great idea for plastic bins with drawers. I'll look for them also.
Sherry D

Shipping is to go up the first of the year!!!! Ugh!!

isn't everything going up after the first of the year. Just wonder how we can continue to pay higher prices. No sense complaining. Sherry

I will pm you

I'm lost- how do you PM someone?--opps, just figured it out :)

Susan Margaret - I have a similar system to yours but sometimes I found that I took a color from the color-sorted fabrics that I had originally purchased for
a coordinate in another quilt. I now have 20 clear plastic sweater boxes of
fabrics with a pattern inside for quilts that I am committed to making.
However, now I cannot contain my fabrics to one room and am using the attic, the basement and my sewing area off the kitchen to store all the fabrics I own.

good luck - Judy

Some of you have to be kidding. Organize fabric!!! Mine is all in a pile in plastic sacks in one corner of our living room. I'm going to ask Santa for a larger house with a room of my own in which to sew.

I would really like to help you out...Just let me know how much the postage is!!!

sounds great- now you have another room to fill up with new fabric. At least thats what happened to me , now I can't have overnight guest cause there are NO beds in our 4 spare bedrooms . good luck. nature hates a vacuum-ha ha :-D

Sue,
Sort and store your fabric in the way that is pleasing and helpful for YOU. Mine is folded in a particular way if I have a yard or more, and then folded differently if I have 1/2 yard, and then a third fold for fat quarters. Fat quarters are in their own larger-than-a-shoebox plastic bin.

My storage consists of plastic bins, sorted by theme and color. I have florals, butterflies (my fav), blenders/batiks, kids/brights, "groups" (I bought 3 or 4 as a matched set), WoW, and then "other." Holidays are in their own bins. This system works beautifully for me because I can tell at a glance if I have more or less than a yard of a particular fabric. If I have a "set" of fabric, I just need to go to the "groups" bin. I'm sure I will revise the system as I go along ... but for right now ... it works for me.

Start with what you think will work and then go from there. And .... I know the feeling of being overwhelmed with fabric! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Do you take paypal for postage?
Love to help you with your calico's
June

sounds good to me.

I too am trying to redo my stash,only last week did I find Halloween fabric......kinda late too say the least.
Now I a sorting by holildays first........

What ever works for you,is always priority in my opinion.

Good luck !

The nationally known quilt teacher, Pepper Cory, says she sorts her fabric by Dark-Medium-Light.

Welcome to the I can't resist material club.

HI, maybe you should divide your unwanted fabric in individual packs and let us know what you need for postage. That way everyone that is interested can get a bit of your fabric. I am a hoarder for fabric, but have sewn since I was a child! Then was a professional dressmaker for 40 years. I absolutely love to sew!!!
Have a blessed day!
Suzi

I have to yet do the sorting. If you have a easy way - please let me know. Good luck!

Thats what I told my husband...I must not be sewing fast enough if I need 2 more full size bookshelves for storing more fabric. And that does not include the totes I have stuffed full of the "scraps" that are tagged for mini quilts. But I do have to say ` I was thinking the other day that I'm getting tired of looking at some of these pieces. HHmmm....

Susan Margaret,

Your posts always make me laugh. You need a 12-step plan or an intervention: you simply cannot sort your sewing room when you are supposed to be doing Christmas gifts. I know you haven't finished Christmas gifts because you said so on another thread. Too bad some of us quilters don't live close to you--we could (1) pitch in and get your room organized, (2) help you work on Christmas gifts, or (3) drag you to the local fabric store to help you forget about the mess at your house.

But I'm no better than you are; I'm going to Houston tomorrow. I need more quilting fabrics/equipment/gadgets like you need more calicos. The next time you hear, "Houston, we have a problem," it will be me trying to get out of the convention center with all those packages.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-43871-1.htm is totally awesome! Alaskasunshine's fabric folding (organize your quilt room) has great tips and pictures for getting everything organized. Check her out.

I would love to have your fabric and I will pay postage. Please send me a pm. Thanks Judy

I sent you a pm.... :-D

Hey everyone,
I have not answered a lot of pms yet but I will !! My husband took today off and he volunteered to help me. I really don't want all this fabric b/c I know I'll never use it. I'm trying to sort by color but some of the prints are multi or large florals and then I get mixed up as to where they should go. The suggestions have been great and I so appreciate them!! Am using many but the room still looks like a bomb hit. I've decided to throw a lot of it in bins so I can focus on 2 special gifts I am making. But that isn't going to happen till hopefully the weekend.
So....... I will pm back as many people as I can in the next few days.
I've already sent some out and am waiting for payment on one I think.
I'm even overwhelmed with these requests! But I welcome them and appreciate the help by getting it off my hands.
Please be patient!!
THANK YOU, ALL !!!!

Now it's back to the bomb wreckage lol :D
Sue

Dear Susan,
What a problem to have. Too much fabric. Are you kidding. I must be a novice because I can't imagine having too much. Have wanted to make an old fashioned looking quilt using calicoes and have been stashing away any that I could find at thrift stores and really good sales. Less than $3.00 a yard but I don't have nearly enough for a quilt. Guess what color I have the most of: ORANGE (also not my favorite color for quilting.) Would love to purchase some of your calicoes (any color will do.) What do I do next? Let me know. Kitsy Keel Smith

Susan
What a special thing to do. If you still have any left, I would love to get some of your stash. I make a lot of charity quilts and can always use extras. I donate to many organizations that care for children of all ages. Thanks for what you are doing for others.

I have been reading the posts for months, but have never posted myself.

I read the post requeting pillowcases for military personnel and went to sort out fabric. I found a number of pieces. Surely there is some guy that could relate to the John Deere fabric and some gal that would like polka dots was my thought in selection. I have a grandson that is planning to join the military next summer (after graduation) and I was thinking about what would appeal to him.

Anyway, my thought was that if the fabric is "out of control" that may be a way to use some of it.

Diagnosis: you have that Quilter's Pox known as
'SABLE' -- "Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy"

My children bought me a shirt that says "She who dies with the most fabric wins." I think I am the winner. I am sewing in the family room because I have been pushed out of two rooms of by fabric. I can't get in the sewing room and the play/guest room is becoming a series of paths. An additional sorting problem for me is mine includes apparel fabric, patterns, fleece, etc. It's not all quilting fabric. In fact, I don't think there is a lot of quilting fabric. I haven't quilted much in years. When I get to the calicos, I'll let you know. I do know there are some in the worst room.

I need to start on it, but I've had two surgeries with long recoveries this year, plus I'm still in a wheelchair part time. I will start on it before my oldest daughter does. She'll want to pitch a lot of it. I think my kids are afraid I'll get lost in there and no one will feed and walk my dogs.

Does the sentence "I might need this someday" mean anything to any of you?

you could donate your fabric to a quilt shop thta makes quilts for cancer patience.The quilt shop i go to gets to gether the last friday of the month and makes quilts from donated fabric.so far they have made at least 300.People actually come in to the shop to get quilts for friends or realitives who are in treatment or just needing some good old comfort.

pmd you would be interested in John deere horses calicos childrens prints smal florals almost anything besides gingham and strips - dont do those lol thanks cheryl
p.s. will pay thru paypal ~ now that you have posted this you do realize you will be on our radars and not sell you anything lol ;)

THAT IS TOOOOOO FUNNY -

My Mom lives in Port Richey and is living that quote. I am close on her heels!