Store Your Fabric With These Fun and Pretty Ideas

Quilters with a fabric obsession have a few things in common, we buy a lot of fabric and we are almost always looking for different ways to store fabric.

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These great fabric storage solutions came from quilters who know that organization is key.

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Storing Other Items

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For my larger pieces of fabric, I thought it would be a good idea to fold these fabrics to fit my shelves.

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Anything from just under a half yard to fat quarters, I roll my fabric and store it in color-separated baskets.

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I store these by color. I have been using packaging boxes from my monthly coffee subscription.

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If they are a different width or they aren’t very long then they get separated by color and stored in a Ziploc bag.

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I store the denim material in separate storage containers and I clear plastic bins decorated with wallpaper.

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Store Your Fabric With These Fun and Pretty Ideas

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Quilters with a fabric obsession have a few things in common, we buy a lot of fabric and we are almost always looking for different ways to store fabric.

These great fabric storage solutions came from quilters who know that organization is key.

Storing Other Items

For my larger pieces of fabric, I thought it would be a good idea to fold these fabrics to fit my shelves.

Large pieces of Fabric

Anything from just under a half yard to fat quarters, I roll my fabric and store it in color-separated baskets.

Smaller Pieces of Fabric

I store these by color. I have been using packaging boxes from my monthly coffee subscription.

Storing Fabric Crumbs

If they are a different width or they aren’t very long then they get separated by color and stored in a Ziploc bag.

Storing Fabric Strips

I store the denim material in separate storage containers and I clear plastic bins decorated with wallpaper.

Storing other Fabric Types

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