Normabeth

I have been quilting for just over 2 years now, I have a bad habit of buying fabric and batting just because it's on sale. I have 9 good size plastic bins of fabric that desperately needs to be color coordinated and 2 boxes of batting. When I am fully recovered from by back surgery, I made myself a promise that I will get organized. If I don;t do this, no one will, it's all up to me. I will post pictures when I am done.
NormaBeth

luvTooQuilt

here is my latest storage of scraps....

I host and play in swaps so i keep all the scraps : selvages and end folds..

Emma S

I have been quilting for 37 years, anyone notice that the "stash" grows in direct proportion to the number of years? In my sewing room I have a walk in closet, at least it would be a walk in closet if it wasn't full of fabric. The fabric is neatly folded using the ruler method but there is so much that I can't really find anything, have to work on that. At the beginning of the year I had 14 UFO's. I have completed two queen size quilts, my target is one a month until there are no more. Like others I have joined the moratorium on fabric buying. It is kind of fun to structure my hobby around some rules. I tell my grown kids that if they aren't extremely good I will leave them my total stash. That terrifies them.

Dina

Mine is stored on shelves. I have been quilting 3 years. Let me see if I can find a picture.

Dina

NikkiLu

I may be the only one on here that has this story - the floor in the room where ALL of my fabric was stored - COLLAPSED!!! Yes, had to move everything out of that room so that they could take out the entire floor down to the dirt - and replace it. Wierd, opening the door to that room and you could walk on dirt. Turns out it was an added room - possibly a porch at one time. Most of the fabric was on shelves, so had to buy plastic bins/totes and it is now stored in a store room in our garage, along with dressers, mattress, etc. - all belonging to our son - who, after a nasty marriage/divorce, has had to move into my sewing room. He has been here almost two years and is supposed to be moving to his own place soon. Hope so.

luvTooQuilt

OH no Nikki !!!! on both counts... losing your room and the floor giving way... WOW.. If my floor collapsed it would all fall into the basement.. I cannot imagine all that work you had to do..

hopefully you found some lost treasures along the way..

Lori S

Well .. mine has its own insurance policy. My homeowners was not sufficent to cover it in the event of a complete loss. I moved my "studio" to the basement years ago as the "volume" had outgrown its confines and I was concerned about the weight. Because its in the basement there are limits to what a standard policy will cover. My agent did not believe a policy/rider was needed till he saw my "studio" and I explained what fabric costs per yard and what one stack would be valued at for replacement.
Yep ...I know some of you are thinking "downsize" that stash... and I do periodically do some weeding, but when I want to quilt... I want to quilt not go to the store.

dunster

Actually, it's surprising that more of our floors don't collapse from the weight of all that fabric.

I've been quilting about 6.5 years. I've accumulated way too much fabric (and other stuff) for that time frame. I make everything from stash, but I feed the stash regularly. My fabric is on open shelves, fairly well organized, but the room is getting too full to bring more stuff in and still have room for me to work. What to do, what to do?

pocoellie

I have 7 of the pattern cabinets in my sewing room, FULL of quilting fabric, with the exception of my flannel which are in a couple 65 qt. plastic totes, I also have about 24 of the same size totes full of fabric other than quilting fabric. The fabrics in the pattern cabinets are ruler folded and sorted by background colors, this works best for me.

I've been quilting since '04 but collected fabric long before then. LOL

Rose Marie

Quilting for about 7 yrs. Bought 10 clear bins and a bunch of plastic baskets for fats. I have a large closet just for sewing stuff. Got the cheap $16 metal you put togather shelves to put the bins in. Have several small plastice drawer units for odds and ends. So far its working but it is getting way to full.