This thread:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-42678-1.htm#960881

talks about Polar Notions and homemade plastic cards. It's a great way to store fabric and keep it visible. You can keep several cuts on one board. I think the Polar Notions lady told us that one card would hold around 15 yards.

Hope this helps.

Darren

I use the clear plastic "under the bed" storage boxes. I sort by color so at a glance, I know which box to look for a particular color. I stack the boxes, 2 to each shelf in my sewing room closet. That protects the fabric from dust and light.
I tried stacking on wire shelves in the closet, but the stack kept toppling over-too messy!

would love to see photos of your sewing room

Craftybear

My stash is kept in eight good sized totes. A year ago my sewing room was so bad that I couldn't stand to work in there so I thourghly cleaned and organized it. Now I go through it about every month and put everything in its place. It is so much nicer to work in a halfway clean room.

Have you considered taking off the front of the drawers?

I have about 14 large rubbermaid tubs filled; I can't see what's in them so have large labels affixed. e.g. - Japanese, novelty, background, backs etc
My cedar chest which used to have linens now is filled with batiks
I have 3 open cabinets with cubicles (shelved by colour and motif - like small flowers).

My living room was enlarged and converted into my Quilt Room when we bought the house; had a large closet with shelves built, one high enough for bolts. I have 5-8 yd pieces not on bolts piled in a corner. Lest you worry about my husband: it's a 2 family house, he lived on the 2nd floor. Divorced but good friends.

I have 2 rolling carts that have 3-6 compartments each stuffed with projects: those in process and those in planning stage, each has the pattern, thread and whatever else I need.
I have 2 large clear plastic rolling carts, 5 compartments each that have special projects, e.g. fabric appropriate for a particular friend , or wine and food good for my son's next quilt etc. These are in my bedroom - having run out of room elsewhere.
And finally, I have 6 or 7 clear plastic boxes (sold for scrapbooking at Joanns) each having quilts I'm currently working on.

I have lots of totes with fabric and a couple plastic drawer units from Walmart with fat quarters. The rest of the fat quarters are in plastic shoe boxes. DGD loves to raid those.

I asked for a bunch of empty cardboard bolts at Joann's; brought them home and cut them up (each bolt makes four 8" x 11" pieces); then I took my fabrics that I have over 1 yard of, folded it along the length of the fabric (fold to selvege) and wrapped it on each "mini bolt" and pinned a piece of paper to the final wrap with quantity. When I was done, I was amazed how much I actually have: over 90 mini bolts. It is stored in a bookcase (front covered with vinyl for dust) but it is spilling out onto my sewing table! Looks like it is time for a bigger bookcase ('cause everyone knows how difficult it is to stop buying fabric :oops: ) That doesn't include the clear bins I have in the garage (no quilting cotton there) or what is hanging in the closet (backings and flannels).

That's a good thread.
If I can't see my stuff, it doesn't exist.

I have wayyyyyyyyyy tooooooo much stash. Some of it is in plastic bins in the garage, the rest is "creatively" stored in my sewing room.