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If you are like most quilters, you have a wide variety of items that stick such as stabilizers, freezer paper, interfacing, and the like. These items come in a wide range of sizes, types, weight and adhesion levels. Storing this group of necessary tools can be quite difficult. Aside from the fact that once out of the original packaging (if there was any to begin with), determining what type of "sticky stuff" it is can become a guessing game.

This week's workout is to go through your collection of assorted fusibles, stabilizers and other bulky items that stick. We offer a number of clever and easy ways to sort, label and store that we hope will make your guessing game a thing of the past.

Want to know more about stabilizers?  Check out some of these great articles and short videos: 

Alex teaches you about a variety of Quilters Select sticky options

See how Jamie Fingal uses MistyFuse in her work

Demystifying water soluble stabilizers

Interfacing for bags and purses

Stabilizing bags and totes

Now that you have learned more, than you probably ever thought you needed to know, about this sticky stuff - let's get to the organization ideas we found. 

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1. Shoe storage unit. All people quilt
2. A 16.5" x 22.5" bin filled with each fusible stuffed inside its own labeled wrapping paper tube. Supermomnocape
3. Pant holder hangers work for small rolls. FeltSoCute   
4. Peg style plate rack to store rolls upright. Pinterest
5. Re-purpose an old wine rack. thedomesticdiva
6. Re-purpose old clear shoe storage hangers. WeallSew
7. Back of the door storage hook and dowel system. SFgirlbythebay
8. Empty 24" mailing tubes hold assorted items. Skooksplayground

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1. Rack that leans against the wall. This one holds pantographs, but the same system could work for fusibles and stabilizers. Quiltville
2. Wall mounted storage rack over the cutting table. thegratefulstitcher
3. Free-standing spinning storage unit. Pinterest
4. Re-purposed kitchen cabinet drawers hold assorted items using tension rods (for curtains). Sewmanyways
5. Re-purpose large glass vases. Quixoticcrafter
6. Office trash basket. Each color ribbon denotes a type of fusible/stabilzer. "All the pink ribbons are tied around interfacing. The yellow ribbons are tied around stabilizers. The green ribbons are tied around fusible webs. I tied a tag to the ribbon and wrote what it was on the tag." Peasinapod

7. Conduit Tube and bracket system mounted along one end of work table. Sewmanyways

Click here for link list to all the organization articles.