we had so much fun. I enjoy the organizing. Good Luck.

an hour at a time, like i did, got it done last winter.

Too bad we can't all come help you..it's so fun rifling through other people's fabric instead of your own!

Here is my plan to help you! Since I am too far to come over, just take all those pinks and yellows, shove them in a box and ship them to me. I will fold them up nice and stick them on my shelves.
Next take all the reds and purples, follow the same plan as before. Repeat with greens and blues.
There you go all cleaned up and in only 3 days!!! And you don't even have to pay me for helping. Is that great or what? LOL Huggggggggs and big smilesssssss!

sorry too far away, but would have been glad to work for a diet coke and chocolate. LOL....my moms family was in Poughkeepsie. Long time ago. I was stationed at Stewart Field.

I'm in NY -- Maybe I can help!!

I work about 5 miles from Stewart!

After folding 800+ pcs. I know what you're dealing with. I did what another member suggested; I did 15 min at a time, one bin at a time and used my 6x24 ruler. It's really amazing how little space all my fabric now takes up. I have one shelf for solids and one for prints. Now I can see at a glance where each fabric is and how much I have. Best of all though is that I'm inspired just by walking into my sewing room. Seeing the fabric helps get me going on what I can make. To help me here I started an inspiration notebook for future reference. All the bins that held fabric now hold projects. I'm forever grateful to the QB for the tip on fabric folding tutorials. They made a big difference in my world.

There's been a lot of offers .... including some that are somewhat in your area.
I hope that you are accepting some of these Ladies offers ... meet and make some new friends and have a folding and organizing party! :)

Wish I were closer, would be happy to help.

If I lived closer I would help, I just like helping others. Good Luck

If I lived near I'd be there in a New York minute!

April,
I am ready to come help. Can you send me a ticket? I can be there for three days and have it all done! I'll even bring 100 boards for organization...