5 Clever Tips to Organize Your Fabric Stash

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I came up with a new system to help me decide how to organize fabric. It has worked so well for me that I thought I’d share it with you here.

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Along with some of my favorite tips to organize fabric!

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A friend of mine told me how she used quilt rulers to fold her fabric so that it was all the same size. She also mentioned that she organized it by color, not the designer.

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5 of my favorite tips for folding and organizing fabric by color.

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I have separate areas for large scale novelty prints, stripes, and basics. For example, I keep all my gingham and pin dots together.

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I keep my Christmas and Halloween fabric separate from the rest of my stash. I love to sew for holidays and think it’s easiest to keep all of that fabric together.

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For the most part, I store my fat quarters with my yardage. I just unfold them so they are the same size as the folded yardage.

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5 Clever Tips to Organize Your Fabric Stash

I came up with a new system to help me decide how to organize fabric. It has worked so well for me that I thought I’d share it with you here.

Along with some of my favorite tips to organize fabric!

A friend of mine told me how she used quilt rulers to fold her fabric so that it was all the same size. She also mentioned that she organized it by color, not the designer.

How to Organize Fabric

5 of my favorite tips for folding and organizing fabric by color.

I have separate areas for large scale novelty prints, stripes, and basics. For example, I keep all my gingham and pin dots together.

One: Don’t keep it all by color

I keep my Christmas and Halloween fabric separate from the rest of my stash. I love to sew for holidays and think it’s easiest to keep all of that fabric together.

Two: How to Organize Holiday Fabric

For the most part, I store my fat quarters with my yardage. I just unfold them so they are the same size as the folded yardage.

Three: How I organize Fat Quarters of Fabric

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