Can anyone be This organized?
 

We all have a stash of varying size and age. Time and time again when I use the last bit of a particular fabric I wonder if I can get more. But I have no idea where or when I bought it. I just shove FQ in drawers and hunt when I want something.
Does anyone really keep track, ie photos, manufacturer, store, fabric, name, notations in a book etc. Would it be that difficult or should I just enjoy the random shopping sprees. It would require tremendous discipline. Just the thought of it hurts.
MK

When I started quilting in 1992, I did not keep track at all. Now, when I buy online I make note of the name, where I bought it, and the price. Sometimes I make the same notes of fabric bought in stores in person, but not always.

Eureka! I do have my online sales receipts but that doesn't help with the bits and pieces that come home with me when I shop.!

No I don't have the need to be that organized! It would be a hassle for me to keep track of each fabric. I don't really care where I bought a particular fabric or the design name. If I don't have enough of it I'll find some I like just as much and buy enough of that.

Keeping that information has never been important to me. By the time I use fabric from my stash it probably is no longer produced anyway. If I don't have enough of a specific fabric I find something else to use or coordinate with what I want to use. I would rather spend my time sewing. I just feel good that my fabric is ruler folded, in drawers and sorted by color.

No, I don't keep track of those details. I don't think I'd be able to find out of date fabrics anyways. I've been sewing for a long time.... my stash goes back 20-30 years.

I am mainly a charity quilter and just use what is in my stash. I work with a group that gets quite a few fabric donations. We were putting some away that had the date on a selvage and it was from the 1980s...lol.

Since I prefer certain colors and sort by color, cataloging anything won't do me any good as color fashions change every year. (My taste in color doesn't)

...too much like work..takes the fun out of this! Fabric lines change so frequently, why bother.

Me too. I am sure that if I wanted the same fabric it would no longer be available and then I would really be frustrated.