Right now I have all my fabric in about 10 large Rubbermaid totes. Not all the totes are see thru. Most of it is sorted by color. But I have all different sizes. Yards of some and FQ of others. Is this how most of you have yours organized or do you have color by lg yardage then FQ's in another area? I don't have enough room (nor any $$) to buy shelving as my few bookshelves in there are taken up by books. How is yours organized? I would love to hear from anyone of course. But especially those who have small areas with a large stash! Thanks!!

I keep everything but selvages.. This is how my room is organized..

These are in 30 gal tubs no matter what size pieces they are:
Holiday- each holiday (xmas, 4th, halloweenie, easter, etc) have its own tub
Flannel
Vintage fabric (35in xWOF)- all goes in one tub
Authentic 30's feedsacks

All my Bolts (3+yards) are on the bookcase and in walk in closet.
All my 1-2 yards cuts are ruler folded, then separated by theme (floral, kids prins, asian, etc) and solids, blenders, and the rest are seperated by color on bookcases

Batiks are in a see thru sterilite three drawer separated by light med dark..
Fqs are separated by color, floral, novelty in it's own sections on wall cd racks, closet maid 24/36 bin shoe organizers.. Each area has its own 'theme' so i can find what I'm looking for.

My scraps are in specific see- thru bins, tubs and drawers depending on size..

Each Accuquilt Die cut shapes have a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own- I do have most if not all the dies already.. lol..
strips less than10 inches but longer than 5 inches of has a a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own
Strips longer than 10 inches but less than WOF has a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own
2 inch strips are hanging on the back of the door
1.5 x wof has a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own
2.5 x WOF strips has a a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own
3x WOF strips have a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own
5x WOF strips have a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own
all other strips x WOF are separated by colors and has a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own
Crumbs have a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own
Scraps less than a fq but larger than 6x6 has a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own- these are waiting to be cut with my Accuquilt
2 in sq have a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own
2.5 in sq have a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own
3 in sq have a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own
3.5 in sq have a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own
4 in sq have a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own
4.5 in sq have a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own
5 in sq have a see thru sterilite drawer all of its own


And that's how my room is organized..

I followed Bonnies method.. www.quiltville.com.

I love to sort by color. That way you can just use your exsisting totes and put the colors on the outside. I have mine in cubby holes from the wire square things Walmart sold a while ago.

The only fabrics I have in tubs are scraps. The only other thing I keep in tubs is batting. My fat quarters, half yards and single yards are in dresser drawers. Anything over a yard is on shelves. The two yard cuts are sorted by color and just stacked. Anything over two yards is wound on fabric organizer boards.

My husband use to work with dies many years ago...and he says you should not stack the dies on top of each other and you should store them up not laying flat. He says it will make the die last longer and not dull the blades.

I have 6 - 66qt see-thru tubs:
1 Lights
2 Mediums
3 Darks
4 Christmas
5 Less than 1 yards
6 Miracle Quilt Fabrics
and then 4 shorter, but same width "Project" tubs containing the patterns and fabric for one project per tub.
All my tubs are full, so I may hafta buy a couple more and begin micro sorting by the colors I have the most of. I need another one already for panels and applique fabric.

yeah, no one envy's my stash. LOL

I went as cheap as I could and bought those 16 dollars metal shelves at Target ( putting togather is a pain) and putting $1.68 clear plastic tubs in them that I found at Staples.
First stored by color then by theme like Christmas and background and backing.
The only bad part is the lids wont fit on the bins, makes them to big for shelves.
I also used dollar store baskets for all my fats.