Stash organization
 

Okay all, I have tubs and boxes of fabric I have collected. I am clueless how to sort mine. I started with solids versus flowers and then one with multicolored. I have eight tubs and four large boxes. Friends call me all the time to come get their mother's fabric or their Aunt Zelda's twice removed. I turn nothing down! Some of your stashes are beautifully organized. Where do I start?

Unfortunately, not with me!!! :p

I sort mine by color. You should probably think about how you choose a fabric for a quilt before determining how to sort it - I sort my stash by color because when I choose a fabric, I'm usually looking for a specific color.

I agree with Peckish Peggi. I've also recently bought the comic book boards to get my stash more organized and prettier to look at, so I'm looking forward to re-acquainting myself with my "stuff". . . . . . :o

My organization method means nothing to anybody but me. I have several bins and plastic drawer units that everything is sorted into and I can find anything in seconds. But nobody else would ever understand my "logic" for what goes where; I sort by association rather than by a logical plan. Things that "go together" in my mind are together in drawers, but it probably would look random to anybody else!

Well, no, not entirely - some things are obvious; my solids are sorted by manufacturer ("Kona" and "Everything else") and then sub-sorted by color. Most of my metallics are together, except for a few that made more sense elsewhere. Batiks are also mostly together, with a few exceptions (and I can tell you exactly how many, where they are, and why they're in a different spot, but nobody but me would care!)

I used to organize my CD's this same way until I got married and my husband took over and imposed logic on everything. Now everything is by band, the by date and now I can't find ANYTHING! LOL Apparently I look for things the same way I organize them....by intuition. (Or "insanity" if you ask my spouse! LOL) I just somehow expect that things that 'go together' in my mind will be proximate to eachother in the real world. Makes sense to ME!

I spent a blissful Sunday recently ruler-folding my small stash. I divide mine by colour and whether or not it's batik, which I keep separate.
I also have sub-divisions for Holiday, Novelty, Landscape (do a lot of appliqué) and Asian etc.
Happy organising! :)

I sort by color, with separate space for scraps, flannel, holidays, fabric which is multicolor with no dominant color, 1930's , 1800's.

My organization consists of three tubs. One darks/one lights/one solids. When I need something, I go a' digging. Makes for some interesting times. LOL. I don't have room to have it prettily stashed so the method works for me. LOL

I sort mine by color. Exception: holiday fabrics. I have all my Christmas fabrics together, Easter, fall, which includes Halloween, etc. I use the ruler folding method, as I use an armoire to store all my fabrics. I can't help with fat quarters, as I normally don't buy any.

I don't have a huge stash, but I too had a wonderful time ruler-folding mine. Made me feel so organized. Now it is stacked neatly on a shelf. Three large bins worth ended up fitting on a fairly small section of one shelf.