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fabric, fabrics, organising, quilt studio organisation, quilting blog, sewing blog, sewjournal blog
After visiting my friend Lorena’s studio and seeing how beautifully organised she is I felt that my sewing room (see below) was sorely in need of a good sorting out.
I always thought that the IKEA Expedit shelves would be great for fabric but I have found the depth of them a mixed blessing. I was keeping my fabrics folded as fat quarters and that led to piles two deep and due to the small cross-section they were very unstable. However, I noticed that Lorena had the same shelves but had folded her fabric lengthways so you can have more fabric per stack, which is more stable and you can see them all. So obvious when someone else has had the bright spark moment for you!
Here’s where I’m up to. It’s hot and I’m taking a rest from slaving over a hot iron. It takes so long to do this stuff. I’ve been at it for 4 plus hours already!
As you can see I still have along way to go!
It’s looking good! It seems strange to hear someone talk about being hot when it’s winter here…lol. I always have to a pause for a split second to let my mind catch up!
xo Linda
It’s even hotter with the iron on…
hi Munaiba,
I went through some of that with my stash. I finally got bins to put on the shelves and that way the jumble of fabrics stays hidden from view but readily accessible. I can pull out a bin and sort through it very easily. But the rest of my sewing room looks messy. I have projects out and about everywhere.