Sorting your stash

[Itchn2Bstitchn]

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

Light, mdm, dark?

Colors only?

Suggestions?

[gardenquilter]

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

[cindyg]

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.

[MAWmum]

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.

[knitnoid]

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

[fabricgirl]

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

[roseytoes]

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

[ollie1shoe]

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

[zfatcat]

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

[sunsup]

I sort exactly like Gardenquilter does.