Folding Fat Quarters

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[@rsislandcrafts]

How I fold and store my yardage - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXS1oIFooMqjgMU

[@lukefonfabre2]

I love watching your channel and Conquering Mount Scarpmore for all of the scrappy ideas.

[@rsislandcrafts]

Thank you Devon. 🦩

[@dayzemae9015]

#1, you can’t beat the clear storage boxes at dollar store, money wise. #2, you have to use those acid free boards. Comic book boards. Never use cardboard for long use. #3, if you have to use pins, use acid free pins. #4, life is short, buy the fabric. I always buy four yards because you can never find the fabric again! I have done my research on this subject and if you don’t want to go back and see rust, etc. on your material, do this. I have tons of fabric so I bought big cabinets with adjustable shelves. I keep my fat quarters just like you, but in clear boxes. When my daughter went to college, I kept her room as a shrine for years. I finally realized she was never coming back to live, so I made her room into a beautiful sewing room. Love watching your videos.

[@rsislandcrafts]

Most of my fabric scraps are in Dollar Tree bins. You can see some of them behind me in some of my WiP It Wednesday videos. I’ve never used pins to hold my fabric. It just doesn’t make sense to me. If that’s a system that someone is using I feel that It would be too easy for the pins to fall out when pulling fabric out and putting it away. Pins on the floor is a disaster waiting to happen. I bought the fabric. After a few years my fabric interests changed and I had yards and yards of fabric on my shelves that I didn’t sew with. It no longer sparked creativity. Having the right tools can make our sewing time easier and more productive but without fabric where would be? I took over my son’s room pretty quickly after he moved out. Once I remembered I live alone and my fabric etc won’t be bothering anyone. 😉 Thank you for sharing some great tips. 🦩

[@dayzemae9015]

@@rsislandcrafts I was speaking that if you have a large bit of fabric, say two yards, then you could use acid free pins to hold it together so you could put it on the shelf.💕

[@lesa6399]

Great tips, Robin! I store my FQs in a clear plastic lidded container & use those little “humidity” packets that come with a multitude of items. No probs, so far. Have a great wk, Robin, & thank you!

[@rsislandcrafts]

Brilliant. Using the moisture packets is smart. Thank you for sharing.

[@CordulaPrice]

I keep my cardboard too Robin

[@rsislandcrafts]

I’m not surprised. You like to use everything before tossing It in the trash. Like me.

[@annataylor7226]

I fold my fat quarters the same way you showed in this video. This leaves a rectangle 4.5 inches wide. This happens to be the width of most standard facial tissue boxes (4.5" wide × 9" long × 3.5"high or taller). I remove any cardboard and save it. I remove the label and fold it sticky sides together. I write the price I paid on the label (usually clearance price) and then slip the label inside the folded fabric bundle. If I use some of the fabric, I write that on the label as well. I then stack the folded fat quarters in the tissue boxes with the single fold edge up and the two folded edges down as you did in your plastic box except there is just one row, not two. I also fold larger pieces of fabric, up to a yard or two to the same width, however anything a yard or more will be taller. I group my fabric by various categories (DollarTree, holidays, seasons, characters, batik, solids, and other prints). I used to store the tissue boxes in media cabinets that had shelves 9 inches wide. However, now that I had to pack my fabric for moving, I found some clear totes that will fit several tissue boxes at the same time. I have also made fabric totes with a bottom 9"×12" and 12" high. I can fit two stacks of 2 tissue boxes on each end and put folded yardage between them and add some baggies of scraps. So far I have a couple totes like this. One has my winter/Christmas fabric and the other is my general project tote bag. Most of my yardage is folded 6 inches wide by 12" so that it can sit on shelves. These are now also in totes until we move to the next house.

[@rsislandcrafts]

Using tissue boxes for your fat quarters is a great idea.

[@CordulaPrice]

Thanks for the tip Robin👍🏻🤗🧵

[@judylitton4198]

your Ideas on folding great and storage l Love this.thank you God Bless everyone 🙏.

