How to organize fabric scraps

Don't let your fabric scraps take over your sewing room! Learn how storing your fabric scraps can help you start using them quicker!

Need some tips for how to organize quilting fabric or quilting scraps? Check out our top 5 tips for managing your quilt scraps.

The main goal of scrap fabric organization is simple: Access. Here is my recipe for happy scrappy organization. What to save, when to trim and how to sort by color and scrap type, depending upon the size of your scrap collection.

Last year, I cleaned out and got rid of most of my fabric stash. (Read about that here). I didn't touch my scraps though. I can't bring myself to get rid of them because someday I'll make a postage stamp quilt or a string quilt or a scrappy something! (Maybe I'll design a quilt meant to use scraps...hmm...) In the ba

To make the most of quilting scraps, it’s important to have a system for storing and organizing your small and leftover fabric pieces. In this blog post, we’ll explore four sorting techniques for quilting scraps that are easy and efficient!

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Scraps happen, and sometimes it seems like they multiply when we're not looking-- like little linty rabbits hiding in bins, baskets, and jars all over our sewing rooms. Learn how to tame your collection and give it a job, turning an inconvenience into gorgeous scrappy quilts. (This post c

Learn how to fold fabric for storage. This is part of a 30 day series on organizing your sewing room. Keeping your fabric all in order can be not so easy.

These fabric storage bins were started about a month ago. They have been a project I would work on during my Sunday playtime I mentioned yesterday. Well yesterday wasn't Sunday but it was time to get them finished. When I started making them back in December I thought it would be something I could finish in one Sunday afternoon. And it would have been had there been a better plan. But Sundays are all about just going with flow, relaxing and enjoying the process. So I flew by the seat of my…

I got a sewing machine for my birthday a few years ago, and I have big plans to create my own mini "sewing room" inside an armoire. This project hasn't made it to the top of