Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Progress



Do you remember my newly painted yellow closet?

Well the last of the shelves finally went up and I was able to move 62 bolts of fabric onto the lower one.

Yup, 62.

These are not full bolts by any means. I brought home empty cardbord from a friend's fabric shop and proceeded to wind anything I had 2 or more yards of onto the bolt. Then I wrote the yardage on the top and whether or not it was washed.

Keep in mind that some of this stuff has been packed in bins for 10-15 years. I had no idea what I had . . . but now I do.

Hopefully soon I'll be able to start using it up. Now that would truly be progress.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

6 comments:

Andrea said...

Wow - It's like your very own quilt shop - lol xx

Paula, the quilter said...

I just used 12 yards from a bolt as the backing of the Double 4-patch. It turned out to be less that 12 yards because I trimmed it off. I am so, so sick and tired of that fabric. Once I am finished with this quilt I think I'll give the plaid fabric away.

Floss said...

Wow, I'm sure you will use more know that you can see it. Some great colours there. I mainly have smaller bits but have moved to buying few larger pieces as I find them more useable.

Dora, the Quilter said...

I'm so happy for you. It is so nice (and motivating) to be able to see what we have!

Quilts And Pieces said...

Look at you! What progress!

Diana LaMarre said...

Wow, what a great way to store your fabric. It must be wonderful to see everything at a glance instead of rummaging through totes like I do!