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Old 01-22-2018, 10:53 PM
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I use plastic clips without teeth for dress shirts off Amazon, $7.50 for 1000. One on each end works wonderfully.
I can only find the ones with teeth. Do you have a link?
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Old 01-23-2018, 12:10 AM
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These comic boards (and some cut down to fat qtr size) are the best thing to happen to my sewing room in forever. wont go back to tubs of fabric ever.
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Old 01-23-2018, 04:40 AM
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quiltsRfun- https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

although I see they are currently unavailable maybe that’s why the didn’t come up for you.?.
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Old 01-23-2018, 05:33 AM
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Just looked at the ones with teeth. The “teeth” are actually just bumps rather than anything sharp or pokey so I would think they would work just fine also.
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Old 01-23-2018, 05:37 AM
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I use pins to attached the last bit of fabric on the board. I'm loving these things!
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Old 01-24-2018, 07:18 AM
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Just an update. After measuring my shelves and thinking about fabric size, I decided to purchase 1000 of the 8.5x11" Magazine Boards directly from BCW. Total cost was $81.60. I also got the shirt clips from Amazon. (Thank you Marjben for suggesting them.) I don't expect these things will show up for a while, and then it will take a lot of effort to load them up with fabric, but I am looking forward to having a neater sewing room.
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Old 01-24-2018, 09:58 AM
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dunster, you will love having it all organized. I would have liked to use the magazine boards, too, but that was a little pricy for me at the time, so I used foam board from the dollar store that I cut to even sizes. I might have to check into those shirt clips, though!
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Old 01-24-2018, 11:21 AM
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I switched to boards a few months ago and very glad I did. I had folded everything and neatly stacked them before, but couldn't fit all my fabric on the shelves and ALWAYS needed the fabric near the bottom of the stack and it would get wonky. I didn't want to have to reorganize every time I needed something. My stash is mostly FQ's and half yards, so I cut the boards in half. Left a few intact for the yard plus pieces. Now, everything fits on my bookshelf and I can pull fabrics much easier without disturbing all the rest. I realized my shelf was deep enough for 2 rows, so hubby made me sturdy cardboard shelf risers for the back row so I can still see everything. Before and after pic below. I think it is odd that some people consider 1 yard a scrap... They would consider 95% of my stash scraps!
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Old 01-24-2018, 09:04 PM
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To fasten my fabric I use the large coated paper clip. Never thought about shirt clips.
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Old 01-25-2018, 09:55 AM
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Paper clips or shirt clips are a lot better than my pins!! Thanks
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