I am glad that you have been healthy this year for the challenge, Karen. I'm sure that you are even happier about it! Thanks for doing this again for us; it's very necessary and much appreciated. 🙂
I have had to jump to this task in my clean up and organization. I realized while the fabrics store nicely on the comic book boards, it's not optimizing my shelves. I measured and cut a cardboard template that is 5.5 x 12 that I have been using to flat fold my fabric, it was such game changer I have gained half my shelving back! I have also decided to part ways with about dozen fabrics for various reasons, but it has been a good process.
I have a lot of fabric, and I’m very glad that I do. Recently I’ve been buying new fabric to acquire backing, blenders, backgrounds, and some favorite designers’ new lines. I have noticed that the quality of some quilt shop level fabric is worse than it used to be. I have to buy online, so I don’t get to examine the fabric before I buy. My most recent purchases are basically unusable due to fabric dying problems. A particular line has hundreds of white undyed dots throughout the fabric. Unfortunately I bought this blender in many colors, sometimes in backing quantities, and all the colors have these dots. I need the fabric in large pieces, so I can’t cut around the flaws. My stash fabric might not be the newest prints or colors, but at least its quality is good. I stack 28 quart Sterlite containers for my stash. I store either by color sorted in color wheel order, or I store by designer (Tula Pink, Fig Tree, and Fancy That Design House), backgrounds, batiks, Halloween or Christmas. To keep organized, I use a Pigma pen to write color names on selvages, especially for solids.
I’ve spent some of my time over the last couple of days going through my shelves because I have a mix of things on them. Notions were on shelves with projects, or patterns, etc. What I have realized is that I don’t have a lot of big pieces of fabric. Most are 2 metres or less so they will be used for pieced quilts. I have more pre-cuts than I thought I did, and most of them are ear-marked for specific future projects. I just have a few bundles (they’re bundled up, not in bins) of 2 metres or so, of fun fabrics that I had planned to make camping and trailer lap quilts out of and that ship has sailed (no longer have the trailer, haven’t been doing any camping either). So things like that will require a decision. Looks like today is the day.
Just what I need. I should set my timer for 15 minutes and put one or two pieces of fabric away and then decide whether or not I want to do more right now. Thank you for the encouragement. ❤
I have all my yardage wrapped on comic book boards unless they are more than around 3 yards those larger pieces are just folded. I have all of my yardage in 1 cabnet with glass doors to keep from getting dusty and i can see it all. The only thing i have on a bolt is black.
What are those green things on your brown wall units? You're looking very well! Winter must agree with you. I'm amazed at how much more backing I have than you! I buy high quality cotton sheets at a thrift store for about $4.00 for a king flat sheet. Many of them are brand new because it seems the younger generation doesn't used top flat sheets! I sure don't understand that, but I benefit! I get a lot of harder to find masculine prints there. Love your content. I've not taken my Just Get It Done bracelet since Quilt Con 2024. Take care & be well.
Going to try to put the big sheets in a,drawer that is just for them not in containers where i forget that i gave them. Will also see about paring up top and backing. May have one or 2 that are not paired up. Need to bring together better. This is a good one.
I am glad that you have been healthy this year for the challenge, Karen. I'm sure that you are even happier about it!
Thanks for doing this again for us; it's very necessary and much appreciated. 🙂
I have had to jump to this task in my clean up and organization. I realized while the fabrics store nicely on the comic book boards, it's not optimizing my shelves. I measured and cut a cardboard template that is 5.5 x 12 that I have been using to flat fold my fabric, it was such game changer I have gained half my shelving back! I have also decided to part ways with about dozen fabrics for various reasons, but it has been a good process.
I have a lot of fabric, and I’m very glad that I do. Recently I’ve been buying new fabric to acquire backing, blenders, backgrounds, and some favorite designers’ new lines. I have noticed that the quality of some quilt shop level fabric is worse than it used to be. I have to buy online, so I don’t get to examine the fabric before I buy. My most recent purchases are basically unusable due to fabric dying problems. A particular line has hundreds of white undyed dots throughout the fabric. Unfortunately I bought this blender in many colors, sometimes in backing quantities, and all the colors have these dots. I need the fabric in large pieces, so I can’t cut around the flaws. My stash fabric might not be the newest prints or colors, but at least its quality is good. I stack 28 quart Sterlite containers for my stash. I store either by color sorted in color wheel order, or I store by designer (Tula Pink, Fig Tree, and Fancy That Design House), backgrounds, batiks, Halloween or Christmas. To keep organized, I use a Pigma pen to write color names on selvages, especially for solids.
I’ve spent some of my time over the last couple of days going through my shelves because I have a mix of things on them. Notions were on shelves with projects, or patterns, etc. What I have realized is that I don’t have a lot of big pieces of fabric. Most are 2 metres or less so they will be used for pieced quilts. I have more pre-cuts than I thought I did, and most of them are ear-marked for specific future projects.
I just have a few bundles (they’re bundled up, not in bins) of 2 metres or so, of fun fabrics that I had planned to make camping and trailer lap quilts out of and that ship has sailed (no longer have the trailer, haven’t been doing any camping either). So things like that will require a decision. Looks like today is the day.
Just what I need. I should set my timer for 15 minutes and put one or two pieces of fabric away and then decide whether or not I want to do more right now. Thank you for the encouragement. ❤
I have all my yardage wrapped on comic book boards unless they are more than around 3 yards those larger pieces are just folded. I have all of my yardage in 1 cabnet with glass doors to keep from getting dusty and i can see it all. The only thing i have on a bolt is black.
What are those green things on your brown wall units? You're looking very well! Winter must agree with you. I'm amazed at how much more backing I have than you! I buy high quality cotton sheets at a thrift store for about $4.00 for a king flat sheet. Many of them are brand new because it seems the younger generation doesn't used top flat sheets! I sure don't understand that, but I benefit! I get a lot of harder to find masculine prints there. Love your content. I've not taken my Just Get It Done bracelet since Quilt Con 2024. Take care & be well.
Made frankenbatting today and perged anything that was too small😊
Going to try to put the big sheets in a,drawer that is just for them not in containers where i forget that i gave them. Will also see about paring up top and backing. May have one or 2 that are not paired up. Need to bring together better. This is a good one.
Cutting the backing & batting is my least favorite part of quilting.
Is this the same as Fabric Stash?
Yes. 🙂