Organizing My Studio -- Making Progress!

Is this organizing ever finished?  I'm pretty sure the answer is "No!"  I really enjoy organizing my studio, it looks so nice after, and I get to use my creative organizing ideas!

My first project was organizing my shelving where I keep my stash.  I still have some labeling to do, but so far --

• Refolded ALL of my stash, using 6" ruler folding technique
• Sorted the fabric by color and value, and put the smaller pieces (fat quarters) in clear plastic shoe boxes  
• Fabrics that I wanted to stay in a group were put together in the green basket
• Scraps are sorted by color on the upper right side of the shelves, again in plastic shoe boxes
• Fleece and flannel are on the top shelf, with some of my quilts and craft supplies
• Strips are hung on the end of the shelves
• Bolts of white and off-white are stored on the bottom shelf, with smaller pieces of batting
• Rolls of batting are in the corner

Here's a really simple explanation of how I did the folding --


Fold your fabric selvage to selvage (45" folded in half).  Then fold it again, so the fold is even with the selvages.  Mine is folded a little crooked to show you.

Take a 6" ruler, and fold the fabric over the ruler, and continue folding around the ruler. Take the ruler out.

This will give you a nice 6" wide folded fabric. For smaller pieces, fold in half after folding around the ruler. You can easily stack the fabric, and the great thing - you can tell how long your piece of fabric is -- 6 folds = 1 yard!

Whew, I'm tired just writing about it!  Next blog, I'll show you the rest of my studio and what I've accomplished.

Mary