Fabric Organization

One way to store your fabric: wrapped up on a board and stored in a basket.

Now I don't claim to be the most organized person ever.  In fact, that's an area I really struggle with.  But since this is the new year and one of my goals for the year is to organize the house, I figure I'd better start somewhere. 


I got this fabric idea over at I {heart} Naptime.  I'll be honest and say my final project dosen't look as good has her organization does (or that of some of the people she linked on her blog).  But since I don't have anywhere to showcase my fabric, this worked just fine for me.

Before: Everything was crumpled up and stuffed in a basket and storage box

After:  I was able to wrap everything up and put it in a smaller storage box.  booya!

To organize your fabric all you need is a pack of comic book boards.  These are the ones I got through Amazon:

It's really easy to do: you just wrap the fabric around the board and pin it on the back.  Since I quilt I have a ton of fabric strips.  I googled for quite awhile trying to figure out what everyone was doing with their strips.  Most of the people said theirs were just wadded up in a bowl or something.  I thought: I just spent all this time organizing my fabric there is no way I'm going to wad the rest of my fabric up.


I then had an "a-duh" moment and just decided to wrap my strips around the boards, too:

A couple tips:
-  Wrap "cut" ends first so the folded end is on the outside.  This will make it easier to store.
-  For thick fabrics: you can use a big binder clips to secure fabric.  It's easier than trying to pin it.
-  If pinning multiple fabrics to a board, make sure pins are going in the right direction
-  Tuck the ends of the pins in.  You don't want to stab yourself pulling fabric out of the box.


I'm really glad I took the time to do this.  I was amazed at all the fabric I actually had.  I'm hoping this will inspire me to create more sewing projects now that I can actually see what I have.  


I'm still looking for a way to organize fabric squares.  I do have some extra fabric that wouldn't wrap around the boards.  Any helpful suggestions out there?