I really have a lot of fabric
I decided to organize my fabric yesterday with the start of Spring break and a motivation to get some spring cleaning done now that I have the time to do so. Anyways, I have a shelf in my closet that I've been throwing my fabric into for a long while, so I finally got the idea to organize the stuff better and my solution in doing so was to get canvas bins and then group them based on fiber content. But first I had to take the fabric out of the closet.
Once I did so, I realized that I really had a lot of fabric (okay, so this wasn't a new revelation):
And readers, this isn't all of it. I have a basket where I put fabric for projects I'm working on currently and it's stuffed to the top with more fabric.
Anyways, it took 6 bins but I finally got everything nicely organized and categorized, mostly by fiber content:
Since you can't see the "lame" (according to my sister) labels that I made out of post-it notes for each bin, they are, from left to right: cotton twill, sheer and apparel cotton, cotton scraps, linen & reenacting, wool, and silk.
Since I'm a petite flower, I do have to use a chair to get a bin down (sinc they all managed to fit on the top shelf of my closet) when I need something, but it's just so nice to finally have this nice and organized that that's a small price to pay.
And in a semi-related note, I picked up the book Fit for Real People after hearing so many good things about it on several of the fabulous modern sewing blogs I frequent. Although the book has very odd photography and is a bit old school, I picked it up because I am intrigued by the whole concept of tissue-fitting, which seems like a fabulous alternative to making muslins. Confession time: I hate making muslins, they are my least favorite aspect of the sewing process, and they can be very time consuming. Although I am a bit hesitant to fit myself using tissue paper, since it is fragile. But their method of taping the seam allowances before you fit sounds like a good one, and I plan on giving it a try during my marathon sewing this weekend. Anyways, I'm trying to say that I highly recommend this book for those of you that do modern sewing!
Okay, off to go cut out some pattern pieces since that's all that I have energy to do tonight . . .