mamawof7at46

Ok I admit I am a total fabric addict, it must be a run in my family my grandmother was one and my mother and my sister. My stash is big, my guy built me shelves in my basement sewing room (he is half polish and a boilermaker) what I ended up with was shelves hung from the celing about 7feet up so I have to get the ladder to reach them. Then he was kind enough to attach poles to the bottom of them made of pipe, so I could hang my fabric on hangers. The shelves look like they belong in a welding shop and could hold a thousand pounds. I store my bolts on the shelves and I hang my fabric on hangers on the pipes under the shelves, in groups by color I store smaller pieces in ziplock bags and pin them to hangers. The new huge ziplock bags are wounderful for stashing fabric, rag bags, and for clothing repurposing, plastic tubs are great but take up alot of room. I love to be able to look at what I have just like looking in my closet sure beats digging. I aquired most my stash when my boss bought out two small town fabric shops, the second one was a dream it had been there for over fifty years. The little ladies never clearenced anything or got rid of anything. My stash size exploded. It was the best treasure hunt ever, ya I have fabric fever and I'm not ashamed.