Quick Question on Sorting Fabric
#41
Listen.....for all you highly organized people....go to your stash and toss all your fabrics together in a heap. You will be amazed at what wonderful colour combinations you will discover, that you never thought you had.
Oh... alright... I'm off to colour coordinate my stash.
Oh... alright... I'm off to colour coordinate my stash.
#44
WOW>>>just read some of the reponses...you quilters have a lot of material if you're sorting it by color, design, etc. I have my fabric in 2 plastic tubs. I just dig through until I find colors I like together for my next quilt. I've been making comfort quilts for a nursing home and it takes just 2 yards or so and 4 colors per quilt top. :lol:
#45
I sort my fabrics mostly by color. I will place yellows and golds next to each other, same with reds and pinks; blues and purples. If they are part of a collection, I sort them by collections and keep them together. There is the exception, as embellished in gold; holiday, fruits/vegetables, specific themes, etc.. They are folded and shelved in cabinets. Anything under 1/2 yard is folded smaller and put in small containers by color only. If I had the room, I would break it down even more. But this way I can tell at a glance if I am looking for something. It cuts back on pulling out everything when looking. But do whatever you think will work for you - everyone is different.
#46
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Originally Posted by Mamagus
PS... I am waiting for a snow day to sit and watch DVDs and sort my scrap basket... I am going to use Quilt magazine's Chunk,Charm, Chip, Stray, Strip, String method!
#47
Originally Posted by nitakhoops
WOW>>>just read some of the reponses...you quilters have a lot of material if you're sorting it by color, design, etc. I have my fabric in 2 plastic tubs. I just dig through until I find colors I like together for my next quilt. I've been making comfort quilts for a nursing home and it takes just 2 yards or so and 4 colors per quilt top. :lol:
#48
Originally Posted by nitakhoops
WOW>>>just read some of the reponses...you quilters have a lot of material if you're sorting it by color, design, etc. I have my fabric in 2 plastic tubs. I just dig through until I find colors I like together for my next quilt. I've been making comfort quilts for a nursing home and it takes just 2 yards or so and 4 colors per quilt top. :lol:
Honey - we should go shopping at your friends house! :lol:
#49
Originally Posted by Tiffany
Originally Posted by nitakhoops
WOW>>>just read some of the reponses...you quilters have a lot of material if you're sorting it by color, design, etc. I have my fabric in 2 plastic tubs. I just dig through until I find colors I like together for my next quilt. I've been making comfort quilts for a nursing home and it takes just 2 yards or so and 4 colors per quilt top. :lol:
Honey - we should go shopping at your friends house! :lol:
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