[@rsislandcrafts]

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[@lucy7b]

Thank you Robin. ❤️❤️❤️

[@rsislandcrafts]

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[@lesleygilbert1945]

Nice to see all your lovely colours. I've acquired a few fat quarters over the past year and I do need to sort them out - part of my ongoing decluttering process 😁

[@rsislandcrafts]

It is fun to see all of the colors together. This is the start of my fabric organization. I started with the easiest first 😉

[@rosewhaley3588]

Great ideas- thanks! I just organized my yardage but have been mulling over how to do fat quarters.

[@rsislandcrafts]

The smaller pieces of fabric are harder to organize for me. I do enjoy collecting and sewing with fat quarters. Next up is to get my holiday fabrics under control 😉

[@CordulaPrice]

Just on time I was bored thanks 😊😂👍🏻🤗

[@rsislandcrafts]

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[@neenathatsews1085]

I love fat quarters.

[@rsislandcrafts]

Me too.

[@connieking9873]

I take them all apart. I don’t want the sticker on and I save the cardboard.. is still a work in progress as to where I am storing I have changed twice

[@rsislandcrafts]

In the past I left them as is but someone mentioned to me the dangers of doing nothing. Now I strip them down before I put them away. 🦩

[@aliciavalcarce8633]

I read somewhere that comic book cardboard is acid free; I figure if it's good for comic books it's good for fabric. Plus it keeps the fabric from curling around. I then place the fabric in ziplock bags and store them all in drawers(dark). I stopped buying boxes and I now use the clean containers that those lovely mixed greens come in.

[@rsislandcrafts]

Yes, the comic book boards are archival safe which makes them safe for fabric. As far as we know 😉. I’ve heard that many people like to use the mixed greens containers. It’s a great idea.

[@lynnebaldwin4305]

Very nice video Thank you Robin Sincerely Your Friend Lynne

[@rsislandcrafts]

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[@suesmith5033]

I've taken all the stickers and cardboard out of mine but they are all sracked in color piles two deep in a cabinet. Nope not convenient but using the space I've got right now.

[@rsislandcrafts]

We do the best we can with the tools we have on hand. If It works for now then that’s all that matters. Mine are in the plastic bin and sitting on the floor. Contained but not organized. Now that this video is here I’ve actually found a new way to fold my fat quarters 🤣

[@geriinglis9087]

I fold my FQs like you do but turned 90 degrees. Selvage to its opposite side then in half again. Then fold both ends to the middle.

[@rsislandcrafts]

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[@aliciavalcarce8633]

oh, I wrote the comment before you mentioned comic book cardboard. I guess I'm reading your mind

[@rsislandcrafts]

😁

[@leeallen210]

I fold my fat quarters the same way you do. That way all the edges are less exposed and less likely to ravel. I do have mine sorted in a color way, but I have so many more than you that I fill many containers. Guess I need to do more sewing.

[@rsislandcrafts]

I think we know your favorite precut 😉

[@giovannacasadio9600]

😔 we don't get fat 1/4s here in Italy.

[@rsislandcrafts]

That’s interesting. I know that many other countries don’t have the same shopping options that we do here. It’s wonderful that we are connected around the world like we are but It can also be hard. To see things that you’d love to use but that you do not have easy access to.

[@amarisjoseph]

They still sell those but there no color to them

[@rsislandcrafts]

Clear is great so that you can see what you have but I do love color. Thank you for letting us know they’re still available to purchase. It’s a great little bin. It could work well for strip storage.

[@sonniecampbell1788]

Great tips, Robin. I’ll have to go thru mine and remove the labels and cardboard. I tend to just stack mine on a shelf. But I like your idea of color sorting. FQs are my favorite size. 💛🧵🪡

[@rsislandcrafts]

Fat quarters are my favorite size too. They work well for what I like to sew.

[@sonniecampbell1788]

@@rsislandcrafts I am the same. Perfect size.