Getting Organised...

We have had a hiccup with settling on our new house and I really need to focus my (rather angry) energy somewhere so decided a bit of heavy cutting and theraputic winding was in order!

I saw this on Mel's blog ages ago and have always been SO jealous of how pretty her fabric looked, spurred on by someone asking how people stored their fabric I was prompted to revist the post and the idea. A quick google on foam board showed me Art Riot stocked it, and as it happened I had to go to our local shopping centre where there is an Art Riot store, funny that...

 It took me a while to work out the size to cut the boards but the basic size is that of an A4 sheet of paper, I bought A2 sheets of foam boards and got 4 from each. The first lot I cut were really too small but they will do for smaller lots of fabric, waste not want not!

Then I had to roud up (and admit to) my fabric stash... Oh my, a lot more than I thought!

 This is the box, the box that I know about, has some recent purchases in it and some older ones too, the one Stef knows about...

 Then there is a wee stack of Christmas fabric in the drawers in the office....

 And let's not talk about the toy box...

 That has no bottom... it is a cavernous fabric storage spot!

See it just keeps going!!

With an hour and a bit to myself, I put last nights Brothers & Sisters on the telly and set about folding and winding...

Tahdah!

I did the masses of flanelette I have and the whopping 3 yards of knit but think they are too bulky, I might remove them and fold them, it isn't like they are going to go un noticed!

Then I will have 6 more cards to wind some more fabric around... good idea I think! I didn't do the felt or the polar fleece... or the Cinderella or Snow White dress up fabrics...

 This is the 'study' in the new house with a MASSIVE cupboard in it. I had initially thought this would be the office/craft room/spare room but think the shelves in the cupboard will become the linen press but the drawers will be perfect for my fat quarters (yes there is more!!) and reels of cotton that Babcia left behind as well as all her other bits housed in various locations in the house.

This is the linen press but I can see the top shelp being used for bathroom stuff (no vanity) and the next 2 shelves for fabric and the vaccum cleaner down the bottom. Can't wait to get in to this house and get it all organised. The fabric might end up in the 'toy box' aka the cavernouse fabric storage box... all depends on space.

Thanks Mel for the inspiring blog post and for forcing me to face the stash and make it work better. No more purchasing for a wee while, I think I have enough to keep me going for a wee while on projects!