Stash Organizing Question
#41
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I organize by background color, or if a particular color seems to be the prevalent color. I keep all flannels, homespuns, orientals, Christmas together in their separate drawer/s and category. I do have 2 drawers full of "to do" fabrics. Each color or type of fabric has it's own drawer: 4 of white background, etc. All of "non" cotton fabrics are in large totes stored in the "storeroom" along with several machines, patterns, and other miscellaneous other sewing "stuff".
#42
Cardboard from fabric bolts should be o.k. after all, they once had fabric wrapped on them. Cardboard boxes are sometimes treated with chemicals that will fade any fabric that touches them. I learned that the hard way!
#43
Originally Posted by mrspete
Lawwwwwww, child! I'm still trying to figure it all out!
I recently went through all my stash, which is very small compared to many, but it still needed organized.
I first removed all the stuff I had purchased for specific projects and that's all in 1 bin now. The rest I pretty much organized best I could by "theme" I guess you could say. My patriotic/americana is all together, my florals are all together, my asian/oriental is all together, etc.... that's working best for me now.
You just have to find what works best for you! Good luck!
#44
Originally Posted by QM
I forgot to say that I have a FQ drawer, a bin for larger scraps, a mini bin each for squares of 2.5", 3.5, 4, 4.5 5.5 and 6" precuts and one labeled long skinny (scraps).
The FQ drawer needs major refolding at the moment.
The FQ drawer needs major refolding at the moment.
Do you keep only squares? How about rectangles?
So let's say you have a 7" leftover piece. Do you trim that to a 6" square, or into two 3.5" squares? How do you decide? This is something I struggle with obviously.
#45
I too am in the process of organizing and I started organizing by color because that is the way my mind works when I am looking for something. I originally had it stacked on the bookshelf but it kept falling over so I found some small milk crates at the dollar store that allow me to fold the fabric in a nice square and stack them on the shelf.
#46
Originally Posted by dar627742
istarted sorting out my stash ,too[must be catching !]then i remember reading about using cardboard not being a good idea. the cardboard i'm using is cut down from the bolts the fabric is wrapped on in the fabric shops,do you think this would be ok ? if not ,it figures that i'd actually get ambitious enough to do this,then find out i'll have to re-do it all HELP!!!
dar
dar
I think the plastic bins I was using gave my fabrics a funny odor. Maybe the type I have are too airtight like someone else mentioned. Anyway the odor is hard to get rid of so I don't use those any more.
#49
Oh my gosh you sound just like my grandma, she died 10 years ago at 98 years old, but the way you said that I can just hear her. lol
Originally Posted by mrspete
Lawwwwwww, child! I'm still trying to figure it all out!
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