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I want to start sorting my stash....how do you sort your stash?

Light, mdm, dark?

Colors only?

Suggestions?

i sort by project, color, type and catagory

for example when collecting for a specific project or if i have the fabric for a project i keep it with the pattern, sketch, notes etc all tied in one bundle

for the most part the rest is by color reds, whites, blues and so one but then i have categories

for example holiday, orientals, 1800 reproductions, 1930 reproductions, florals, and landscapes - bark, grass, sky, storm, water, and so on

then i also sort by type all cottons, silks, brocades, tulles, satins, lames and so on

I sort by holiday - Christmas fabrics together, fall fabrics together, etc. Novelty fabrics together. Then I sort the rest of my fabric by color. The fabrics I buy to make a certain quilt I wash, dry and fold it all then stack it up and tie it together with ribbon and set it aside on a shelf. I don't have much of a stash though compared to some people here.

I have them sorted by color, novelty prints seprate and I have a bin for quilts that I have everything for just need to do and one for things in progress.

I've just gone through this in the last couple of weeks. Most of my fabric are FQs as I do lots of scrappy quilts. The fabrics is in storage bins (28 qt) sorted by color/theme.

Blue
Red / Pink / Purple
Cat
Novelty / Green
Black / Orange/ Yellow / Brown
1930
Floral
Lights / White on White / Cream on Cream
Red & White / Black & White
Yardage (2 bins)
Flannel
Scraps (overflowing)
Music (2 drawers full)
Kits

I sort diffrent types flannel ect then cottons by colors and then novotaly and home spuns and forget about the scraps there is no way of doing them.


fabricgirl

I sort mostly by color. But I do keep holiday seperate. 30's repros have thier own shelf.

with small yardage say one half yards or less do you sort it different than pieces that are 1 yard or more

I sort some by color, some by type (autumn, christmas) and then some is just hanging around here and there. Lori

I sort exactly like Gardenquilter does.