patdesign

Staple what ever size you deem appropriate to a piece of paper with any pertinent notes and fold up into quarters, into the purse and I'm off!

dljennings

i used a checkbook/wallet type pattern, made it vertical rather than horizantally (so it opens like a paperback) with pockets on either side and stitched a pc of batting in like the pages... i can pin in anything i need to match... and i don't lose it...

was great on the last shop hop when i wanted 9 different red on white and 9 different blue on white prints for a couple qov i'm working on... i kept a scissors in the trunk of the car, snipped a little pc off each one as i bought it & pinned it in with it's batch.

kathyd

I have used a note card and stapled a small swatch of each fabric to it. I will make note of how much I have of each and what possible color(s) I'm looking for.

Ella Demchuk

I came up with my "Fabric Hunting Book". Its easy to make, divide by projects, fill and refill, and carry around, altogether it's compact and convenient

patdesign

WOW neat idea, so what did you make the plastic sleeves out of for your fabric hunting book?

Ella Demchuk

This book was made with clear CD sleeves in which I punched 2 holes and tied together with rope. You don't want the rope too tight so you can easily look through the pages. The CD sleeves I bought in Fry's Electronics

Lisa Marie

I found this great product Swatch Buddies. Their email address is www.swatchbuddies.com. They are very reasonable and can be used over.

Jan in FL

Wow, I have to do better. Mine are in an envelope in my purse!

DoxieMom

I don't do swatches much anymore, but I do keep scans of my fabrics on my smartphone. I scan the fabric as I bring it home, laying a clear ruler along the edge so I can see the scale in the scan. It's really pretty quick to do. I give the fabric a short descriptive file name and make sure the file names for any flannels start with FL. The scanned files are saved on my computer in a folder called "Fabric" and I try to keep them separated in sub-folders by type or sometimes by project. Periodically I copy the files to my smartphone so I can view them in the photo gallery there. It's a great way to have my inventory at my fingertips and I'll confess sometimes I just browse through the gallery for the joy of looking at the fabric. An additional bonus is that the background on my smartphone is usually the fabric I'm most recently in love with...

JeanieG

Yes, I wondered where you got those sleeves too - are they from a CD case???