How do you organize your fabric stash? And what do you do with leftovers?
How do you organize your fabric stash? And what do you do with leftovers?
Currently reorganizing the stash, as it recently grew out of the designated boxes. One thing I started is taking photos of every fabric laid out on the floor and tagging them with notes on the size and material, then put them in directories on the pc acc. To in which box they are. Has anyone found a smarter solution?
One solution I thought of was marking 2m x 2m points on the floor when taking the photos. That way I can stretch it afterwards on the pc to understand whether a new pattern can still fit on a used piece of fabric.
I just started using Threadloop. It is almost for sewing what Ravelry is for yarn crafts, which I’ve been longing for forever. I like it so far and is a multi-featured option to replace your pc directories if you don’t like them. You can notate how much of each fabric you have and include pictures, weight, stretch, whether or not you’ve washed it yet… the list goes on. Obviously it would take some time to set up. So far I’m getting by just fine using only the free version but there is a paid version with upgrades.
As for storage, I finally got some of those comic book paperboards and some plastic shirt clips, which allows me to put my fabric on a shelf like books or stack it. It looks way better than what my stash looked like before…
Cheers, made an account yesterday night and will probably sink way too much time into that rabbit hole :)
So far it looks really well thought through.
Also the idea with the comic cardboards is really nice. Found an offer that comes with clips already. Might work well with the boxes I use currently as well, as it allows for quicker access to sth that's sitting at the bottom without fear of having to refold half the stash
Totally! It takes time to fold it all up but I do like how nearly everything looks on the shelf. I do still have a bin I need to go through…
Right now I have it in shelves, I guess because I don't have much yet.
I started to throw away any leftovers unless they are big enough for shirt or I can come up with something immediately. I accumulated useless pieces of fabric before and never again.
I found that left over Popeline makes great pocket fabric, but there's only so many pockets you sew into your clothes....