clear plastic storage
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Location: North Dakota
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my dh has been buying small containers with potato salad in them. I have taken them and washed them clean and am going to try to put jelly rolls in them for baby quilts. don't know if that will work yet, but have 4 of them now. they would also work to hold 3 in. squares for I spy quilts or similar. will try that tomorrow.
#4

I also like the "clam shell" plastic boxes veggies and fruits come in from Sam's Club. (They are a bit larger than the grocery store sized boxes.) I use grape tomato boxes for 5" squares and strawberry boxes for jelly roll sized strips, rolled up. The long, flatter boxes, like cherries come in, I use for smaller 4 in. crumb blocks I am collecting as I sew other things and use the "crumbs" as my starters and enders when piecing. They all stack together nicely, I can see through them, and they don't cost me a penny!
#8

I use those small containers to store my PPing fabric. Never throw away a piece of material that might be useful on another project and some PPing needs such tiny pieces.
I have a hanging shoe storage unit with 10 shelves and each shelf hold two containers…so I now have all colors in their own homes……..makes life a whole lot easier.
and my fabric doesn't stay in there long enough to be a problem.
I have a hanging shoe storage unit with 10 shelves and each shelf hold two containers…so I now have all colors in their own homes……..makes life a whole lot easier.
and my fabric doesn't stay in there long enough to be a problem.
#9

The plastic containers veggies and fruit come in have lots of holes in them. (They also need to breathe.) Should not be a problem with fabric storage. I just collect until I get enough to make a scrappy quilt so the fabrics are not in there for many years.
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: State of Jefferson
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I have my fabric stored in large plastic totes, some of them have a strong smell when I open them and others none at all. I wonder why? I have thought of using my wood burning tool to melt air holes into them but have not done it yet.
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