OMG! This is ridiculus! I had NO idea! Two days ago I started organizeing my fabric stash and had no clue what I had. This picture is the top drawer only fat quarters.
I still have more fabric to fold and scraps to organize. Two large bins.
Here are more fabrics folded that need a drawer.
Six drawers full and I need to go get another one of these three drawer units. I had fabric stashed in bags and bins all over. I CAN not buy any more fabric! Only problem is most of my stash is one yard cuts or smaller so I do need larger pieces for backing. hmmm. I do have a couple of bolts of fabric in the other room but it is too nice to use as backing.
I haven't organized by color yet. I'm just lucky to get everything together in one place. lol I now am going to take a pledge to make items only useing scraps and crumbs like Bonnie from
http://www.quiltville.com/ 
I still have more fabric to fold and scraps to organize. Two large bins.
Here are more fabrics folded that need a drawer.
Six drawers full and I need to go get another one of these three drawer units. I had fabric stashed in bags and bins all over. I CAN not buy any more fabric! Only problem is most of my stash is one yard cuts or smaller so I do need larger pieces for backing. hmmm. I do have a couple of bolts of fabric in the other room but it is too nice to use as backing.
I haven't organized by color yet. I'm just lucky to get everything together in one place. lol I now am going to take a pledge to make items only useing scraps and crumbs like Bonnie from http://www.quiltville.com/ 
Also you can use up fabric that you no longer want to store by piecing backs, another idea from Bonnie. I started doing more of this lately and it helps get the fabric moving in the right direction. I am still afraid to orginize my fabric stash, but maybe in April when my DH is on a company training trip to Ohio. That way he will not suffer through the mess of the process.lol
ReplyDeleteYour sewing cave does not look like a cave even before the organizing. Looks great.
ReplyDeleteThe trouble is that even with a lot of fabric, you start a new project and need something you don't already have! So you go shopping, and then buy what you needed along with a few other goodies that caught your eye!!! But your cave really does look organized.
ReplyDeleteMy fabric is all in huge clear plastic storage tubs. I have 2 that are primarily solids and batiks, and 2 that are for prints.I also have a tub for non-cotton fabrics and silks. Another tub has UFO's, and still another some finished projects. Then, there's another tub of scraps. Of course anytime I need something, it will be on the tub on the bottom. By the time I heft these heavy tubs around to get at what I want, I'm usually so exhausted I put off the sewing! It's insidious!
Ha ha ha - your sewing cave looks like my mom's craft room (and she never actually learned to quilt!). It gave me a good laugh.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for all your wonderful comments about Ireland! Yes - we are already trying to figure out when we can go back on our own, rent a car, and travel through the countryside. I loved the people there - and would love to spend more time chatting with the locals!
So much to do... So little time (and money)... But we'll find a way! :)
Fabric just jumps in your cart and wants to be taken home????!!!!! That's too funny! Sounds like the perfect explanation to tell a husband...(laughing)
ReplyDeleteHave you ever thought about selling your finished goodies on ETSY? A lot more practical than eBay...
Looks great! Now that yours is finished, you can come & do mine...(since you are such an expert at doing it, now!)
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