My next organizing project for my stash!
#21
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 226
Question: aren't the comic boards 6.5" x 10"? A fabric usually folds to 11", don't you have 1/2" or more fabric extending from the top of the board? I like the idea of having the board extend beyond the fabric (12") then I can label how much is on the bolt and also it can be handled by the board without soiling the fabric, and, too, by standing the board on end with the board extending I can dust the shelving w/o soiling the bottom edge or fold. Or am I being anal???? Getting ready to order boards when this occurred to me.
#22
I buy the foam core boards online from Dollar Tree. You get 25 boards, so I order 2 boxes. I mark each board off and get 4-- 8 1/2" x 11" and 3 FQ boards from each one, so it's a lot of boards. They are acid free and you have to make sure that is what you are ordering. I have the shipped to the Dollar Tree store and the send me an email when they are at the store. I love having fabrics on the boards and in my book cases. They are sorted by color and theme and put together by collection for some quilts. Makes for easy storage. Much better than in bins because I could never tell what was on the bottom to find something. Works for me...
#23
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Central, California
Posts: 450
Our local Dollar Store will order them for you and you can get several different boards cut from a large board, I believe about 18"by24", before that I went to a sign shop, after calling around first, and purchased CoraPlast boards from them, then I cut them to the needed sizes, and am currently in the process of folding my fabrics on these boards, I can see what I have when I look at the cabinets holding my fabrics, by the way, I use small self stick labels to right down the amount of yardage on each board, so I could see at a glance exactly how much was on each board.
#24
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 110
ULine also sells a foam core board the right size if you don't have a way to cut your own. I mix my boards...short yardages on comic boards and longer yardages on foam core. Love being organized this way and originally got the idea from this board. Works great...I had two closets I could devote to my stash. Got shelves put in each and away we go....love it!
#26
I ruler folded my fabrics several years ago. After that I ruler fold any fabrics I buy, after they have been washed and dried. Only takes a few minutes and fabrics are so neat I usually don't need to iron them, only the folds. I buy mostly lafge yardage and cut off what I need. I sort my scraps and put each size in little bins.
#27
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: North country Wisc.
Posts: 328
I ruler folded my fabric, it is in drawers. I didn't use any boards -- even the smallest pieces do just fine without boards. I didn't want the expense of buying the boards and didn't want to have to wait til I got to the store to get boards. When the urge to fold hit I just went with it.
#29
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: The Colony, TX
Posts: 3,364
I also used the comic book boards and will wrap up to 6 yds - anything larger I ruler fold. Yes the fabric is a little larger than the board but it works for me. I went one step further and used a hole punch on the corner of each board and used the merchandising tags (got at Staples) to put the yardage on it (in pencil) then just put the string through the hole. Now I know what the yardage is but if I use some I can erase and put the new yardage on it.
#30
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: The Colony, TX
Posts: 3,364
I just found a picture of a few of my bookcases, so far we have 4 down one fall and 6 down another. Luckily they are wide halls plus I got bookcases that are only 9" deep.
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