Fabric Reorganized.

I have this great IKEA Expedit bookcase in my Craft Room.  I’ve been using it to store fabric for a few years, but never really have any rhyme or reason as to how I put fabric on it.

photo from this post about my room

After taking Jeni’s color class at the Sewing Summit in 2011, I was convinced to reorganize it by color.

I took ALL of the fabric off of the bookcase and began folding it using my quilt ruler. It was a HUGE undertaking… my arms were sore for days!  You can see a tutorial here on how to do that. Using this method  gives you even sized piles of fabric and makes for a much neater appearance.

It is so much better now!!! I was so hestiant to orgainze it by color — after it was done I wondered why I hesitated so much.  All of the fabric with a few exceptions (holidays, large feature prints) is now neatly stacked…

Observation:  I don’t like purple… I’ve only got a few prints and they are mixed in with the pinks.. I really really like blue though (that one surprised me).