Thoughts On Fabric Organization

I have to say that I’m much relieved that my move is over and I’ve settled into my new place in the past week.  Get this: in the past four years I’ve moved five times.  Crazy, right? I plan to stay for quite awhile now – it’s been a long time coming, but I finally have my own place.  A first ever!

So with that being said, I have all the closet space I could ever want all to myself.  Oh the possibilities for fabric storage!  Which got me curious – how do you store your fabric?

I found ideas online for how to store fabric like quilting cottons, etc.  I do love this idea of using a filing cabinet to organize such fabrics, but that’s not really what my stash consists of (yet…I want to seriously get into quilting this winter).  I have a lot of knits (surprise), lightweight cottons, some wool suiting, and poly dress weight fabric.  Hanging them up over a hanger is an option but it would get wrinkles.  I could ask for some leftover bolts at the fabric store or buy plastic ones, but I don’t have shelving to store them on.  My boyfriend’s mom suggested wrapping them around wrapping paper tubes (I would probably use PVC piping instead, there’s acid in cardboard) and storing them in a big wrapping paper container, an idea I like best so far from what I’ve found.

Well, I’ve got time on my side, I’m in no rush to get my crafting space organized by any means.  I even created a Pinterest board awhile ago with neat ideas I’ve found from other crafters and stitchers that I’m planning on implementing in my bedroom/craft studio (what a combination!).

What are your favorite organization ideas for sewing and crafting?