A major fabric management crises from weeks of neglecting to return fabric to stash in an orderly fashion came to a head this week when I could not find my
Clover Wonder Clips (for binding) nor my scissors .... really frustrating.
And so I spent almost 2 days hauling fabric, ironing, folding, and stacking. I like to arrange my fabric stash by color but this time I also separately stashed the low volume - light/white background - fabrics. Pictured above are all low volume fabrics; fat quarters or smaller and most have been cut into. It's quite a task ironing and folding irregular pieces of fabric into a the same size format.
Before and After
Of course in the process of tidying I found several great hoarded hidden treasures which I am now committed to using rather stashing. A tidy stash also means there is room for more fabric!
Inside Voices II - Low Volume bundle from Westwood Acres (Etsy)
Clockwise (above) starting with the large scale yellow floral fabric:
Indie Chic - Main in Yellow - by Riley Blake
Serenity - Luck in Blue by Riley Blake
Avignon - Dots in Green by Riley Blake
Love Notes - Font in Gray by Echo Park (Andover)
Tiny Dot from Spot On by Robert Kaufman
Bungle Jungle - Crosswords by Tim and Beck for Moda Fabrics
Posy by Aneela Hoey for Moda
Mixmasters Dot in Silver by from Robert Kaufman
Cherry Christmas from Aneela Hoey
Love Notes - Life in Multi by Echo Park (Andover)
Little Apples - Button Stripe in White by Aneela Hoey for Moda
Arriving just in time to be added to stash is a low volume FQ bundle from Westwood Acres. Amanda has cleverly been collating low volume fabrics and this is the second installment in a series of Inside Voices fabric bundles.
Both the first and second installment of Westwood Acres ~ Inside Voices have not surprisingly sold out quickly. Inside Voices III is expected to be available early April 2013.
Enjoy Sunday!
Rita
PS By the way, after two days of tidying I did find my
Clover Wonder Clips - just where I always keep them ~ right there in the container with Basting Pins. So crazy.