fabric storage

Wow, I can understand why purchasing anything to organize your stash would
be cost prohibitive. Nice stash!

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Boca Jan
Florida - Land of the Hurricanes
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On Sep 4, 6:58?pm, "Boca Jan" wrote:
Has anyone bought these and uses them?

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Boca Jan
Florida - Land of the Hurricanes
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I couldn't afford enough of the organizers to make a dent in my
stash-- but I folded fabric around an 8-1/2x14" Fons and Porter ruler,
pulled the ruler out and stacked the fabric flat on shelves. Here's
some of the results:

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...59435252IQWtbH

rusty

I like to keep my fabric in fan folds. That way it's easy to cut off
just the bit I want without having to unfold the entire length and
without having to flop a little "bolt" (which is what you get when you
use those gadgets we're looking at right now) around and around to get
enough off of it for cutting. Works for me, but of course everyone is
different.


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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net

Howdy!

Looks lovely, Rusty.

Going on vacation anytime soon?
...just wondering...
(Butterfly, you got the stash mobile gassed up?)

R/Sandy

On 9/4/07 11:07 PM, in article
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wrote:

On Sep 4, 6:58?pm, "Boca Jan" wrote:
Has anyone bought these and uses them?

--
Boca Jan
Florida - Land of the Hurricanes
boca_jan1atyahoodotcomhttp://community.webshots.com/user/BocaJan

I couldn't afford enough of the organizers to make a dent in my
stash-- but I folded fabric around an 8-1/2x14" Fons and Porter ruler,
pulled the ruler out and stacked the fabric flat on shelves. Here's
some of the results:

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...59435252IQWtbH

rusty

On Sep 5, 3:37?pm, Sandy Ellison wrote:
Howdy!

Looks lovely, Rusty.

Going on vacation anytime soon?
...just wondering...


Howdy rat back acha!! Nowhere exotic this year(g)... Gonna have to
settle for the Alex/Ricky/Libby show next week

I looked at the website where those "fabric board" things were sold. Looks
like a lot of buck and no bang......and wasted space as everyone else has
pointed out.

Did anyone see "The Living with Ed" show on HGTV, Monday night, where he
toured the Ultimate Green Home? That woman's quilting room was to die for.
All her fabric was stored in clear plastic drawers, folded and sorted to
look like rainbow gradations, solid from floor to ceiling, wall to wall. The
wall was angled so it got no direct light but her sewing/work table faced a
floor to ceiling window looking out on the court yard and pool. I wish there
was a picture of that somewhere to see it again. Talk about organized
stash!! She had a few dozen jars all with sorted buttons, shelves of thread
in rainbow array, every tool and gadget hung or displayed in a beautifully
artistic way. The room it's self was a piece of art.

The only thing I wondered about; No where in that room was a WIP or a quilt
or in the entire tour of the house did you see a quilt or any type of
quilting anything; not a lap quilt, bed quilt, table runner, pillow, wall
hanging, not even a pot holder......nuthin, no quilting did I see anywhere.
Maybe she was afraid to muss up the "professionally designed by the
architect", quilt studio.

Val

Howdy!

Yeah, we saw that.
Had to laugh, it's "green", a lot of green, bushels & baskets
& dump trucks full of green--- American dollars. G
http://la.greenbuildingsnyc.com/

"The article makes particular note of the Beitcher house, a lovely and
laughably unaffordable home in the leafy La Mesa Drive neighborhood of upper
Santa Monica (average home price, per Zillow: $2,152 per square foot! And
the Beitcher house is 4,000 square feet. You do the math). The Beitcher
family, though, have built an awfully amazing residence. Sustainable to the
core. Of course it has solar paneling, bamboo flooring (and a bamboo
ceiling), and a state of the art energy-efficient heating/cooling system.
Indeed, it is a ³zero energy house,² consuming no more energy than it
produces. But it also has (drumrollŠ) denim walls. Yup, denim walls!
Remnants from an old jeans factory! Whoa."

http://www.w3architects.com/Beitcher/Beitcher.htm

R/Sandy --- I really liked her big table/cutting & sewing surface
in the middle of that room

On 9/5/07 6:25 PM, in article ,
"Val" wrote:

I looked at the website where those "fabric board" things were sold. Looks
like a lot of buck and no bang......and wasted space as everyone else has
pointed out.

Did anyone see "The Living with Ed" show on HGTV, Monday night, where he
toured the Ultimate Green Home? That woman's quilting room was to die for.
All her fabric was stored in clear plastic drawers, folded and sorted to
look like rainbow gradations, solid from floor to ceiling, wall to wall. The
wall was angled so it got no direct light but her sewing/work table faced a
floor to ceiling window looking out on the court yard and pool. I wish there
was a picture of that somewhere to see it again. Talk about organized
stash!! She had a few dozen jars all with sorted buttons, shelves of thread
in rainbow array, every tool and gadget hung or displayed in a beautifully
artistic way. The room it's self was a piece of art.

The only thing I wondered about; No where in that room was a WIP or a quilt
or in the entire tour of the house did you see a quilt or any type of
quilting anything; not a lap quilt, bed quilt, table runner, pillow, wall
hanging, not even a pot holder......nuthin, no quilting did I see anywhere.
Maybe she was afraid to muss up the "professionally designed by the
architect", quilt studio.

