Hi, I'm Susan, and I'm a fabric junkie
That's how I start all my conversations (not really) but maybe I should because the first step to realizing you have a problem, is acknowledging it. ;)
And, well, if I've got it, it may as well be stored nice and tidy, right? I've noticed that if it is folded nicely, it actually looks like you have LESS, and gives you all the more reason to fool the hubmeister (and yourself) into thinking you need to buy more...
Next, take a quilting ruler. I use my 5" Omnigrid. It is the perfect size width and length. Set it about 3-4" away from the end of your fabric
Now, fold the entire length of your yardage, keeping it taut, until you get to the end and figure how much is left. I only had a few inches here, so the best thing to do was...
Unfold back once and fold in the excess
And make your last fold back over. Your fabric should be very smooth and flat
Now, pull out the ruler, and there you have your nice folded piece of fabric.
It will give you great joy, I promise
A great start, yeah?
Now, keep it going....
Until your stack looks like this and you feel justified in buying more fabric.
Look at all that room in there !
Have Fun
~Susan
42 comments:
LOVE this...I have sooo much fabric all stacked every which way...this is very helpful..gotta get going now to FOLD!
Heather *
The Traveling Thrifter
www.shabbychicthriftyunique.blogspot.com
Great idea. I just wish I had a fun place to display my beautiful fabric. Someday...
I love it!
I had to read your post, just so I could check out your fabric. I, too, am a fabric junkie!
I love that! I would thank you but now I have to add re-folding all my fabric to my long to-do list because it really does look so much better (and I like the part about it looking like you have less so you can buy more)!
Love the idea! Yes, when it is folded it does look like you have less!! I am addicted to fabulous fabric and scrapbooking paper!
This looks great. My stash is folded every which way. Thanks for sharing!
Just wanted to let you know I featured you today on Sugar Bee Craft Edition (again!) - thanks for linking to Take-a-Look Tuesday! Mandy, www.craftedition.blogspot.com
Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave today [02 Jun 02:00pm GMT]. Thanks, Maria
Susan, now you have to come to my house and fold all my fabric :) Love your fabric but really love how organized you are. That's amazing. I just have one big mess. Thanks so much for linking this tutorial to Woo Hoo! Wednesday. I'm putting fabric folding on my list of chores for today.
I looked at your title and curiosity got the best of me. A fabric folding tutorial? But you caught me with the super neat stacks of wonderful fabric!! I have SOOO MUCH fabric, over 5 bookcases full, and this is the best way I've seen yet for organizing it. Thank you so much!
Love this!!
Great tip. Thanks for sharing.
Thankyou for this, it's handy to know! <3
I think you would not be *okay* with my fabric piles. :-) Neither is my husband...and perhaps that is why I am frequently talked out of buying more fabric. I might just have to try this!!
Oh this looks so neat and pretty. I try to keep mine folded (but not perfectly sized) and then rolled in a basket. Just looking at this makes a crafter happy sigh. Thanks for linking to Craftastic Monday:)
Great tip! Thank you for sharing this with us!
Super helpful tutorial! Thanks a ton!
That's such great information. I don't quilt but it definitely can be applied to flat sheets and many other types of fabric. Hope you'll stop by and check out our glass vessel sink giveaway if you have time. Jane F
The most amazing post I've seen all day! A way to trick hubby into letting me buy more fabric? Who wouldn't love that! Just kidding! I really do think it's amazing though. I can't wait to fold mine now. Thank you so much for sharing.
Wow, I think this tutorial was just for me! You would die if you saw how messy my material closet is! Thanks!
Thanks...this is a great folding method. I adore your fabric stash!!
Just kidding! I saw you already have a featured button :) I will still be featuring you though :)
Umm, I absolutely needed this info. You should see my stack of fabric. It's everywhere. This will be super helpful!
I'm not sure it you'll get this comment from this old post but...I think I just found my kindred spirit!!! :) I SO needed this, thank you! My sister was just here last week and helped me organize 'most' of my fabric by color. Wish I would've folded it all like this. I'll have to do that soon;) Only problem is my old wooden locker I put all my fabric in is FULL:( So don't think I'll be buying anytime soon;) I've GOT to get sewing! Instead of finding more awesome blogs for my reader...like yours!
Hi! I just found this post through It's FUN To Craft. I always try to fold my fabric to the same size and I never thought of using a quilting ruler! That is genius. Thank you so much!
I just saw this at You Can Do It. I love fabric. Hmmm. I like this idea. Now I have to get folding.
Awesome! I'm going to redo my cupboard like this. Any suggestions on how to store scraps so it's all neat and wonderful?
Oh how I wish I had seen this post earlier! I just finished creating my own craft space and it was such a pain organizing my fabric with the way I was folding it. Its going to be well worth the extra time to refold it the right way! Thank you!
Great pictures! I found a some similar instructions and made my own little video of myself folding fabric (yeah, cheesey, I know) and then proceeded to refold all my fabric. Well, it make it SUPER easy when I recently had to PACK it all to move in a hurry. And it did make it look like I didn't have as much, hehe. Thanks for sharing. I'm a fabric a holic too! Maybe that's why I ended up starting an online shop! Cute blog! Got here from the tutorial for Land of Nod pillows on Tip Nut.
Anna
Very nice. Yes I like the way this fold works. It is like you are making your own little bolt of fabric.
nice post,thank you for share
I'm going to sort out all my fabric and fold it this way now. Will need to do something else with the fat quarters though, hey can have their own shelf I think. Thanks for the folding tips :)
Lol, I really want to buy that clear ruler just so I can do that with my fabric now. It looks addictive... in an obsessive compulsive way :P
Great way to fold! Thanks for sharing.
Great idea!!! Thank you for posting this!
Hilarious! This is totally me! Thanks for sharing!!
Its geeky how happy this tutorial makes me! I am smiling so big I cant quit! Thank you; as soon as I put all my clothes back in the closet (spring cleaning snuck up and caught me unexpectedly) I am gonna empty my fabric stash and refold...(do you think this technique might work for the enevitable piles of tee-shirts and jeans tha need to be put away HA!
OMG You are too funny! I love it!!! When I first read the title of this blog post I thought... really? she's gonna teach me to fold a chunk of cloth? really? ME? Well... Not only do I have my compass out right now to make a whole mess of those floor pillows I feel a renewed interest in folding ALL of my fabric! Your stash looks small and perfect. I myself learned to fold t-shirts and jeans, like many girls, at my PT job at express back in the day. So I love this neatly-folded-perfect-pile look.
Fabric porn... oh yeah.
I so love this - thanks for sharing
Oh. My. Gosh. I've officially died and gone to fabric heaven! I just wanted to personally thank you for reminding me that I have an addiction problem. (I'd ALMOST forgotten!) hehehe Step One: Admit I've become powerless over fabric and that my craft room has become unmanageable.
As if I'm not anal retentive enough with my clothes, now I'm going to have to be with my fabric too! -That's okay, I really do need to do SOMETHING with all my fabric and I've got six days off coming up starting Thursday.
My husband sincerely thanks you for this new occupier of my time and for encouraging my addiction.
Now, can you help me figure out a way to store all those little tiny scraps? I have an entire garbage bag (HUGE/stuffed) full of palm size+ scraps of fabric. (My mother has two more waiting for me at her house!)
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