Please don't laugh, but I use the BIG cat litter jugs with the handles (my cat uses crystal litter). They can stack, they're "grabbable" and they live on two shelves on the wall so they're out of the way.

I sort by color mostly, with a separate jug for batiks, Christmas and Halloween. I also have a separate jug for leftover binding (that's been pressed in half and is ready to use on smaller projects) and bias binding tubes (each in its own ziplock to prevent tangling.

I don't use anything smaller than a 3" square, giving the rest to my guild's miniature quilt bee.

You only have two! I think I have about ten tubs and a dresser full. My daughter tells me I should open my own fabric store. I remember there might be a couple of moving boxes full in the basement and more in the garage from when we moved in 2004.

Toni (sewsewnice)

I FORGOT: I have nother jug for the superthin strips you get from trimming/suqaring up blocks and the rabbit/dog ears you trim from triangles and such go into another for my guild's Art Quilt Bee.

I have at least 6 large totes,plus plastic shoe boxes, card board boxes full of scraps. The only way they are organized is by fabric type, cotton, poly, etc..., I tried to start sorting but there is too much. If you are strapped for cash go to the post office and pickup priority mail boxes for free and mark them by 1/2 in increments Starting at the smallest piece you are willing to work with. Once you have your discard pile you can either throw away(God Forbid) or use them for stuffing, pillow, dog bed, what ever. But start right away or you will be like me and overwhelmed with scraps. Luckily I like to make crazy quilts.

I'll bet your gals in a humid climate have that problem. In the desert there is no moisture - not for our scraps or our faces!

Your post made me laugh! When my BFF and I took up cross-country skiing, we used to say that the women in the desert states would pay a fortune to have their faces packed in snow and we got the same spa treatment for free every time we fell and did a face-plant in the snow!!!

How "true" this is!

Bonnie in Mariposa, CA

2 large totes :lol: :lol: :lol:

Right now mine are all in a commercial type drawer and some in big plastic tubs. But since getting the Accuquilt Go for Christmas I plan on cutting them and organizing them by size and color one day soon.

My DH hates her. He has even been known to turn off the TV when she starts throwing things, even though he is usually very mellow.