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Wednesday 22 August 2012

Stash Tidy up & FaFF

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.

how about this one that looks like it has been knitted.

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.

 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.

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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Till next time,

 

7 comments:

  1. So beautifully neat and tidy! Isnt that "knitted" fabric great.

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  2. This looks fabulous. I did my room a few months back. I am feeling quite productive these days ; ) enjoy your tidy space ; )

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  3. It looks wonderful! Isn't it a great feeling when you get organized with something? I love your two favorite fabrics as well!

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  4. Oh my goodness, don't you want to just keep finding reasons to walk in there now so you can look at it and sigh!? :)

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  5. Hi there, just popped in from Pauline's Little House on the Hill and really like what you've done with your stash. It looks lovely :)

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  6. Wow! I wish I could do that. My stash starts with nicely folded fabric and ends with a mess and just stays that way. I always fold it but then I just toss it in the basked so I can quickly move on to the next thing! Nice work!

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  7. You have been a busy girl! Your stash is looking really nice and tidy!

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