I was just wondering if you have a fabric that is the same pattern or design but in different colors do you sort it by color or by pattern?
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April

Can't help you at all, but I sure am eager to see others responses. I have the same issue with scrapbooking papers, and I've yet to find a good solution.....I'll be watching!

I "plan" on sorting my fabric by size(fats vs. yardage) and color. I want to put all my fat quarters together then keep a bin for my scraps-anything less than a 1/4. My yardage will probably remain in the drawers.

I sort by size, color and style of fabric. I.E. the batiks, the retros, the florals, holiday, ect... Then I also fashion sew for me and my niece. (sometimes others) So those are organized into thier own catagories. Oh and then there is the home and purse fabrics. Also, If I have a certain quilt I have collected/bought fabrics for, it stays stacked all together! Like a kit until that one is finished.

My fats are stored in plastic baskets from the Dollartree store. I fold them in half longways then in half again then turn and fold both ends over the middle and they fit perfect.
One yard and over are folded on wire shelves, half yards are in a bin. Scraps I cut acording to size, charms and strips and store in the same baskets as the fats.
All are by color.

I do have fabric that is same pattern, different color.
As to sorting...hmmm.....havent figured that out yet

Hmmm... you mean you use different colors in your quilts? What an idea. I'll have to try that. ;-)

Mostly I don't sort my fabrics. If they are not on the chair, they are in one of several clear totes and I can find them pretty fast.

tim in san jose

I sort by color and try to remember that I have it in more than one when I see it,

My fabrics are all sorted by color........then I don't have to "look" all over for what I want...However, I also have a few "sets", usually "fat quarters" that I have in a shallow box
on one of my fabric shelves....hope this helps you. I think it depends upon how you choose your fabrics from the stash when auditioning fabric for a quilt.

I sort by color, unless I purchased coordinating fabric with a quilt in mind. Then, I put those all together in one "collection" on my shelves. If I just buy three or four colors in a design that I like, I separate them by color if I don't know for sure what I would like to do with them.