I have stock piles lots of materal, I love auctions an gets lots, does some of ya all have any suggestions on how to organize it without pulling out pieces without the avalanch?? Thanks so much
laura

I put either a long ruler or a canvas board under and on top of the piece of fabric I want. It now "sandwiched" and I can pull it out. Not perfect but helps from a total collapse.

Its a start, thanks so much!!!

don't stack them on top of one another, stack them side by side. It's much easier to get the one you want.

I have mine all organized now and unstack or move out to get to the piece I want. I folded all of it and rolled around my 5" or 6" ruler, much better than having them in see through containers.

I am now in the process of moving all my fabric from deep shelves that I can't see what I have to the long shelf at the top of the closet. I am wraping around my 6" ruler. I have had to pull out some and moved them, the ruler in between works great. I am stacking it high, since I have so many colors and want to put them all up on that shelf. So good luck.

Rita

My husband installed wire baskets in my sewing room closet. And I love them. Three bins are 7 inches deep and I have 2 stacks of fabric per bin. One bin is three inches deep and I keep my crib quilt fabrics in there. The bins pull out for easy access. My fabric is sorted by color. So when I'm looking for green fabrics, I can go right to that bin. The bins also come out of the frame. Theres also space between the bins to stack fabric as well. I place larger cuts of fabric I have purchased for quilt backings for crib/lap quilts. They were reasonable priced, installed easily. He purchased it from Lowes for me for Xmas 2 years ago. I would recommend this type of storage. The fabric can breathe in the wire baskets. Easy access.

Just pack it all up and send it to me! That way, you don't have to worry about it all falling over! lol
Ok, seriously...I agree, stacking/putting it next to each other works great.
I also have alot of fabric in drawers and when it's organized....I fold it, then fold it again, then put them next to each other. Sort of like if you were to put books in a drawer next to each other so all you would see is the bindings to the books. Make sense? Clear as mud?

Easy. Show boyfriend piece of fabric I want. Have boyfriend manly (<- adverb) lift up all the fabrics on top of it. He holds, I pull it out. There's no shifting with the top fabrics now, since he's holding. I get out, he sets down, I make sure it's stable... and quickly close the door so they can't fall :-D

Too much fabric is a problem? LOL
Sounds like you need to put the pedal to the metal and make some quilts :) :)

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that's a good solution, can husbands do that too?

Great idea, I love going to auctions and thats where I gets lots but runnin out of room in my sewin room thaks for the info ya'll rock!!!!

I dunno, good experiment to try. Seems like a lot of the gals on here have very helpful husbands

Have you ever bought on eBay?

Nooooooo....if mine actually saw my stash i would be banned from fabric stores. lol

here is a whole list of suggestions from wonderful members on this board.
warning grab your favorite beverage first.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/search....anizing+fabric

Got all of it organized at 3:30 a.m. this mornin and poof, even hubby built 2 extra shelfs its great now gota get busy makin quilts!!!!!!!!!! thks again

Laura I have a solution. You can send it to me, then you can start all over again. LOL Do you ever buy from eBay?

I've recently purchased some upholstery fabric from ebay, and was very pleased. The seller was very helpful and even gave a refund on shipping.

No never tried, I do look at some of the stuff though? I guess a little scared to ???

I just purchased some from eBay so we will see. I've not done much sewing or quilting. The last one I made was about 11 years ago and I swore I would never make another one. Somewhere during that time I went to an estate sale and bought a whole basket of scraps for $20. Every color you could think of. Never used it. A few months ago I decided it was time to use it because I needed the room. So, I took my machine to the shop to be serviced and wound up trading it in for a Janome. Oh boy did that start something. I then started taking lessons, hit every sale I could find, have now got a whole entire room and closet full of everything. Found this site. Boy talk about addictive.