Finally! I’m making my way through the disorganized mounds of sewing and craft supplies that have been littering our bedroom floor since we had to move everything out for the floor redo. I’ve never had a great system for storing my fabric, but now that I am sewing on a regular basis, I need a workable system more than ever! There is quite a bit of work left to be done, but I was so excited about my weekend fabric accomplishment that I thought I’d share! It’s looking so pretty!
I first saw these Fabric Organizers on Lindsay’s blog, The Cottage Home. As soon as I saw this post of Lindsay’s studio, the fabric organizers went on my list, but I wasn’t able to purchase them until last week! They are made from a lightweight material with little tabs to secure your fabric to the organizer. It wraps up into neat little bolts which fit perfectly on my old desk.
I grouped the fabrics by color as I went along, moving them around until I found the color progression visually appealing. Once I lined them up on my desk, I made a couple breaks in the row with large jars that I have filled with ribbon. I may not keep the large ribbon jars, but I do like the groupings. It makes me so happy to have all my pretty fabric out where I can stare at it! Kind of like my very own fabric shop.
KC says
Stef that looks great and I’m LOVING the red and cream fabric to the left. So excited to see what you do with it!
Farah Muzaffar says
Oh Stef… its not only beautiful looking but what a manageable way… how easy to check out the fabric treasure… And yes you are very right grouping make it more practical and obviously added beauty too … Thanks for sharing such a nice and neat idea
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Pine Tree Home says
Amazing! I love the colors.
Anonymous says
I am so jealous!!! Where did you get those??? I see some fabrics I have been eyeing for a while!!
Christene
Samantha says
Looks great! not only pretty but practical too!
Kristie says
I’m so jealous! First of all because you have so many gorgeous fabrics, secondly because you don’t have to dig through a box to find anything. I love it. I think I need some of those fancy schmancy little fabric organizers. Thanks for sharing!
Laura @ ON{thelaundry}LINE says
that looks absolutely delicious. I have neat little piles of fabric (and, you know… a giant mound of fabric that should be added to the neat piles) but I think the fabric organizers are much prettier…
Lynne says
Wow! It looks fabulous!
Rebecca@This Present Life says
It looks beautiful! I remember seeing that same post over at The Cottage Home. I love that you can actually see all of your fabric and know what you have.
Visiting from Blue Cricket Design!
Melanie says
I might have died and gone to heaven. That might be the most beautiful organziation project I’ve ever seen. It’s like art Stef. Your very own fabric shop, how neat! xo
Amanda says
Poop, Google Chrome just ate my comment!
Anyhoo, this is fabric eye candy, it looks wonderful, yet still practical.
The jars are a lovely way to break the fabrics up.
Katie says
Great job! I didn’t want to spend the money on them, so I made my own at of Foam Core for free! Isn’t it great being able to see all your fabric nicely displayed? Please stop by Sew Woodsy and link up this project!
Emily S says
OH MY GOSH these are adorable. I can hardly believe how cute it all looks together! Excellent job.
Emily
Deviantly Domesticated Team
http://stephaniehillberry.com
The Cottage Mama says
Oooooooooh, great stash, Stef!! Love it – thanks for linking. Everything looks so pretty and organized! Isn’t it so much more fun creating when you can see all your fabric all neatly lined up?
Lindsay
Christy says
Jealous for two reasons: You have beautiful fabric, and it’s so nicely displayed! I will have to look into those, thanks so much for sharing. 🙂
Nicolette @ Momnivore's Dilemma says
Stef-
I’ve been searching for a good system for my collection of fabric. You have solved my dilemma. I’m pinning this to my organizational folder!
If you have a moment today, please share this fabric storage idea with my readers @Creative Juice Thursday. Hope to see yours among all the amazing projects!
Baezamama says
SO awesome!!
Sue@creativetryals.blogspot.com says
Wow that is amazing! I love the jars of ribbon in between your fabric.
Visiting you from Tatertots and Jello.
.Jen says
visiting from tatertots and jello – very pretty fabrics and great organization!
Laura @ Laura's Crafty Life says
It looks great! I don’t have much fabric, but if I start to acquire more this would work great! (I found you on Tatertots and Jello)
Michelle says
Gorgeous! LOVE how it looks!! I am visiting from Tatertots and Jello and I would LOVE if you could link up your awesome post to my very first crafty linky party! This is the first week of Delicately Constructed Fridays and I would really appreciate the link!
Hope you have a great weekend!
Michelle
http://www.delicateconstruction.blogspot.com
Seven Sisters says
This looks so pretty…
♥J. sevensisters
Ali Richardson says
WOW!!!! This looks stunning! SO pretty 🙂
Just popping in from TT&J 🙂
Gabe says
Great job! I love the idea, and I must say that I’m drooling over your fabrics!
Hands Sew Full says
Oh it looks gorgeous! Love the clean lines and visual organization. Popped in from TaterTots too!
FlyAwayHome says
WOW! looks great…. please come to my house 🙂
Kim @ The Celebration Shoppe says
I’m in love with this idea! I have so many fabric swatches and this is the perfect way to display them. LOVE!
Steph says
I so need to do this! My fabric is out of control!
Elizabeth says
I don’t have a ton of fabric but I could look at your photos all day! So beautiful – love the color! I am tempted to go out and buy fabric just to make my craft room look colorful like this!
mary kathryn @ mathews family happenings says
what a lovely space you have! I’m totally jealous….ha. I’m off to try to recreate these fabric organizers- what a great solution! I’m visiting from CSI project.
