tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564846556280971762.post215072759618767710..comments2023-10-16T10:50:19.336-05:00Comments on The Life of Riley: Stash Management - It will take FOREVERRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087372950527979136noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564846556280971762.post-52841884645462701492018-02-11T13:34:04.070-06:002018-02-11T13:34:04.070-06:00Wow! You have a very big task ahead of you. I us...Wow! You have a very big task ahead of you. I use my small scraps as leader/enders and was cutting things into 2" squares. This got old after a while and that is what prompted me to get a Go Baby! It really makes quick work of cutting leftover hunks of fabric. GOOD LUCK!Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03159714366116490300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564846556280971762.post-19910756337129520312018-02-02T07:33:30.447-06:002018-02-02T07:33:30.447-06:00Good for you! I also use Bonnie Hunter's metho...Good for you! I also use Bonnie Hunter's method. Size is my predominant criteria for sorting fabric. All 2 1/2", 2", 3.5", 4.5", etc, etc. squares get their own box or baggie. Then, strips are stored by width size. Next, FQs are stored together by color with the exception that bundles by line are kept together. Finally, yardage by color. Most of my scrap squares inevitably end up in a scrap quilt, so, color is secondary. The larger pieces, I look for when I need a certain color. I think organizing by how you use fabric makes the most sense. It's a monstrous job.Sherry VFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511104687693080640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564846556280971762.post-54755414715166916502018-02-02T07:30:05.448-06:002018-02-02T07:30:05.448-06:00I have a lot of different categories, but I don...I have a lot of different categories, but I don't do a lot of scrap cutting a la The Scrap User's System. I'm always afraid that I will want to do a project that takes pieces ever so slightly larger than what I had cut. The only "size" of fabric I keep separate is a box of 2.5" strips left over from a swap and jelly roll strips. I keep my scraps in the 13" scrapbooking boxes and have "large cuts" (WOF chunks, backing scraps, things not quite a FQ)in one and two boxes of smaller scraps sorted by color. With the swaps/bees I have done in the past, keeping things sorted by color was really helpful! Now I participate in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge so each month I just pull out a particular pile of scraps.Alison V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01083271975458964740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564846556280971762.post-23252512119271052642018-02-01T19:54:03.414-06:002018-02-01T19:54:03.414-06:00lol. It is an endless job! I am in the process ...lol. It is an endless job! I am in the process of folding all of my fabrics - one box a day! That would go into my "multi" box.Needled Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749314475716010490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564846556280971762.post-42002229431478157872018-02-01T17:44:35.821-06:002018-02-01T17:44:35.821-06:00If that last piece was in my stash I would add it ...If that last piece was in my stash I would add it to my "fall" pile. I don't have many pieces in there, but figure someday I can make a table runner. doodlebugmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03032541710183012767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564846556280971762.post-71315275110087257052018-02-01T16:19:41.930-06:002018-02-01T16:19:41.930-06:00Steve and I named 2018 the Year of Scrap! We are ...Steve and I named 2018 the Year of Scrap! We are using our scrap to make 4 scrap quilts. I separate my scrap by color, sometime by project, and my Kona gets grouped together so they don't mingle with lowlife solids!<br /><br />I have baskets that I put color groupings in, and clear plastic shoeboxes where I might keep scrap from a particular project. Sometimes I like keeping project scraps together because I did a lot of work to pick out fabrics that work great together or they might even be from the same fabric line.Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358487320629420702noreply@blogger.com