Val

Looks pricy-I'd have to pay more than $200 to supply my stash. And it would
take up more room, besides. I like how I've arranged my stash. I've got pics
on my Webshots. The only thing I changed recently was adding room-darkening
roller shades to the front of the stash shelving to prevent my fabric from
fading. Oh, and more fabric (but that goes without saying).

Valerie in FL
http://community.webshots.com/user/vjkahler



"Boca Jan" wrote in message
...
oops

http://www.thefabricorganizer.com/index.htm

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Boca Jan
Florida - Land of the Hurricanes
boca_jan1atyahoodotcom
http://community.webshots.com/user/BocaJan



"Boca Jan" wrote in message
...
Has anyone bought these and uses them?

--
Boca Jan
Florida - Land of the Hurricanes
boca_jan1atyahoodotcom
http://community.webshots.com/user/BocaJan

I want to trade quilt studios with you.....

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Boca Jan
Florida - Land of the Hurricanes
boca_jan1atyahoodotcom
http://community.webshots.com/user/BocaJan



"Valerie in FL" wrote in message
. ..
Looks pricy-I'd have to pay more than $200 to supply my stash. And it
would take up more room, besides. I like how I've arranged my stash. I've
got pics on my Webshots. The only thing I changed recently was adding
room-darkening roller shades to the front of the stash shelving to prevent
my fabric from fading. Oh, and more fabric (but that goes without saying).


Valerie in FL
http://community.webshots.com/user/vjkahler



"Boca Jan" wrote in message
...
oops

http://www.thefabricorganizer.com/index.htm

--
Boca Jan
Florida - Land of the Hurricanes
boca_jan1atyahoodotcom
http://community.webshots.com/user/BocaJan



"Boca Jan" wrote in message
...
Has anyone bought these and uses them?

--
Boca Jan
Florida - Land of the Hurricanes
boca_jan1atyahoodotcom
http://community.webshots.com/user/BocaJan

I have been looking, trying to find pictures of the quilt studio in that
house...but I guess you had to see the tour on TV. DARN Although I have
seen some pretty awesome studio pictures from you folks on RCTQ

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Boca Jan
Florida - Land of the Hurricanes
boca_jan1atyahoodotcom
http://community.webshots.com/user/BocaJan



"Sandy Ellison" wrote in message
...
Howdy!

Yeah, we saw that.
Had to laugh, it's "green", a lot of green, bushels & baskets
& dump trucks full of green--- American dollars. G
http://la.greenbuildingsnyc.com/

"The article makes particular note of the Beitcher house, a lovely and
laughably unaffordable home in the leafy La Mesa Drive neighborhood of
upper
Santa Monica (average home price, per Zillow: $2,152 per square foot! And
the Beitcher house is 4,000 square feet. You do the math). The Beitcher
family, though, have built an awfully amazing residence. Sustainable to
the
core. Of course it has solar paneling, bamboo flooring (and a bamboo
ceiling), and a state of the art energy-efficient heating/cooling system.
Indeed, it is a ³zero energy house,² consuming no more energy than it
produces. But it also has (drumrollS) denim walls. Yup, denim walls!
Remnants from an old jeans factory! Whoa."

http://www.w3architects.com/Beitcher/Beitcher.htm

R/Sandy --- I really liked her big table/cutting & sewing surface
in the middle of that room

On 9/5/07 6:25 PM, in article ,
"Val" wrote:

I looked at the website where those "fabric board" things were sold.
Looks
like a lot of buck and no bang......and wasted space as everyone else has
pointed out.

Did anyone see "The Living with Ed" show on HGTV, Monday night, where he
toured the Ultimate Green Home? That woman's quilting room was to die
for.
All her fabric was stored in clear plastic drawers, folded and sorted to
look like rainbow gradations, solid from floor to ceiling, wall to wall.
The
wall was angled so it got no direct light but her sewing/work table faced
a
floor to ceiling window looking out on the court yard and pool. I wish
there
was a picture of that somewhere to see it again. Talk about organized
stash!! She had a few dozen jars all with sorted buttons, shelves of
thread
in rainbow array, every tool and gadget hung or displayed in a
beautifully
artistic way. The room it's self was a piece of art.

The only thing I wondered about; No where in that room was a WIP or a
quilt
or in the entire tour of the house did you see a quilt or any type of
quilting anything; not a lap quilt, bed quilt, table runner, pillow, wall
hanging, not even a pot holder......nuthin, no quilting did I see
anywhere.
Maybe she was afraid to muss up the "professionally designed by the
architect", quilt studio.

Val

Very nice place, Valerie. It is a calm and tidy room. I
like your cutting table. Could you give some info about
that, please? Brand and/or store? Thanks,
PAT

Valerie in FL wrote:

Looks pricy-I'd have to pay more than $200 to supply my stash. And it would
take up more room, besides. I like how I've arranged my stash. I've got pics
on my Webshots. The only thing I changed recently was adding room-darkening
roller shades to the front of the stash shelving to prevent my fabric from
fading. Oh, and more fabric (but that goes without saying).

Valerie in FL
http://community.webshots.com/user/vjkahler