Fold Fabric to Fit on Your Shelf

Teri Lucas has a simple trick to fold fabric so that it will fit properly on your shelf. Bonus: it will give you room for more fabric. Teri's blog is the first stop on the Spring Clean Your Studio Blog Hop 2017 hosted by Cheryl Sleboda of Muppin.com.

This is Teri's "before folding" shelf.

And here's what it looks like after spending some time to fold fabric.

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#8 Jeanine L Mahl 2020-04-20 13:13

I have a friend who immediately cuts smallish leftovers from big projects into consistent size squares. When she only has a few minutes to sew, she sews them into strips and eventually into tops for outreach quilts. This actually creates nice quilts. I’ve started trying to do this, too. Maybe by the time my grand daughter is old enough to learn to sew, I’ll have enough of a variety of colors to use them to teach her!

#7 kayratcliff 2018-10-29 08:36

I read Marie Kondo's book on tidying up and she suggested rolling clothes and putting them up in drawers. I have done the same thing with my fabric. I bought tubs that were all the same size (Costco) and I roll all my fabrics so they stand 9 inches. I arrange tubs by color so I know exactly what I have! I love this system!

#6 Marlette0613 2018-07-30 08:59

I fold full yard + using my 23 x 6 ruler. I fold the fabric in half lengthwise then lay the length of my ruler across the width of the fabric square with the folded edge. Fold the fabric end over the width (6") of the ruler and keep folding over toward the opposite cut end. When you reach the end, slide the ruler 1/2 way out and fold the fabric over the ruler end inside the folded fabric with folded side edge meeting the selvedge edge.

This size fits on a 12" deep shelf very well.

Alternately, use an archival magazine cardboard, fold fabric in quarters lengthwise and fold over board leaving it inside.

Don't use cardboard towel rolls for rolling fabric as the cardboard contains an acid that will permanently mark your fabric if left in contact for more than a month or so.

#5 Cathy 2018-03-20 15:25

Janet, please don't throw out, (especially those big enough to fold) there are many who make scrap quilts who you love to get your scraps. If there's a quilting group in your area, contact them. Contact fellow quilters, Sometimes quilting magazines have requests for scraps list in the want ads towards the back.

#4 Rosalie 2017-05-07 15:30

I roll my fabric on to paper towel cardboard rolls and then stack the rolls on shelves or cubes.

#3 Anna 2017-05-06 09:19

I retired and have been working on folding allmy fabrics and weeding out for donation the stuff I will no longer use. Nice to see my toys..I mean stash.

#2 Sandra McCallum 2017-05-05 09:48

Thanks for the inspiration and the fact that I have the tool right there to accomplish neatness.

#1 janet 2017-05-05 06:58

inspiring. I started folding and trying to organize my fabric yesterday. I filled a bag with scraps about 8x10 that I was going to throw out and have decided to go retrieve them and fold them, too. Maybe. We'll see...

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