I have spent the afternoon and evening doing something that is long, long overdue. I attacked my stash chaos with a determination to get it organised. I had so much fun playing with my fabric and finding fabrics that I totally forgot I had. Like this one which is so inspirational for what I want to achieve!
I found a couple of blogs a few months ago that showed how to make mini bolts using comic boards......I have never heard of these and not sure where to even look for them here. I tried buying them over the internet but the postage would have broken my monthly budget so I had to have a good think about what to use as a replacement.
I scoured Officeworks earlier today looking for something suitable but all I could find was these letter files which even though a fairly sturdy plastic, they are still a little flimsy but I think I can make them work.
I will have to head back tomorrow to buy some more so I can finish the job . Let me just show you some of my favourite fabric that I have found so far.
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how about this one that looks like it has been knitted. |
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I have had this fabric for years but could only get just over 0.5m so want to make sure I get the perfect project. It is one of my favourites. |
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Mmmmm....just realised they are the same colours. I also found this block but couldn't for the life of me remember making it. I then realised it was Miss M that sewed this block. Wonder if she remembers what she was going to make.
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isn't is cute! |
After about 4 hours I went from this mess
to this.....mind you, this is only three of those drawers. The ones on the middle shelf are my fat quarters folded and grouped.
Once I have all my fabric on 'bolts', I will group them into colours, batiks, patterns etc. so come back and take a look later.
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