When I first moved into my renovated studio, I spent a lot of time folding and ironing my fabric and carefully placing it on the shelves…
It was SO neat and tidy.
Let’s move 5 years down the road……
Not quite as pleasing to look at!!
I knew that it was time to do some straightening, and I also wanted to pull all of my solids out of the regular stash.
But I simply couldn’t summon the energy to commit that much studio time to the clean-out.
Then I got the idea to work on it while we watched TV at night. I set up a small table and brought down the stacks….two at a time.
And before I knew it, I had re-organized the whole wall…..
It was amazing how quickly the task was accomplished by doing it two stacks at a time!!
I also learned that I didn’t have as many solids as I thought that I did…..
Hmmmm…. maybe that means a trip to the fabric store??
So what is the moral to this story (besides the joy of fabric shopping)??
If you have a BIG, DAUNTING task, break it down and just do it!!
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It looks like you’ve organized warms and cools separately. I have done this and my quilts are looking much better now that the fabric is separated like this. I think I was spending too much time deciding on which fabrics to use and how to use it and I’m enjoying fabric selection more. Thanks for sharing.
Yes Stephanie. That is basically how I did it. I would be better off if I would RETURN it to the right spot when I finish with a piece of fabric, but I mostly just toss it into one of the color piles!!