Organizing My Fabric Stash

During my week at home during spring break, I had grand intentions of cleaning and organizing my entire workroom. I didn’t get quite that far, but I did get my fabric stash sorted out. It was in total disarray, the result of several moves and several shopping sprees.


I am so happy with the results. Smaller pieces are folded in a box on the bottom shelf, and scraps are in a storage crate nearby. I can finally see my entire stash at once, and it is easy to sort through and pull out fabrics for projects. Hopefully the visual appeal with encourage me to keep it in order!

Portable

How I kept my hands busy while catching up on season 3 of Battlestar Galactica:

This embroidery fit the requirement of being portable (and brainless) perfectly last weekend. These will be tag labels for my linen closet, although my reasons for embroidering the words had more to do with my desire to have a portable project than to have a super organized linen closet.

And… I can’t believe who the cylons are!

Summer Quilt

This was one of those projects that starts with a particular fabric grabbing hold in a store and demanding to be bought. I brought two yards home, and the next day I went and bought two more. I hung the pieces over the back of a chair and left them for a week, looking at the colors and the design that I liked so much and smiling every time I passed. I couldn’t find a project that suited the fabric, so then it had to live among my stash for a few years.

A few weeks ago, while I was awake on a jet lag fueled night of insomnia, I saw a picture of a rectangle quilt with sashing that seemed like the perfect project for my beautiful fabric. I spent the next few days cutting and assembling the simple top.

It’s still just a top, but it will soon have a border and be layered with just backing and muslin. I want something very thin as a coverlet during the hot summer. Something more substantial than a sheet, but not as hot as a quilt.