Sew Spoiled says
This looks beautiful! May I feature you in my October Organization month theme? Please let me know at leah.sewspoiled@gmail.com.
DeNiece says
Hey there everyone, so glad you love the organizers… DeNiece
(I am the person who came up them! My own little personal panic attack!)
http://www.TheFabricOrganizer.com
Brigitte says
It’s so pretty. I wouldn’t want to ruin the display by using the fabric. haha
Pam says
I too have these fabric organizers and love them. When walk into my sewing room and see all the lovely fabrics it lifts my spirits and inspires me to create.
Tonya says
Did you buy these direct from thefarbicorganizer or somewhere else?
Anonymous says
I loved the idea of mini bolts of fabric, but I didn’t like the like the price of the organizers. 6 for $11 plus s/h. I bought a bi-fold display board with my 50% off coupon from Joann fab. I cut 16-12″x 9″ organizers, with an exato knife cut tabs to hold down the first layer of fabric. 16 homemade organizers for $8.
Darlene says
I too make my own mini bolts.
http://barnes-girl.blogspot.com/2011/10/mini-bolts.html
Lately I am using the cardboard bottoms of those great flat boxes that we get at Costco… usually what we use to pack our purchases into the car. That cardboard is wonderful. I cut mine 8″ x 11″ and they fit nicely on bookshelves! cheers from CANADA.
This Way and That says
I’ve got to make time to do this…………love it………
Anonymous says
How much fabric will the organizer hold? I have loads of fabric to almost open a fabric store. I loved your idea to display it at your finger tips. I need to do something with mine since it’s stored in drawers, in boxes, etc. Thanks for the idea. Linda at mamalinsclothesline.
mollymom says
It doesn’t look like much fabric is on those boards. Is this just for. Small crafts? What if you have 4,6 or 8 yards of something? Can you still use these small boards?
Anonymous says
Great idea! I have lots of fabric in assorted boxes and can never find what I’m looking for. Thanks for sharing!!
Anonymous says
I Love how organized and beautiful your fabric is.
Donna Lee says
have u seen the latest size , mini large and they are great. DeNeice is a great gal , and these are the perfect way to clean up any sewing closet , some say they rather use card board well go ahead and ruin your fabric I know Ive paid way to much for all of my fabric and I want it to last for years to come
Court says
I love this idea! One thing I did want to warn you about is sun or dust damage. Be sure this display isn’t near any bright sunny windows or you will have some horrible sunstreaks on your beautiful fabrics. I’ve seen this happen at many little quilt shops with windows 🙁 But otherwise this is a great idea!
Joyce says
I know this is an old post but I wanted to say I use comic book inserts. I have gotten 6 yds on there and it holds up just fine in between other mini bolts. I prefer the comic book inserts because they are acid free so no discoloring of my fabrics. I have so much fabric sometimes it’s sits quite awhile till I actually get to “That” idea that the fabric was purchased for. Anyway the comic book inserts are in a package of 100 for about $12. Can’t beat that price. I have a demo on my blog how I fold my fabrics and wrap them. Joyce
http://littlecraftcottage.blogspot.com/2012/01/organizing-fabric.html
Christine says
just came across this post due to a pinterest link. followed links until I found a place to buy them, http://www.clotilde.com and it looks like they are using the photo from your blog. Did they ask your permission or pay you for your photo? Just curious as I’ve been reading a lot lately about companies just taking pictures from blogs without asking permission from owners.
http://www.clotilde.com/detail.html?prod_id=7923&criteria=fabric+organizer
Anonymous says
thanks for sharing.
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Melissa says
I LOVE the dark wooden shelf! Beautiful Room!
Nicole says
my husbands going to hate this idea because it will spread my fabric collection around…. but I love it and will now have to make some for myself 😀 😀 😀
Sivonne says
Wow! I really need to organize my room. It’s total chaos at the moment
Wendy says
I’ve been buying foam poster board from the Dollar Tree and making my own small bolt cards. I get 6 bolts made from 1 poster board..not bad for $1 🙂
Diane Palmisano says
These look great but do you have any ideas for organizing several yards of each kind of fabric?
Carol says
Great job when you have finished would you like to come and do mine!!
zieana85 says
Great idea to set up my sewing studio. Got your website link on my website. Thanks a lot..
Rita McCart says
These are made from plastic corrugated cardboard, I get mine from McDonalds free. 😀
Floor says
Beautiful, but be careful, sunlight will fade the colours at the fold… It happend with me, it would be a waste of Beautiful fabric…
girlinspired says
Good advice! This room gets very little direct sunlight and it doesn’t reach over to the fabric area, so fortunately, I haven’t had any fading in the few years that the fabrics have been there. I have had others fade though and it’s the worst thing!!
GenaR says
Truly lovely! Like others, I’m jealous. I recently re-organized my fabric using a plastic 3 drawer dresser and a plastic filing bin (got the idea from You Tube) with hanging file holders. I am also creating a cardboard shelving unit until I can get our wooden one from our cabin. Thanks for sharing!
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Kay says
I bought a different brand of a similar fabric organizer and I love the result! Fabric in drawers just does not work. Will soon be moving my sewing room to a different house and the first thing will be to get the rest of my fabric wrapped on the organizers and up on shelves where I can easily pull them to try–just like a quilt shop. I have found that I can wrap some fabrics then slip the board out and mix them with the rest and they will still stand. Why? I started with an order of 200 boards. Ordered a second 200. Need at least 200 more. Do we EVER have too much fabric?