Thursday, 18 January 2018

How I Organise and Store My Fabric Scraps

After years of trying various methods, I finally have an efficient system of organising and storing fabric scraps. I always used to feel disorganised, but not any more. Maybe my method will work for you, too...


As I cut, I put all fabric scraps into the sewing basket I made for the last quilting retreat. Depending on how many offcuts I have, I can fit a couple of months worth of scraps in the basket.


When the basket is full to the brim, AND when I'm in the mood, I spend some time and sort the scraps into colours, placing them in zip lock bags. The bags are then stored in a large basket on my IKEA shelves.

In the past, I used to shove scraps into bags after each project, but I could never be bothered to sort into colours. I'd just put the scraps in the top zip lock bag, making it much harder when I went to use the scraps. 

It seems to make more sense to take the time to sort properly when I have a significant amount of scraps. With just a few scraps, it never seemed worth my while to get out all the bags, 

A simple solution, but it's working for me.

How do you store your fabric scraps?

... Pam




7 comments:

  1. Here is the link from my blog how I store my scraps by color: https://patchouli-moon-studio.blogspot.com/2012/03/storing-fabric-scraps.html

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  2. Hehehe I do what you AND Daryl do - mine are sorted by colour and stored in plastic salad containers - then when the container gets full, I transfer the contents to big ole Ziploc bags (which get dumped into a big Rubbermaid container) (and now ... two big Rubbermaid containers) ... I think I need to use up some of my scraps!

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  3. Finally sorted (rainbow method) into ziploc plastic bags after you all guilted me into it. It has come in handy for the rope bowl obsession.

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  4. Ha, ha... I am often envious of all the fabulous fabric you folks have at your disposal, but as someone who doesn't have a hoard of fabric, this issue is not a problem for me. Right now my scraps are still in one relatively small box under my sewing table. When it gets to the point where I have to "stuff" the pieces, I'll think of something. ;-)

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  5. Ah I am planning on doing a post on this same topic :) I deal with my scraps as I go... into precuts rather than colors... xx

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  6. I do the same as you Pam, it makes life much simpler when I am looking for a small piece of fabric in a particular colour. I don't quite know what happens to the scraps once they are in the ziplock bags though as no matter how often I raid the bags for pieces for a project those bags never seem to get any lighter :)

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  7. My scraps are a disaster...I'm trying to get rid of them anyway, but I like the idea of a scrap bag anyway. Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party. Pinned!

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