Scraps
#91
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Join Date: May 2009
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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.
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.
#92
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 8
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)
Toni (sewsewnice)
#94
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.
#95
Originally Posted by stchenfool
I have heard that it is not a good idea to store fabric in a plastic bags - doesn't allow the fabric to breath as cotton is a natural fiber.
#96
Originally Posted by SaraSewing
Originally Posted by stchenfool
I have heard that it is not a good idea to store fabric in a plastic bags - doesn't allow the fabric to breath as cotton is a natural fiber.
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