cathyvv

Question: The comic boards that I find on the internet say that only one side of the comic board is acid free. They also don't tell you which side is the acid free side - not that it matters with fabric.

are your comic boards acid free on both sides?

crzypatcher

I buy foamcore boards at Dollar Tree. I cut them into 7 X 10 inch pieces. I get 8 boards for $1.00. Love using the boards!!

rryder

I use something like the comic boards. Mine are the boards that you used to get some fat quarters and other precuts on back when the companies first started doing pre-cuts. I just saved them and cut them to sizes that would work with the drawers that I have.

I use the boards for anything larger than a fat quarter but smaller than 2 yards. I wrap my fabric on them, pin a label showing yardage and stand it on end in my cheap plastic drawer units from Target. Anything over 2 yards is ruler folded and stands nicely in the bottom drawer of one of my units. Fat quarters are also ruler folded and stood on end. When I open a drawer I can see immediately what I've got--sort of like what people do who file their fabric on hanging files in a file cabinet, only mine aren't on hanging files. It's quick and easy to shop my stash since I have one 3 drawer unit dedicated to yardage and another one dedicated to fat quarters and precuts (most of which are homemade from my scrap heap). I can store between 200 and 300 yards of quilting fabric between the two drawer units and they fit under/beside my sewing tables which is great since my sewing area is really small. I live in an old house and have a dog, so dust is always a concern for me, that's why I went with the drawer units rather than shelves.

The only problem with having my fabrics so well organized is that now that I can see what all I've got and it's so easy to get to that I don't get to experience the thrill of fabric shopping as often as I used to in my pre-organization days!

Rob

quiltinghere

http://www.quiltingboard.com/mission...s-t179823.html

This is a link to a board I started in 2012 about the comic boards. (Can't believe it's been 4 years!) The boards still work perfectly!!! Still GLAD I did it.

About half way down is a picture as I was working on the fabric. The cabinets are full and overflowing...need either more cabinets or need to use up the fabric!

Good Luck!
Nancy

Cari-in-Oly

I love the comic boards. I use one board for 1-3yd pieces, half a board for anything more than 1/4yd but less than one full yd, and I put any yardage more than 3 yds on a regular bolt. I store my fabric in book cases I find at thrift stores. Here's a pic of one, I took out the bottom shelf to stand the regular bolts with the comic boards on the other shelves.
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Cari

Kequilts

I use the comic book boards in the 8x10 size and 8.5 x 11 size. I use the larger size for two or more yards. I love how they work. I put 1/2 yard cuts up to 2 yards on the 8x 10. I used to wrap the fabric and then use a pin to secure, but I've found you don't really need to pin - especially if your bookshelf is full of fabric "books" haha

NoraB

See Cathyvv's note........it doesn't say on the package (it's a gift, so I won't open it).......is there a right and wrong side? Yikes! This is interesting. Thanks for the link to the survey...I'm looking at that next!

NoraB

Quiltinghere...thanks for the link to the survey. Very informative! P.S. Did you use 2 sheets or just 1 sheet?

silliness

I use the comic book boards for my personal fabric stash. For my charity stash, I don't. The charity stash is a disorganized mess and I fold the fabric all different ways. I constantly find fabric I didn't know I had.

The comic boards force me to put my fabric away in a neat and orderly fashion every time I get it out (even though I don't want to). I have used 500 of them and am about to order another 100. These are the ones I use https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I use a Size 19 rubber band to hold the fabric on the comic board. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It keeps the fabric in place when I am moving them around and allows me to get a small piece such as a fat quarter to stay on. Anything that doesn't fit on a comic board with a rubber band goes with my scraps.

I do have to ruler fold wide backs. I have gotten as much as 9 yards on one comic board back.

tessagin

We have a local comic shop. I just go there and get the boards. Someone thought they might take up too much room but they won't take up anymore than the package of the boards (approx. 1 1/2" thick).